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Extinct Whales and Wombats: Hutchinson

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "A deeply interesting work."-Times. "If the popularity of extinct monsters has of late not been quite what it once was, it ought to be revived by Mr. Hutchinson's excellent book."-Guardian. "This is undoubtedly the best book that Mr. Hutchinson has written."- Athenæum. "Just such a book as this was urgently needed to stimulate popular interest in palæontology." - Manchester Guardian. "Quite one of the most successful of recent undertakings in the field of popular science."-Morning Post. "A wonderfully interesting volume." -Review of Reviews. "Mr. Hutchinson is a skilful and trustworthy guide through 'the valley of dry bones."-Daily Chronicle. "His book, in short, is both attractive and useful, and will add to his reputation as a popular, but accurate, writer on geological subjects."--Saturday Review. "A piece of natural history that is far more amusing than most novels, and as full of instruction as a book of its size can well be."-National Observer. "It is thoroughly readable." The Field. "The book is altogether beautifully got up, and fulfils, in every sense, that most difficult of requirements a good and true geological work which is at the same time perfectly popular." -Journal of Education. "This work is an admirable account of some of the larger forms of ancient animal life."-New York Nation. "The work fully sustains his reputation as a popular writer on scientific subjects."-New York Times. "Not before it was needed, the writer of this interesting volume has undertaken a popular and at the same time trustworthy account of the larger form of ancient animal life." - New York Tribune.