All Things Wise and Wonderful Paperback – July 15, 1998

Like Pat Conroy, Mr. Herriot has a way of bringing to life the sights, smells, and atmosphere of a special place. He masterly weaves warm-hearted and jovile stories around the everyday people he met as a country vet in the Yorkshire dales. His words eloquently bring's them to life so splendidly that you will feel you know them yourself.So, take your next afternoon break with a cup of tea, a snippet of pudding, and enjoy reading this book in your favorite chair. You won't be disappointed.

This is the third in the series for me, and it was a thoroughly enjoyable read. The author does a masterful job of integrating his military experiences with his former life as a veterinarian in rural Scotland. A feel-good read laced with emotions all can relate to.

If you love animals, as I do, you will love this book. It is humorous at times and almost heartbreaking at others. Herriot is in the service and through flashbacks remembers his life as a vet.

Funny, serious like life turns out. Educational on farm and domestic animals and their owners. Writing was very interesting. Recommend highly

What a wonderful life the author had, full of life experiences, glad, sad, loads of humour. He was a great story teller! I can highly recommend this book to all who can read 📚 😄

Ready for third book in series now

This is a gentle, touching and inspiring narrative that brought the history to life. I hope there’s another book coming!

I cannot express how wonderful these books are. I am having withdrawal after finishing the Mitford series, but these books give me so many fun loving stories! Thank you Mr. Wight!

Another wonderful collection of stories from James Herriot! Just like "Great and Small", this is a delightful, beautifully written book which I found very hard to put down. Herriot 's love of his work, the animals he treats, his colleagues at Skeldale House and most of all, the amazing countryside around him, shine through with great warmth on every page. One of the beauties of the book is that every chapter tells a different story, so the reader never loses interest. James Herriot must surely rank amongst the top three authors in Britain and I would recommend that everyone - and I mean everyone - should read this book. It's interesting, fun and truly captivating

Laugh out loud, lovely, gentle, heart-warming book. This is the 3rd one in the series, and is every bit as enjoyable as the first two. If you watched and liked the TV dramatisation based on these memoirs (from the 1970's I think), you will adore these books. If you didn't, you've missed a treat - but read the books: you'll surely love them. Smiling away to myself just writing about them.

40 years ago I read my first James Herriot book and have been hooked ever since. I've read them all several times over the years.,in paperback and some in hardback and now rereading again on my kindle. Always a delight. If you love animals,the countryside and people you'll love these and learn of many things you didn't know from history, especially the weird and wonderful medicines and treatments , many of which were used by human doctors too I expect.

Reading this omnibus edition of James Herriot's memoirs brought back to me Sunday nights, watching All Creatures Great and Small when I was a child. I never realised how closely the television series followed the stories in the books until I started reading and could visualise specific scenes from the programme. I really enjoyed this trip down memory lane, both in terms of reading about the past and experiencing my own childhood memories. Wonderful.

After a 50 year gap since first reading these books, they still have all the charm and humour I first found. Wonderful characters, heartstrings stories and a window into a time and place that is now sadly lost. Highly recommended!