[All Things Wise and Wonderful] is the third of James Herriot's remembrances of the quiet rural joys of practicing veterinary medicine in Yorkshire. It is cut from the same bolt of nubbly cloth as his previous books….

In "All Things Wise and Wonderful," we find the good animal doctor coping with R.A.F. training at the outset of World War II. Don't worry, Herriot-lovers, this is not a book about the service. Although Herriot is in the R.A.F., his heart is in the lovely Yorkshire moors and glens and fells. He is homesick for his new wife, Helen, and for his memories of the 1930's when, as a young man fresh out of vet's school, he worked for the fearsome older vet, Siegfried, and strove to prove himself to the crusty, laconic Yorkshire farmers….

The quiet sense of accomplishment Herriot takes in his homely labors...