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The Elements of Botany.ByFrancis Darwin, Sc.D., M.B., F.R.S., Fellow of Christ’s College.Second edition.Crown 8vo. With 94 illustrations. 4s.6d.
Journal of Education.A noteworthy addition to our botanical literature.
Practical Physiology of Plants.ByFrancis Darwin, Sc.D., F.R.S., andE. Hamilton Acton, M.A.Third edition.Crown 8vo. With 45 illustrations. 4s.6d.
Nature.The authors are much to be congratulated on their work, which fills a serious gap in the botanical literature of this country.
Morphology and Anthropology.ByW. L. H. Duckworth, M.A., M.D., Fellow and Lecturer of Jesus College, University Lecturer in Physical Anthropology. Demy 8vo. With 333 illustrations. 15s.net.
Athenæum.Mr Duckworth has managed to produce in his “Morphology and Anthropology" just such a text-book as students have long been asking for.... It is no easy task to have undertaken such a work and the author is to be congratulated on the success which has attended his efforts. The volume can be confidently recommended to all whose studies lead them in this direction.
Lectures on the History of Physiologyduring the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. By SirM. Foster, K.C.B., M.D., D.C.L. Demy 8vo. With a frontispiece. 9s.
Nature.There is no more fascinating chapter in the history of science than that which deals with physiology, but a concise and at the same time compendious account of the early history of the subject has never before been presented to the English reader. Physiologists therefore owe a debt of gratitude to Sir Michael Foster for supplying a want which was widely felt.... No higher praise can be given to the book than to say that it is worthy of the reputation of its author.
The Soluble Ferments and Fermentation.ByJ. Reynolds Green, Sc.D., F.R.S., Professor of Botany to the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.Second edition.Demy 8vo. 12s.
Nature.It is not necessary to recommend the perusal of the book to all interested in the subject since it is indispensable to them, and we will merely conclude by congratulating the Cambridge University Press on having added to their admirable series of Natural Science Manuals an eminently successful work on so important and difficult a theme, and the author on having written a treatise cleverly conceived, industriously and ably worked out, and on the whole, well written.
Conditions of Life in the Sea.A short account of Quantitative Marine Biological Research. ByJames Johnstone, Fisheries Laboratory, University of Liverpool. Demy 8vo. With a chart and 31 illustrations. 9s.net.
The Natural History of some Common Animals.ByOswald H. Latter, M.A., Senior Science Master at Charterhouse. Crown 8vo. With 54 illustrations. 5s.net.
Nature.An excellent book, written by a man who is equally in his element whether he writes as an outdoor naturalist or as a laboratory student. This combination is by no means a common one, and it is just the combination that is wanted for a book of this kind.... Altogether the book is an admirable one.
Athenæum.A book that may be judiciously placed in the hands of any boy who evinces a reasonable interest in the animal life around him.
The Classification of Flowering Plants.ByAlfred Barton Rendle, M.A. (Cantab.), D.Sc. (Lond.), F.L.S., Keeper of the Department of Botany, British Museum. Vol. I. Gymnosperms and Monocotyledons. Demy 8vo. With 187 illustrations. 10s.6d.net.
Gardener’s Chronicle.Numerous illustrations and an excellent index add to the value of the work. We heartily congratulate the author on the partial accomplishment of a difficult and laborious task. The part before us does but whet our appetite for what is to follow.
Athenæum.The first instalment of a text book which will well represent the state of our knowledge in the early years of the century. In the present volume the Gymnosperms and the Monocotyledons alone are dealt with; but they are treated with such excellent co-ordination of detail and such clear-headed sense of proportion, that we eagerly await the publication of the next instalment.
The Origin and Influence of the Thorough-bred Horse.ByW. Ridgeway, Sc.D., F.B.A., Disney Professor of Archæology and Fellow of Gonville and Caius College. Demy 8vo. With 143 illustrations. 12s.6d.net.
Westminster Gazette.There has never been a more learned contribution to equine literature than Professor Ridgeway’s comprehensive and exhaustive book.
Spectator.It would be difficult for Professor Ridgeway to write a book which did not contain at least one wholly novel thesis, and the present work is no exception to his practice. It is also an encyclopaedia of information on the history of theEquidae, collected from every source, from post-Pleiocene deposits to modern sporting newspapers. No detail escapes the author’s industry, and ... the result is a monument of sound learning, unique of its kind.
Manual of Practical Morbid Anatomy,being a Handbook for the Post-mortem Room. ByH. D. Rolleston, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P., andA. A. Kanthack, M.D., M.R.C.P. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Fossil Plants: a text-book for students of Botany and Geology.ByA. C. Seward, M.A., F.R.S., Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge. In 3 vols. Demy 8vo. Vol. I. with a frontispiece and 111 illustrations, 10s.net. Vol. II. with a frontispiece and 265 illustrations. 15s.net.
