吉米·哈利獲過大英帝國勛章，寫過榮登《紐約時報》榜首的係列暢銷書。卻堅持在鄉間從事獸醫工作50餘年。

寫過的書拍成瞭電影電視劇，塑造的人物成瞭讀者飯桌上的談資，而他自己成瞭人們口中永恒的傳奇。

謙卑、溫和、樂觀、悲憫。

一個把心低到塵土，卻始終在仰望星空的人。

譯者 林瀅，當代著名翻譯傢、作傢及書法傢。文筆流暢，著譯頗豐，深受廣大讀者喜愛。20世紀60年代在颱灣《聯閤報》兒童版連載八年的《林叔叔講故事》曾經傢喻戶曉。《萬物既偉大又渺小》（颱版名為《大地之歌》）是其代錶譯作。

These are the stories that catapulted James Herriot to literary fame. When this book was first published, it was merely a simple volume of memoirs by an unknown Scottish veterinarian. But within a year, the book became recognized as a masterpiece. And in the three decades that followed, Dr. Herriot became one of the most universally loved authors of our time.In this first volume of memoirs, then-newly-qualified vet James Herriot arrives in the small Yorkshire village of Darrowby and he has no idea what to expect. How will he get on with his new boss? With the local farmers? And what will the animals think? This program is filled with hilarious and touching tales of the unpredictable Siegfried Farnon, Siegfrieds zany brother, Tristan, and Herriots first encounters with a beautiful girl called Helen.Now as then, All Creatures Great and Small is full of humor, warmth, pathos, drama, and James Herriots love of life. His journeys across the Yorkshire dales, and his encounters with humans and dogs, cows, and kittens, are lovingly told by Christopher Timothy with all the fascination, affection, and joy that suffuses Dr. Herriots works.