Edmund Selous
(1857–1934)

British ornithologist and writer.

Works

  • 1899 – Tommy Smith’s Animals. Methuen: London.[1]
  • 1901a – Beautiful Birds. Dent: London.[2]
  • 1901b — The Old Zoo and the New. London[3]
  • (1901c). Bird Watching. London: Dent. 
First edition published as part of the Haddon Hall Library, with illustrations by Joseph Smit and Arthur Rackham.[4][5]
  • 1905 – Bird Life Glimpses. George Allen.
  • 1905 – The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands, with some notes on seals – and digressions. London : Dent. With illustrations by Joseph Smit.[6]
  • 1905 – The Romance of the Animal World - Interesting Descriptions of the Strange and Curious in the Natural History. Seeley & Co: London.
  • 1906 – The Romance of Insect Life - Interesting Descriptions of the Strange and Curious in the Insect World. Seeley & Co: London. (external scan)
  • 1906 – Tommy Smith’s Other Animals. Methuen: London.
  • 1910 – Jacks’s Insects. Methuen: London.
  • 1911 – The Zoo Conversation Book. Mills & Boon: London.
  • 1911 – The Wonders of the Insect World. Philadelphia : Lippincott. (external scan)
  • 1912 – The Zoo Conversation Book – Hughie's Second Visit. Mills & Boon: London.
  • 1916 – The Wonders of Animal Life. Seeley Service: London.
  • 1919 – Tommy Smith at the Zoo. Methuen: London.
  • 1920 – Jacks’s Other Insects. Methuen: London.
  • 1921 – The Wonders of Animal Life. Seeley Service: London.
  • 1922 – Tommy Smith’s Birds. Methuen: London.
  • 1927 – Realities of Bird Life, being extracts from the diaries of a life-loving naturalist. Constable & Co: London.
  • 1931 – Thought-transference (or what?) in birds. Constable & Co: London.
  • 1933 – Evolution of Habit in Birds. Constable & Co: London.

Contributions to The Zoologist

  • (1912). "An Observational Diary on the Domestic Habits of the Red-throated Diver (Colymbus septentrionalis)". The Zoologist. 4 16.  (issue 849, March, pp. 81–96; issue 851, May, pp. 171–180; issue 852, June, pp. 210–219) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)
  • (1913–1916). "A Diary of Ornithological Observations made in Iceland during June and July, 1912". The Zoologist. 4. 17–20.  (in 13 parts: 1) issue 860, February 1913, pp. 57–66; 2) issue 861, March 1913, pp. 92–104; 3) issue 862, April 1913, pp. 129–136; 4) issue 866, August 1913, pp. 294–313; 5) issue 869, November 1913, pp. 409–422; 6) issue 872, February 1914, pp. 63–74; 7) issue 876, June 1914, pp. 213–225; 8) issue 884, February 1915, pp. 58–66; 9) issue 887, May 1915, pp. 169–174; 10) issue 890, August 1915, pp. 303–307; 11) issue 896, February 1916, pp. 54–68; 12) issue 898, April 1916, pp. 139–152; 13) issue 901, July 1916, pp. 267–272; although this last part finishes with "to be continued", no further parts have appeared in The Zoologist) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)

About Edmund Selous

References

  1. Selous 1899 - Tommy Smith's Animals: OCLC:39950295all editions. 12th ed. 1912. Translated into Dutch (1901) and Italian (1909, 4th ed. 1927).
  2. Selous 1901 - Beautiful Birds: OCLC:504668447all editions, OCLC:609688972all editions. (external scan)
  3. Selous 1901 - The Old Zoo and the New: OCLC:47228108all editions
  4. Selous 1901 — Bird Watching: OCLC:1317886all editions; Complete Haddon Hall Library for instance at Sothebys (2005) (retrieved 2018-09-11).
  5. Selous 1901 – Bird Watching in gutenberg.org.
  6. Selous 1905 - The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands: OCLC:504668465all editions.


Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.


The author died in 1934, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

 
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