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TO the author of the volume standing first on the list given below, the wildernessr from time to time calls with such persistence and that to hear is practically to obey; and, whether to shoot wild goats in the Taurus, to collect vultures' and eagles' eggs in Asia Minor or Spain, or to track the lordly moose and the brahphing-antlered caribou in the wilds of the far North-West, Mr Selous returns year after year with unabated zest to the roving life of his earlier South African days. That the public benefits from this restless disposition can scarcely be denied, for although he cannot be credited with anything special in the matter of literary style, the author of “Recent Hunting Trips” writes with that freshness and verve that almost transports the reader to the very scenes of his adventures and triumphs. Nor is this all, for Mr. Selous is essentially of a generous nature, and it is but seldom that he returns from one of his sporting trips without some important addition accruing to the national museum.
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L., R. A Triad of Sporting Books 1 . Nature 76, 415–417 (1907). https://doi.org/10.1038/076415a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/076415a0