Author	Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1922
Title	The book of a naturalist
Edition	Second edition.
Original Publication	London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1920.
Note	Reprinted in part from various periodicals.
Contents	Life in a pine wood -- Hints to adder-seekers -- Bats -- Beauty of the fox -- A sentimentalist on foxes -- The discontented squirrel -- My neighbour's bird stories -- The toad as traveller -- The heron: a feathered notable -- The heron as a table-bird -- The mole question -- Cristiano: a horse -- Mary's little lamb -- The serpent's tongue -- The serpent's strangeness -- The bruised serpent -- The serpent in literature -- Wasps -- Beautiful hawk-moths -- The strenuous mole -- A friendly rat -- The little red dog -- Dogs in London -- The great dog-superstition -- My friend the pig -- The potato at home and in England -- John-go-to-bed-at-noon -- The chequered daffodil and the glory of wild flowers -- Concerning lawns, with incidental observations on earthworms.
Credits	Alan, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language	English
LoC Class	QH: Science: Natural history
Subject	Natural history
Subject	Animal behavior
Category	Text
eBook-No.	79577
Release Date	Sep 14, 2026
Copyright	Public domain in the USA.
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