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THIS recent addition to the numerous English books dealing with what has come to be known as nature-study is evidently the work of a careful observer of natural phenomena. To a first-hand knowledge of the open-air life of the country Mr. Thomas adds the power of clear and pleasing expression, and his collection of essays deserves to be read widely. The volume is in no sense a text-book; its design is rather to attract attention to the beauties and wonders of familiar natural objects. Some of the essays are sufficient evidence that scientific subjects can be described pleasingly in literary language.
From a Hertfordshire Cottage.
By W. Beach Thomas. Pp. viii+294. (London: Alston Rivers, Ltd., 1908.) Price 3s. 6d.
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From a Hertfordshire Cottage. Nature 78, 197 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/078197c0
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