WOODCRAFT. By Owen Jones and Marcus Woodward.

(1910) 1925 2nd edition reprint. Pp156,iv[ads]. B/w thumb-nail sketches to margins by Colbron Pearse. Black animal vignettes and rules border to dark green cloth, upper board and spine titled in black.

"There is no subject more fascinating. The better you understand it, the moer you rejoice in being alive, the more you long to go on living, and the more you desire to know of life. And though you may know only a little of woodcraft, yet that little will add such a sweetness and interest to life that you will never be dull or without something to think about, provided the open sky is above your head and the wind blows, the sun shines, or the rain beats on your face." Chapters include: Sounds of the woods; Birds as sentinels; At the sign of the fox; On track and trail / how to read the story of footprints; Clues that tell tales; 'The night watch'; Who did this? The tragedies of the woods, how to identify the work of tooth and claw; Weather lore; The rabbit catcher; Rabbits at home; Nature's medicine chest; Hares and hounds; With keeper and poacher; Stories of makeshift meals; The kndly fruits of the earth; Some thoughts on outdoor cooking.