"[U]nlike any other tale I can recall. It is not only a good story; it has a charm beyond that. The spirit of the open air is in it, the freshness and poetry of Nature." - Forrest Reid
"The story has many delicious moments." - The Guardian
"Rich in exciting and imaginative incidents ... the most enticing romance I have read for a long time ... a good book, and an exceptionally pleasant one." - Northern Whig and Belfast Post
"It is brilliant, for in over 200 pages the author carries on the situation without seeming to be telling anything that he has...
"[U]nlike any other tale I can recall. It is not only a good story; it has a charm beyond that. The spirit of the open air is in it, the freshness and...
"It is highly readable and offers the right combination of imaginative fantasy and reality." - Olivia Manning, "The Spectator" "A writer of distinction." - E. M. Forster "A piece of imaginative work worthy of a genius." - "Northern Whig" While exploring the jungles of South America, Dr. Theodore Browne stumbles upon a previously unknown species of primate that could be the "missing link" between apes and humans in the theory of evolution. He names the animal Bimbo and brings him back to Belfast for further research, but his untimely death leaves Bimbo in the hands of his...
"It is highly readable and offers the right combination of imaginative fantasy and reality." - Olivia Manning, "The Spectator" "A writer of disti...
In most ways, Robert is a typical sixteen year old boy growing up in the small village medieval village of Masden. He attends school, goes fishing with friends, and increasingly, has been learning his father's trade as stable master. As the story begins though, he's frustrated because his father seems to demand so much more from him than his friends' fathers want from their sons. He studies longer and reads more than anyone else. Strangest of all, his father has been teaching him to read, write, and speak in the old tongue, the forbidden language spoken by the nobility. Late one night, his...
In most ways, Robert is a typical sixteen year old boy growing up in the small village medieval village of Masden. He attends school, goes fishing wit...
I've always wondered, who was the first? Some things are intuitive. For example, at some point, someone decided that if they wanted to kill an antelope for meat, it might be easier if they made something to throw, and there came the spear. Eventually, someone else decided that spears might be more effective if they put stone heads on them. But other things must have been more difficult. Who was the first to determine that cinchona bark could be an effective treatment for malaria? Does it seen likely that someone tasted it, and said "Wow, this stuff is so bitter I'll bet it will help with the...
I've always wondered, who was the first? Some things are intuitive. For example, at some point, someone decided that if they wanted to kill an antelop...
