New-York tribune., 1901-12-17
BIRDS AND BEASTS.
GROUP OF INTERESTING AND IN
sTRUCTIvE STUDIES.


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PTotecfor Iaaa 5A Of B bras By Hezekiah Butter G
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NATURES CHILDREN, By Morton GTinnes5' i es5
Frederick F1sh e A STOKES cernPshy 1vs
AMALs "A R9ao R9Psia Rioe Haturn nuETats3 Octave
PIP xxi, $l3 Chicago: HeTbert s Sf9ne ION bsTles ST
Major Illustrated octave, pp- Will "a Douole-
IN TIE = FGREsT Tales of Wood Life BY Maxi
MILAN Foster. Illustrated Octave, PIP. Vlil "i0-
REksTs Bsqse6fyr 6F THE Fhee FIELD. 4 BY William J. Long
Illustrated by Charles Copeland octave PIP Ai'
fowls RSf'oI7 OF THE 5'iI A1B BY William J. Long, Il
Iustrated 10y Charles Copeland octave Pp- A.
THE LIFE F OF ran14 BEAR R R the wsnJfonT 1HfR3f mus
trations, octave PIP; 226 Edwin 5 Gorhanb; ha,4bor
THE LIE LIE or Gfs Al ~ Bal With tWenty-four
Illustrations octave. PIP. 22S. Edwin S Gorham-
IT IS dfverting to follow the author of Bird
Watching" his rambles. Many OF the 1ea'h
cred creatures he has observed so mlnuteiS- anu
Of which he writes so entertainingly- are unfa-
rniljar to readers of this country, for MI Seious
,s English. and writes of English birds; but We
toe. have the nightingale. the plover, the black
bird the snipe the gus and others OF which
he speals and those that do not kno" are
scarcely the less interesting on that account
That he records out of the way and little known
facts is worthy Of note, hut he is also IN the
habit of making moral deductions and phlIo-
sophic differences from the conduct ol MS VII"
friends that are not infrequenty full OF mean
ing He describes the robbery o1 su" 'S "
pirate bird. and thus continues:
who troubles over robbed gull? what e mora nora
Nemesis concerns itself with the wrongs OF soIne
cheated dnne-to-death savage or trlpe ol 80. So
ages over both there is some shrleklls soii, ~
eioouence at the time but both are soph + LuSs an m
sr1s,-; tho waves close over. the world gosS on
It's xay gun is like an Armenian or-ou'
there are many
r4ezekiah Buttersorth is an adept at teHlhs
o,5 stories very well worth the retelilhs' Ia
such e fashion as 10 interest instruct ana Sum.
times inspire the young folk OF to-day iie
aim in his latest book. In the Days OF A"u"
bon is acknowledged to be somewhat peoa-
ecgical. The story" he says, of the Pro.
ter,or Of the birds would seem to be heeoed
influence in the growth of the kindergarten
snirit toward birds and dumb animals ne
might have gone further still and have applled
this statement to some Of the primary lnstltu-
firms of learning where young children are per
,oitted n watch the dissection Of the BODIES
of animals and biris in the interests OF pet
Ter understanding Of physiology
Mr.. Butterworth traces the life Of his subject
sailor of some distinction, through the years
vban many people thought him mad because ne
r,refe-red the field and its creatures TO the law
books they tried to set lin al down to the DAY
when, full Of honors. he died in New-Iork CITY
.I have given up everything for science sala
Audubon in the days OF discourS cement 'Peo-
rle say that lack common sense; there are feW
who believe in me- But Mr.. ButterWorth tens
his Young readers in book Of the forests and
h0T1 9
historian Of American birds lived TO see him
self among the most honored Of his country s
adonted sons and to become the founder Of
cult whose basis is the love Of nature and the
milk Of human kindness. Probably there are
MANY NeN-Yorkers who do not know that Au-
dubon was buried in Trinity Cemetery. on
Amsterdam-ave., and it is likely that Mr. But
terworth's book which calls attention to this
fact viii send many Of its readers to see the
spot which bears nlonurns snt to the memory
Of the protector Of the birds"
Morton GrnneT adds one more, and not the
least interesting TO the long list of books about
those wild creatures furred and feathered that
are TO be foun1 within easy reach Of our large
cities. The deductions he makes from his mi
nCte observations will go II to cheer those who
have feared that the fauna Of cur rural districts
were likely TO be wiped out OF existence before
long, and that many species had already be-
come extinct. In Ulster County, New-york,
Mr.. GrinneIl says almost every variety Of game
that existed there one hundred years ago is to
be found to-day. Even deer. bear and pan
thers" TO be found there. though still in lin
TIED numbers. In the eastern and northern
parts Of Connecticut, too, one may still find
the lynx, the fox. the raccoon, the skunk, the
hare. the otter, the mink, the weasel, occasion
ally the red deer the woodchuck the gray and
red squirrel and the partridge, as well as the
woodoock. OF songbirds the author says, there
are not so many formerly. although in the
present year they seem to be on the increase
This happy turn in the tide OF destruction is
due. he thinks, in large part to the crusades
OF the Audubon Society against the use Of the
plurnage Of wild birds as decor ations for wom-
ems hats. well as TO the game laws that pro-
tect in many States the robin. the oriole the
meadow lark-sometirnes called the marsh quail
the w-oodpecker and the blue jay. The ha bits
and home life Of all these country friends are
skilfully described in Neighbours Of Field
Wood and Stream"
Wallace Rice, author of Animals" a popular
author Of Wild Animals Have Known" that
the life Of every wild animal IS a tragedy. He
says:
At best, there is for them all no death but by
MURDER. starvation the elements Nature
man and their fellow brutes are in league
against them from the beginning of all things
Whether for food. seeking sought. or for love
victor or vanquishd, all go down to an uneasy
end The struggle for life with them is a never
ceasing. hand-to-hand with Death in his
most dreadful forms. The species now in the
world are far oUtnumbered by those which have
bean forced out of il through the ages and of
these all TO the last lonely survivor were slain
or starved or involved in some CONFUSION of