. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. 2003 Book Reviews 339 Sadly, Lord's obituaries varied "from the inaccurate to the fanciful or wildly untrue," while authors of rec- ent articles about Lord have been guilty of "the facile repetition of statements made by preceding authors without any evident attempt to ascertain the ; In addition to 13 pages about the boundary com- mission, Baker tells us about Lord's travels to Egypt and his final position as manager of the Brighton Aquarium, cut short by illness, and of his untimely death at age 53. Baker lists the s
. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. 2003 Book Reviews 339 Sadly, Lord's obituaries varied "from the inaccurate to the fanciful or wildly untrue," while authors of rec- ent articles about Lord have been guilty of "the facile repetition of statements made by preceding authors without any evident attempt to ascertain the ; In addition to 13 pages about the boundary com- mission, Baker tells us about Lord's travels to Egypt and his final position as manager of the Brighton Aquarium, cut short by illness, and of his untimely death at age 53. Baker lists the six species named for Lord, as well as the British Museum's specimens he collected along the southern Canadian boundary. There are six pages of references, twelve of footnotes, and two of acknowledgments. This is much the best biog- raphical reference available concerning a little-known naturalist of importance to Canada. It will be of interest to natural historians and belongs in each university library. C. Stuart Houston 863 University Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0J8 Canada *Lord, John Keast. 1866. A naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia. 2 volumes. Richard Bentley, London. When the Wild Comes Leaping Up: Personal Encounters with Nature Edited by David Suzuki. 2002. Greystone Books, Vancouver. 235 pp. $ When the Wild Comes Leaping Up - what a great title. Different, attention-grabbing, dynamic. Those who spend time in the wild can identify - they've felt it leap up many times, like the sub-title, Personal En- counters with Nature suggests. And so I opened the book with great anticipation, expecting to be swept away by one gripping story after another. I was also hoping it would be a collection of Canadian writing, but it wasn't. And it wasn't always that gripping either, because the pieces were very dif- ferent. Some grabbed me from the beginning and held onto me all the way through with their splendid stories and excellent writing. Others, more inte
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