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A NTHONY BUXTON, already well known because of his book, “Sporting Intervals at Geneva”, one in his “Fisherman Naturalist” produce of the best Nature books in recent times. One m the charms of this book is that the author writes entirely from his personal experiences—and they have been wide and varied. The first section of the book is devoted to fishing; the second to natural history. From his observations on the habits of birds, particularly the birds of his native county of Norfolk, Anthony Buxton shows that he is one of the best naturalists of the day, and he is able to describe his experiences in a vivid style that always holds the reader's attention. The photographs are very fine. We gather that some, but not all, have been taken by the author; perhaps in a subsequent edition of the book we may be told who was respons ible for the others, for a fine photograph of bird or beast gains value and interest when it is known who has taken it.
Fisherman Naturalist
By Anthony Buxton. Pp 190 + 39 plates. (London and Glasgow: Wm. Colins, Sons and Co., Ltd., 1946.) 10s. 6d. net.
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GORDON, S. Fisherman Naturalist. Nature 158, 499 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158499a0
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