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    Storm Warriors , by the Rev . John Gilmore , M . A . This is a stirring record of the growth of the lifeboat movement , and the rescues which have been made from time to time by , the gallant fellows who keep watch and ward along our rock-bound coasts on the dark and i

    men stormy concerne nights d of , and winter no . one Each can read story such is based a record on the as statements this without of one echoing or other the words of the of boat its - 1 author , * God help the poor fellows at sea ! God protect and bless the lifeboat men !'

    Two charming volumes descriptive of one of the most interesting branches of natural history are Mr . Warde Fowler ' s -A . Year with tlie Birds and Tales of tlie Birds . We are

    g the lad firs to t nnd of these that books \ J has i ¦— alread ¦ » - —•

    reached U \_ ¦ ^ ^ * . A . » -rf ^•¦ a - » - »^ - ^™ third — - —— y _ w editionwhilst the

    other , thoug ; h only I published last year ,

    is in its second edition . Mr . Fowler

    states in regard to the former that he _ f

    wishes to help 1 those who love

    i birds and know ! I IIIUIV little MM abou A- ^ V ^ **» t \ J ~ them V » AVUA

    I to realise some-1 thing of the enj joy merit which he

    liimself has gained , ; in work-time as

    well as in holiday , for many past

    from the years habit of , watching and

    listening to his — favourites ¦ — *¦ *•» » » mmm m mur . ^ Mr ^^» mt . w "' * ^*^^*^ ^ ^^^ ^

    Fowler is a University tutor , and he describes

    Oxford as almost a ; paradise 1 ^^ ^ tf ^ H ^ V ^* ^«^ of ^*^^ «^ birds W ^ ^ b 4 Hk ^ Mtf ^ h Ti J . V

    'All the conditions of the neighbourhood as it is now

    ; are them favourable . The three to

    chief requisites of the " ** life * . a . ^^/ of "V ^ A most AJLJkX ^ KJ V

    birds water are and food some , sort sort ,

    these ot of they cover cover gain , ' ' and and in abundance in the

    ; , and famous tranquil parks Universitv gardens at the

    town . The other places from which Mr . Fowler has watched the habits of birds are an observer English village as well and as an a ardent well-known lover district of all sorts of the of birds Alps . Some He shows of the himself * tales ' to in be the a other close

    ¦ descri volume ^ ^_ . ption are of altogether ^ A . a ' Tra ^ h ged fresh of and Rook deli Life _ ghtful ' strike ; ' A Jubilee ^^^ being _ -. S . ^ K- « parrow of quite , ' ^& exceptional for ^^ example 1 ^ beauty , and and the a ^ B

    literary finish . Mr . Bryan y Hook - has enriched us both as volumes with some thoroughly artistic pictures .

    lik weak illustrations e Flowers the and verses pointless to of nor be Paradise £ , the ood the l ictures a f , tt music er far r in kind , verse to this o . ae rath , stheturxbr and er desi silly g n o ur s by , . taste very Reg . sentimental inald We F do . Hall not book ward even . . consider The We first neither these are

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1583, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/49/