It seems that this book will require the reader to sit down & read it rather than looking at the pictures like I have only done so far! Oh to be retired. So many hobbies/interests & too little time! I also quite like the Brown with Red 'NN' logos inside front & back covers. I don't think this has been a colour scheme on N/N's before?

Comments anyone else who's received their's please?

Lee.

Lots of reading in the book so my initial reaction is based on a quick flick through. I would have preferred more plates (very few full page ones) and certainly more illustrations taken from the books themselves than pictures of the authors (there are only so many bewhiskered Victorians I can take (and that's just the women)). However at nearly 500 pages should prove to be an invaluable reference book. I did notice that Beatrix Potter not referenced in the index which is a pity as her delicate watercolours of fungi would have been a nice plate.

Though retired I still don't have time to read my NNs as I would like: grandchildren have a way of obstructing reading!

I agree that even we who have reached retirement can still have an enticing backlog of NN reading to look forward to in between grandchildren duties and much else, including practical appreciation of local habitats, fauna and, when this ice-winter lessens its grip, flora too.

John B

John B