[Vol. III in the Press.
Revue Scientifique.Nous ne pouvons entrer dans le détail; mais il est évident que M. Seward, praticien distingué lui-même, est très au courant des travaux des autres, il les cite et utilise abondamment; et ceci est fait pour inspirer confiance. Au total, son œuvre est appuyée sur des bases solides, et elle restera sans doute longtemps le bréviaire, le manuel de ceux qui veulent, non pas seulement s’initier à la paléobotanique, mais retrouver les renseignements qui sont épars dans des centaines de monographies qu’on a souvent peine à se procurer. Le livre de M. Seward fait partie desCambridge Natural Science Manuals, et il est digne de cette collection, qui est elle-même digne du foyer scientifique universellement réputé, où il a vu le jour.
Zoology. An Elementary Text-Book.ByA. E. Shipley, Sc.D., F.R.S., andE. W. MacBride, M.A. (Cantab.), D.Sc. (London).Second edition.Demy 8vo. With 349 illustrations. 10s.6d.net.
Pall Mall Gazette.Precisely the sort of book which, if it came into a thoughtful boy’s hands, would turn him from a smatterer into a student.... One of the most instructive and attractive books that could be put into the hands of a young naturalist.
Trees:A Handbook of Forest Botany for the Woodlands and the Laboratory. ByH. Marshall Ward, Sc.D., F.R.S. Vol. I. Buds and Twigs. Vol. II. Leaves. Vol. III. Flowers and Inflorescences. Vol. IV. Fruits. Vol. V. Form and Habit, with an Appendix on Seedlings. Crown 8vo. With numerous illustrations. 4s.6d.net each. Price for the set of five volumes, 20s.net.
Nature.The clear and simple way in which the author treats the subject is sure to inspire many with interest and enthusiasm for the study of forest botany.... The work will be found indispensable to those students who wish to make an expert study of forest botany. At the same time it is expressed in language so clear and devoid of technicalities that the amateur who wishes to know something about our trees and shrubs will find this one of the most useful guides to which he can turn.... The work is a many sided one, acting not only as a guide to the naturalist in the field, but also as a laboratory handbook, where the use of the lens and microscope may be employed to amplify the study of objects already observed in their natural habitats. Botanists generally, and especially forest botanists will welcome the appearance of this book as supplying a decided want, and filling a distinct gap in our literature of forest botany.
Grasses:a Handbook for use in the Field and Laboratory. ByH. Marshall Ward, Sc.D., F.R.S. Crown 8vo. With 81 figures. 6s.
Field.The work is essentially suited to the requirements of those desirous of studying the grasses commonly grown in this country, and it can fairly be said that it furnishes an amount of information seldom obtained in more pretentious volumes.
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A Treatise on the British Freshwater Algæ.ByG. S. West, M.A., A.R.C.S., F.L.S., Lecturer in Botany in the University of Birmingham. Demy 8vo. With a frontispiece and 166 illustrations. 10s.6d.net.
Nature.Its aim is stated as “to give the student a concise account of the structure, habits and life-histories of Freshwater Algæ, and also to enable him to place within the prescribed limits of a genus any Algæ he may find in the freshwater of the British Islands.†To do this within the limits of an octavo volume of less than 400 pages, in which are numerous illustrations, is a task possible of accomplishment only by one very familiar with the subject and skilled in concise expression; but that it has been successfully done will, we think, be the verdict after testing the book thoroughly.... Prof. West’s treatment of his subject is instructive and stimulating.
A Manual and Dictionary of the Flowering Plants and Ferns.ByJ. C. Willis, M.A., Sc.D., Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Ceylon.Third edition.Crown 8vo. 10s.6d.
Field.Taking this handy volume and a local flora, the traveller or student may do an enormous amount of practical field work without any other botanical literature whatever.... The result is a work that ought to be included in every library of botany and horticulture or agriculture, and it is certainly one that the nomadic botanist cannot afford to leave at home.... We have used the original edition of this work since its publication, and have found it to be one of the most useful and comprehensive works on plants ever produced.
Athenæum.The whole is well abreast of modern research, and a thoroughly business-like volume, lucid though compact.
Agriculture in the Tropics.An elementary Treatise. ByJ. C. Willis, M.A., Sc.D. Demy 8vo. With 25 plates. 7s.6d.net.
Palæontology—Invertebrate.ByHenry Woods, M.A., F.G.S., University Lecturer in Palæozoology.Fourth edition.Crown 8vo. With 151 illustrations. 6s.
Outlines of Vertebrate Palæontology for students of Zoology.ByArthur Smith Woodward, M.A., F.R.S., Keeper of the Department of Geology in the British Museum. Demy 8vo. With 228 illustrations. 14s.
Athenæum.The author is to be congratulated on having produced a work of exceptional value, dealing with a difficult subject in a thoroughly sound manner.
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