Abstract
THIS is a charming little book on the life of the countryside, from the wide landscape swept by wind and weather down to spiders in the herbage and moths fluttering through the twilight. A tendency to a somewhat “lyrical style”of writing (the words are borrowed from the publishers' note) is compensated for by accuracy of observation and description. The account, for example, of watching and photographing young grey squirrels is quite delightful. Mention of these squirrels reminds us that the illustrations are all from the author's own camera and deserve the fullest praise, in particular the portrait of a grey squirrel facing p. 23. Why the book was given the title of “Nature's Undiscovered Kingdom” eludes me, for this is certainly the kingdom into which Jefferies and Hudson pioneered many years ago: the author is a worthy follower.
Nature's Undiscovered Kingdom
Walter J. C.
Murray
By. Pp. x+98+15 plates. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1947.) 7s. 6d. net.
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PITT, F. Nature's Undiscovered Kingdom. Nature 159, 862 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159862d0
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