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MR.G. Bramwell Evens (‘Romany’ of the B.B.C.) not only possesses the eye of the born naturalist, which makes every detail of a ramble in the country significant, but he also evidently knows, par excellence, how to pick his territory; and what is more, he knows how to impart his knowledge without incurring the danger of being considered pedagogic. As we read through the chapters of this pleasant book we are, in fact, caught up in the rambles by coppice and moor, by river and rocky dell, and, almost at first hand, we make the acquaintance of merlin, raven and buzzard, stickieback and badger, heron and woodcock, and many others, the places they live in, the food they live on. It is good, racy, direct observation, packed with interest, not lacking in its philosophy, ut without sentimentality. The book is attractively illustrated by line drawings and by a number of good photographs.
Naturalist Errant
Out with Romany Once More By G. Bramwell Evens. Pp. vii + 168 + 8 plates. (London: University of London Press, Ltd., 1940.) 5s. net.
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Naturalist Errant. Nature 147, 73 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147073d0
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