Word: naturalist
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Readers who cannot solve these riddles represent an even rarer species than the Mockery. But the author's aim is not suspense or, in the end, farce. Despite some antic set pieces and a detailed sense of place, the naturalist declares his true intention in a Tailpiece-translation: public service commercial. "If you have found the book amusing," says Durrell, "and if you appreciate the fact that the world, and its wildlife, is being steadily and ruthlessly decimated ... I wonder if you would like to help us ... at the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust?" The proposal is irregular, but Durrell...
...naturalist and a novelist take wise, winning looks at existence...
DIED. John Kieran, 89, naturalist author and erudite answer man on the popular radio and television show Information Please; in Rockport, Mass...
...dead and near dead things at the back door and stalk away for a nap. He may shred the antique silk draperies or decide that the shower stall is a Bauhaus litter pan. Whether the cat is friend or foe, many would agree with the prominent 18th century naturalist, the Count de Buffon. The cat, he wrote, "appears to have feelings only for himself, loves only conditionally and only enters into relations [with people] in order to abuse them...
...that most, if not all, of the man-measuring scientists worked with poor technique and even more distorting preconceptions. The little-known facts--the U.S. army had an average "intelligence" in World War I of a 13.08-year-old--and the previously unpublished material--Louis Agassiz, the great Swiss naturalist and later Harvard professor, was not the only Olympian detachment of his reputation--provide fascinating reading...