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In her famed The Language of Birds
24
Mrs. G. Spratt had described that there was
no bird the ancient Greeks did not esteem as a deity. On the island of Rhodes, the
swallow was famed for encouraging the Spring. In their comprehensive work, Birds
and People, Mark Cocker and photographer David Tipling, along with 650 contributors in 81 countries, profoundly underscore the poignancy of the relation
between people and birds, including one great image of a crane who “serenades the
24 Saunder and Otley, London 1837.
Fig. 59.4 “And a Long Tale,” Alice Meeting the Dodo, by John Tenniel, from Alice’s Adventures
In Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, from the 1898 Edition, Macmillan And Co., London, p. 35.
(Private Collection). (Photo © M.C. Tobias)
59.2 The Minutiae of Suffering
In her famed The Language of Birds
24
Mrs. G. Spratt had described that there was
no bird the ancient Greeks did not esteem as a deity. On the island of Rhodes, the
swallow was famed for encouraging the Spring. In their comprehensive work, Birds
and People, Mark Cocker and photographer David Tipling, along with 650 contributors in 81 countries, profoundly underscore the poignancy of the relation
between people and birds, including one great image of a crane who “serenades the
24 Saunder and Otley, London 1837.
Fig. 59.4 “And a Long Tale,” Alice Meeting the Dodo, by John Tenniel, from Alice’s Adventures
In Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, from the 1898 Edition, Macmillan And Co., London, p. 35.
(Private Collection). (Photo © M.C. Tobias)
59.2 The Minutiae of Suffering