THE LIFE STORY OF AN OTTER. By J.C. Tregarthen.

(1909) 2005 new edition. 8vo paperback (152 x 226mm). Pp160. New introduction by Bert Biscoe.

Novel of the life and struggles of an otter in turn of the century West Cornwall. Follows a similar pattern to Henry Williamson's later novel Tarka the Otter, for which this book probably provided the inspiration. By one of the first Bards of the Cornish Gorseth, son of Captain Tregarthen of Tregarthen's Hotel, Scilly, and literary protege of Miss Marie Corelli. First published in Adam and Charles Black's Animal Autobiographies series. Chapters include: In the nursery; Early training; The first trek; At the creek; Sea and marsh; The family broken up; The otter at the tarn; The otter and his mate; Frost and famine; Tracked; Back in the old haunts; the long trail; Otter conservation.