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IT seems rather odd that an author should talk about “wild life” when he means simply life on a house boat on Breydon Water in Norfolk. No one, however, who glances over the present volume will be disposed to criticize the title very severely, for Mr. Emerson has the art of describing even unimportant things in a way that makes them interesting. Above all, he has provided a series of thirty admirable “photo-etchings,” which convey a wonderfully vivid impression of the various scenes reproduced. The photographic plates were taken by Mr. Emerson himself, but in selection of subject the majority are the result of a pleasant partnership with his friend Mr. T. F. Goodall, on whose house-boat he experienced the trials and delights of “wild life.”
Wild Life on a Tidal Water.
By P. H. Emerson. (London: Sampson Low, 1890.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 43, 366 (1891). https://doi.org/10.1038/043366a0
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