One likes to fancy how Gilbert White would have welcomed Mr. Knight had they been coi tempuraries, a nd of the talks they wcu d have had together. He would have fuund a man after his own heart-lull of pleasant chat. deeply versed in all the latest literature, gifted with a brillianry ot exp ession, s uch as the old author never aimed at, even supposing he could have attained it. - Academy. Mr. Knight seems to be quite as attentive and sympathetic an observer as the late Mr. Jefferies, and there is much in his essays which is both instructive and eloquent.-7x8 Globn A charming book on Natural History, beautifully illustrated, ard full of delightful reading. Dealing chiefly with bird life, the work also contains much information about the denizens of English lanes, woods and meadows, written in a very pleasing and agreeable style. - NeWcast e Chronicfe. Mr. Knight has a happy touch in desclibing the ways of birds and the aspects of the fields, and has a keenness of observation akin to the faculty thgt was so remarkably developed in the The Gamekeeper at Home.-Scoisman. Not the least important feature of these studies is to create a love for all the lower forms of life by showing their u efulness in one particular or another. The I ook is very beautifully illustrated by Mr. E. T. Comyton, and also by photogravures f del ghtfubl lts of scenery.-Siockjort Adverti er. - CONTENTS - BOSTON ROBERTS BROTHERS. TENANT OF S A SEASON A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD THEP KOMISE O F MAY A RIVER PATH BY LEAFY WAYS A RISING GENERATION A COLD-BLOODERDA CE BY QUIET WATERS As EVENINGD AXKENS A PARADISE O F BIKDS FABKINA F AIR ALI, AMONG THE BARLEY THE MISTY MOORLAND FOOTPRINTS O N THE SANDS THE PARTING GUESTS FLYING, FLYING SOUTH THE R ETURN O F THE FIELDFARE THE S UMMER O F ST. MARTIN A GREAT FREQUENT O E F R T HE CHURCH SYLVA M N I NSTRELS WINTER VISITORS ADAPTED PLUMAGE OUTLAWS SOME B IRD MYTHS WHEN WOODS ARE BARE Tllarlh. fur t11r s- n l tl ic. t - h nt -c l n-t . - - l, ct i Thztnlis fur ezcl k indlj-. c rrcl e ach iiletit t-ll en, That tc2c1ie me, hen seeming nlu t alone. Frier cl. a l-t. arour d u t , hn ush 110 .-lrJ 1 c - i. l en. f - Tht. re irc I ho1 t.. ns no un vt. liomt. q le- t, - At . our n. nrm tire-izc, . hen the lamyi. 21-c-iightcd, To hnve Iny place rriervrd among, the r c t , Sor stand as one un-cj sht and unin. ited l IDYLLS OF THE FIELD. BOSTOS I i O I 3 E R T S B R O T H E R S , 1890. TO 1 IIq- t.. . FiO H-E F, 1 L - 1 1 PLiC. lSUKE EY LE-AFL-W IYS TIII. YE F--IlERS, LVIIICH FIRST . ITIE KED IS 7 D. II1, I - l7E1lS, 2 r c Z c b i r t c b BY TITE - 4UT I I O R TAA13LE O F C O N T E N T S . A l - I S T K P I X VS - - VlS ILL IN 111E lI RSIIES - l OC IIt ISlS I S 1 1IE SXOW - A Sk. CliL1 01 Tl-LE HILLS - - lIF I. I. I S O F l IIE SII lNG I l l 5 I L. lSD l l t l I - - - Cr SIL. ES I S 1 1IE IR - - l ,. lL O VS CIF . SIllOL F L - l I E S X1. L IfiE . c ll L IS YOL-S JIIE IOhI E l i S GAIE - X I llIE l I. SIJ 01. IIIE 1 1 1 1 - lIlI Il II l SI llI, il-LhCE l 11E C II T OF 5OhG A I OIII EK SIKOS IiOLD - A I. A-I II D E S r A Uhr i I, O VEI-DE-LUCE - m CII IJU. K C L I F S - . IS I I l L liZ. KT 01 THE . IOUS I, LIhS PAGE - 1 - S . . . 1-111 T L b l o f Corz fctt fs. PAGE THE HEART OF THE FIJI E T - - 140 A SE FACE AT TIIE 110 I - 147 1115 SATIVE 11E. 4TIT - I j j A . 001 L SD V. LK - 162 V I E T S II E - sr R LO. I-L I IS E - K O I I HE S E . - 169 THE BIKU c 11 Y r L E - - 177 IST OF IIILUSTR, TIOSS. A WINTRY DAWN. amber glow is spreading in the eastern sky, above a long, dark bank of purple cloud... --This text refers to the Paperback edition.