Abstract
(1) THIS is the biography of a genius in ornthological art, in the early days of American science and culture. But more than this, it is the story of a personality so gallant and vivid, so unworldly and unbusinesslike, so unconquerably gay in adversity and prosperity alike, as to make extraordinary the present-day ignorance of him and his work. He was the pioneer of a new ornithology, describing birds as living and sentient beings rather than as specimensmore naturalist than man of science, and perhaps more artist than either.
(1) Audubon
By Constance Rourke. Pp. vii + 342 + 12 plates. (London, Bombay and Sydney: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1936.) 12s. 6d. net.
(2) Singing in the Wilderness:
a Salute to John James Audubon. By Donald Culross Peattie. (Country Books, 2.) Pp. xvi + 245 + 8 plates. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1936.) 7s. 6d. net.
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G., E. (1) Audubon (2) Singing in the Wilderness. Nature 139, 776–777 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139776a0
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