Abstract
PASTORAL life has charms for a large proportion of the reading public, if one may judge from the quantity of literature dealing with its scenes and events. Perhaps the strain under which men now work in cities, has. resulted in a reaction in favour of a return to nature. Certain it is that there is a demand for simple papers on subjects of outdoor natural history; and though much of the supply to meet is not above criticism, still the taste for descriptions of rural scenes and wild nature is well worth cultivation. Mr. Crawford has a passion for wild nature. He would like to rehabilitate some of the isolated hills and woodlands of Scotland with the reindeer, beaver, and wild boar; but the general opinion of his correspondents appears to be: “We cannot afford to grow wood for beavers to gnaw, or for boars to whet their tusks on.” To see nature at her best in Scotland, he has gone away beyond enclosures, and has observed and judged of her ways for himself. This collection of papers, which represent the result of his observations and meditations, are typical of the forms of life in the woods and waters of Scotland; they are pleasantly written and attractively illustrated, and will interest all country naturalists.
Wild Life of Scotland.
By J. H. Crawford Pp. 280. (London: John Macqueen, 1896.)
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Wild Life of Scotland. Nature 54, 268 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054268a0
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