“The pheasant flies a great deal faster than he appears to do”

Reading this book review from 1895 will almost certainly anger practitioners of what is now called animal rights. It will cause bird protection societies to tut tut about how unfeelingly cruel were our ancestors. And of course the class warriors will take it upon themselves to behave as the encouraged guard dogs of our morality.… Continue reading “The pheasant flies a great deal faster than he appears to do”