PREFACE
THE titles in and subject-matter of many this miscellany originally appeared in the Manchester Guardian, Scotsman, Daily Dispatch, and Westminster Review. Through the courtesy of the proprietors and editors I am able to issue them in their present form. In every case, however, the articles have been revised, and in most recast and extended. "The Preservation of our Fauna" was the subject of an address, delivered as President, before the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.
The illustrations, except that of the "Dandy," for which I am indebted to Messrs. Nicholson and Gartner of Carlisle, are the work of personal friends, who have taken considerable trouble to supply the subjects I desired. The name of each photographer appears in the list of illustrations.
I am especially indebted to Mr. Archibald Thorburn, and to Messrs. Longmans, Green and Co., who hold the copyright, for permission to reproduce the original drawing of the Noctule. Of all pictures I know, this is the best representation of this bat.
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