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MANY a school-boy of forty years ago and many younger school-boys and former pupils will be sorry to hear of the death of W. S. Furneaux. He had the knack of writing just the sort of succinct and well-illustrated practical book which stimulated the young collector to hunt for spoils and afterwards to pore over the naming of them; and his publishers aided and abetted with that profusion of coloured plates which added attractiveness to utility. “The Outdoor World” (1893), one of the best of the series, was followed by accounts of “Life in Ponds and Streams” (1896), “The Sea Shore” (1903), and “Field and Woodland Plants” (1909), and these and his other works, such as “British Butterflies and Moths” (1894), must have opened up new worlds for young naturalists of two generations. It says something for their quality that they are still amongst the best of British books for their purpose.
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RITCHIE, J. Mr. W. S. Furneaux. Nature 145, 886 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145886b0
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