_Academy_.--"... with Mr. Dewar there is a smile on every page, and
his touch is so light that one only realises, when the process is at
an end, that a large amount of information has been imparted in an
amusing form."
_Western Morning News_.--"Every page makes for easy reading and ready
attention."
_Shooting Times_.--"... delightful reading."
_Catholic Herald_.--"Quite the most interesting natural history work
we have seen for a long time."
_Manchester Courier_.--"Mr. Dewar's ... shrewd observation, his quaint
humour and his wide knowledge of Indian bird-life make his every page
interesting."
_The World_.--"We have read and enjoyed much of his work before, but
we think that 'Jungle Folk' makes even more delightful reading than
anything that has come from its author's pen."
_Birmingham Daily Post_.--"... entertaining sketches ... and light
dissertations."
_Times of India_.--"Mr. Dewar's bright and pleasant pages."
_Madras Mail_.--"The reader who has perused Mr. Dewar's books merely
for amusement will find that he has incidentally added a good deal to
his knowledge of Indian natural history."
GLIMPSES OF INDIAN BIRDS
BY DOUGLAS DEWAR
PRESS OPINIONS
_Globe_.--"Mr. Dewar gives us something more than 'glimpses' of Indian
bird-life in his very interesting volume."
_Standard_.--"Not the least merit of the book is the author's
unwillingness to take anything for granted."
_Spectator_.--"We know nothing better to recommend to an amateur
ornithologist who finds himself in India for the first time."
_Guardian_.--"... vivid and delightful."
_Observer_.--"... full of special knowledge."
_Scotsman_.--"... a lively and interesting series of short studies."
_Daily Graphic_.--"The book is full of the right sort of information
about birds."
_Field_.--"... chatty and graphically written."
_Daily Citizen_.--"... very pleasant and very instructive reading."
_The World_.--"We have read and enjoyed his earlier efforts, but we
think that his latest will be found the most valuable and enduring of
all his work."
_Pall Mall Gazette_.--"... much first-hand observation and
experience."
_Birmingham Daily Post_.--"These ... 'glimpses' ... so full of alert
observation and racy description, are delightful and informing
reading."
_Newcastle Daily Chronicle_.--"... his accounts ... make us feel that
we have been with him in something more than the spirit."
_Pioneer_.--"The charm of the volume ... lies in the evidence of the
immense amount of observation carried out by the writer."
BIRDS OF INDIAN HILLS
A GUIDE TO THE COMMON BIRDS OF THE INDIAN HILL STATIONS
BY DOUGLAS DEWAR
PRESS OPINIONS
_Sunday Times_.--"Excellent is hardly good enough a term for this
volume."
_Times_.--"Mr. Dewar writes accurately and vividly of his selected
group of birds in the Himalayas and Nilgiris, and adds a list of those
to be found in the Palni Hills."
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