BLOC MORTIMER COLLINS: HIS LETTERS AND FRIENDSHIPS, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE. EDITED BY FRANCES COLLINS. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL II. SECOND EDITION. radford Library London: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON, CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET. 1877. [All rights reserved.] MORTIMER COLLINS: HIS LETTERS AND FRIENDSHIPS, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE. CHAPTER I. 1875. JANUARY TO MARCH. FROM the commencement of 1875 till his death, Mortimer Collins gives us so much of his life and opinions in his articles, that it is possible almost to form a diary from them. Such opinions and expressions better describe his life and character than anything I can say. He was always so happy in his remarks on birds that I feel justified in quoting him continually on this subject. On January 2nd, 1875, he writes as follows: VOL. II. B |