Shetland Ponies One of the very best of our artists
in the realm of birds, Mr. A. W. Seaby, has been turning his attention of late to four-legged animals. He follows in the steps of Millais, who discovered a genius for depicting the movements of animals, especially deer. Mr. Seaby's latest sitter (generally a trotter) is the Shetland pony. He has written simply and pleasantly, in a romantic vein, the life-history of one Shetland, as passed in the first instance, in its native home. Mr. Seaby is only less good than Mr. Lockley in visiting islands, and he has been to most in search of particular birds. The Shetlands, as well as the native pony, are well described ; and all the too few illustrations of animals, boys or places are quite delightful. Sheltie (i.e., The Shetland Pony, A. and C. Black, 3s. 6d.) is a children's book, but is not written down to children. It is a worthy successor to the other pony books.
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