All Things Bright and Beautiful, Vol. 1
Two years ago when we published James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small, we called it a "miracle between covers." In the first major review of the book, Alfred Ames said: "If there is any justice, All Creatures Great and Small will become a classic of its kind. The publishers call it a miracle--not too strong a word for a book that offers something for everyone: gusto, humor, pathos, information, romance, insight, style. It is vicarious living with one of the happiest and most admirable...
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Two years ago when we published James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small, we called it a "miracle between covers." In the first major review of the book, Alfred Ames said: "If there is any justice, All Creatures Great and Small will become a classic of its kind. The publishers call it a miracle— not too strong a word for a book that offers something for everyone: gusto, humor, pathos, information, romance, insight, style. It is vicarious living with one of the happiest and most admirable of people, a veterinary surgeon in the Yorkshire dales who can write superlatively well."James, the miracle worker, has done it again. All Things Bright and Beautiful is precisely the warm and joyful sequel that readers all over America have been asking for. James is now married, and he and Helen live on the top floor of Skeldale House, while his former boss, now partner, Siegfried lives downstairs with Siegfried's brother Tristan. James continues the rich and rewarding day-to-day life of a small-town veterinarian, and we journey with him across the dales meeting a whole new cast of unforgettable characters— humans, dogs, horses, lambs, parakeets— all of them drawn with the same infinite fascination, affection, and insight that have made Herriot one of the most beloved authors of our time. This is the most loving book of the year to have— or to give. Philadelphia Inquirer "The kind of book that makes an evening seem a little warmer and your pet a bit more important."
\ Associated Press"A very warm, very engaging read...the reader falls totally under his spell."\ \ \ \ \ Chicago Tribune"Whether sad or glad, each story shows his affection for animals and people...this man is a celebrant of life."\ \ \ Philadelphia Inquirer"The kind of book that makes an evening seem a little warmer and your pet a bit more important."\ \ \ \ \ From the Publisher"The kind of book that makes an evening seem a little warmer and your pet a bit more important."—The Philadelphia Inquirer\ "A very warm, very engaging read . . . the reader falls totally under his spell."—The Associated Press\ "Whether sad or glad, each story shows his affection for animals and people . . . this man is a celebrant of life."—Chicago Tribune\ "Herriot is both tender and wise . . . All Things Bright and Beautiful is a book to be happy with."—The Boston Globe\ "You had better read this book yourself. It's a treat, a rare one, and God knows we all need all treat these days."—The Washington Post\ "Human beings just naturally respond to a writer as lovable, wholesome, eloquent, humorous and well-stocked with anecdotes as James Herriot. He offers a mastery of both the comic and the tragic."—Chicago Tribune\ "All Things Bright and Beautiful is like a visit to a loved place inhabited by dear friends . . . certainly the happiest book so far this season"—The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)\ "James Herriot has served up another warm, witty, wonderful book in All Things Bright and Beautiful."—The Indianapolis News\ "It is impossible to speak of this second book without thinking strongly of the first. For it is truly a repeated 'miracle' as All Creatures Great and Small was described. Whatever joy one found in the first is in the second, only even more joyous; whatever laughter rippled from the throat in the reading of the first, finds even greater gusto in this one. It is funny, wry, simple in its story but as deep and perceptive of life's truths as the superlative sensitivity of the writer and his talent can make it. Best seller list, look out!"—The Hartford Courant\ "Humour, realism, sensitivity, earthiness; animals comic and tragic; and people droll, pathetic, courageous, eccentric—all of whom he views with the same gentle compassion and a lively sense of the sad, the ridiculous, and the admirable."—The Columbus Dispatch\ "Superb, a book to be enjoyed in one sitting or in bits and pieces to make it last longer."—Library Journal\ \ \ \ \ \ The Philadelphia Inquirer"The kind of book that makes an evening seem a little warmer and your pet a bit more important.\ \ \ \ \ The Associated Press"A very warm, very engaging read . . . the reader falls totally under his spell.\ \ \ \ \ Chicago Tribune"Human beings just naturally respond to a writer as lovable, wholesome, eloquent, humorous and well-stocked with anecdotes as James Herriot. He offers a mastery of both the comic and the tragic.\ \ \ \ \ The Boston Globe"Herriot is both tender and wise . . . All Things Bright and Beautiful is a book to be happy with.\ \ \ \ \ The Washington Post"You had better read this book yourself. It's a treat, a rare one, and God knows we all need all treat these days.\ \ \ \ \ The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)"All Things Bright and Beautiful is like a visit to a loved place inhabited by dear friends . . . certainly the happiest book so far this season.\ \ \ \ \ The Indianapolis News"James Herriot has served up another warm, witty, wonderful book in All Things Bright and Beautiful.\ \ \ \ \ The Hartford Courant"It is impossible to speak of this second book without thinking strongly of the first. For it is truly a repeated 'miracle' as All Creatures Great and Small was described. Whatever joy one found in the first is in the second, only even more joyous; whatever laughter rippled from the throat in the reading of the first, finds even greater gusto in this one. It is funny, wry, simple in its story but as deep and perceptive of life's truths as the superlative sensitivity of the writer and his talent can make it. Best seller list, look out!\ \ \ \ \ The Columbus Dispatch"Humour, realism, sensitivity, earthiness; animals comic and tragic; and people droll, pathetic, courageous, eccentric—all of whom he views with the same gentle compassion and a lively sense of the sad, the ridiculous, and the admirable.\ \
