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THE author of this book possesses an unusual combination of qualities-a lively interest in and sympathy with animals, keen powers of observation, a facile pen, and a sense of humour. It is not surprising that they should have resulted in the most refreshing book on British mammals that we have read for some time. It is not that Mr. Shepheard-Walwyn has anything really new to tell, so much as the arresting and interesting way in which he puts on record his keen observations of living animals, imparting to the reader some of his own enthusiasm for and sympathy with them.
The Spirit of the Wild.
By H. W. Shepheard-Walwyn. Pp. xx + 220 + 38 plates. (London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, Ltd., 1924.) 12s. 6d. net.
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The Spirit of the Wild . Nature 115, 941 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115941b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/115941b0