Charles John Cornish (1858-1906) was a British naturalist and journalist. His works include: The New Forest (1894), Wild Animals in Captivity; or, Orpheus at the Zoo and Other Papers (1894), The Isle of Wight (1895), Life at the Zoo: Notes and Traditions of Regents Park Gardens (1897), Nights With an Old Gunner (1897), Animals at Work and Play: Their Activities and Emotions (1897), Animals of To-day: Their Life and Conversation (1898), The Naturalist on the Thames (1902), The People"s Natural History: Embracing Living Animals of the World and Living Races of Mankind (1903), Animal Artisans, and Other Studies of Birds and Beasts (1907), Mammals of Other Lands (1917) and Birds of Other Lands, Reptiles, Fishes, Jointed Animals and Lower Forms (1917).