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Show Another "JTatarV Book. Wild Beasts I Have Saw," by Bridget Beton -Clancy. This charming group of essays has about It the odor of the back woods to a remarkable degree. The authoress explains in the preface that her early life was spent in the wilds of northern Minnesota, where she associated asso-ciated almost entirely with wild animals. She says: "Many times I used to sit under a tree for hours at a time watching for to get a shot at a rablt I could shoot good with a rifle, ana; nave orten saw men who were worse shots than I be. When the other girls were wasting their time going to district school, I would be walking through the woods, watching wild beasts playing In the trees and on the grass, and learning something every minute. I seen lots of funny incidents, which I will try to mention in thla here book." Miss Seton-Clancy is one of these free, untamed souls who occasionally startle the literary world by their supreme dls-rerard dls-rerard for the statute in such case made and provided. If she is ever worried by the rules of grammar, it does not appear in her work. 6he has something to say, and she says tt straight from the shoulder. shoul-der. This is one of the , best books of the yeart snd It should enjoy a large sale. "Wild Brutes I Have Saw." By Bridget Seton-Clancy. Pewaukee Press, ,pu blithers. blith-ers. Milwaukee 6entinaL |