The author excels the reality and bustle of work among the
255 pages, generously defending Nature from
the onslaughts of the ballot-box.
255 pages, generously defending Nature from
the onslaughts of the ballot-box.
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Cambridge University Press
The book contains also a full description of the This is meant to cover the usual course of
Morris and the places in which he lived is,
most modern instruments used at sea in taking
indeed, delightful, and requires delicacy of
students who are reading for a degree in
the requisite data.
science or engineering, and cannot be recom-
handling in treatment. Lady Warwick writes
Blackie's Little French Classics : Dumas, Napo- mended to students with no previous knowledge
with obvious sincerity and some faculty of
léon à l'Ile d'Elbe, edited by Clémence Saunois,
appreciation, though her work tends to rainify
of the subject. It is apparently intended to
4d.
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and to lack distinction. There
some
This is a picturesque if rather partial account As in all his works, careful attention is given
beautiful crayon drawings of Morris's looms
of the fortunes of Napoleon after the débâcle
and dwellings. It is one of the Pilgrim Books.
throughout to the practical application of the
of 1814. We are glad to see it issued as a school- theories and formulæ, and the diagrams are
book, as it is sure to interest young and recep-
Geography and Travel.
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tive minds. The notes are in French, and satis- | Lyddeker (Richard), Cunningham (J. T. ), and
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Methuen
the story is not well told. “M. Beaumont is tion of elementary information, suitable for This is a book chiefly intended as a guide to
mightier with the aeroplane than with the pen, junior classes. Such themes as how animals the dairy farmer. It is written in a popular
and too effusive, especially concerning journal- defend themselves, how they hunt their prey, style, and deals as briefly as possible with the
istic aid. There are many illustrations of and so forth, are discussed and explained in scientific side of the subject; it gives tho
interest.
a manner that should appeal to young readers, practical man just what he wants. The author
are
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past,"
The
shows clearly how the farmer may obviate compassion, together with the charm of a “Rita," Grim Justice : the Study of a Conscience,
losses in his business by a slight acquaintance vivacity which flags indeed sometimes amid 6/
Eveleigh Nash
with bacteriology. Books of this kind should longueurs of moralizing and introspective This tragic tale, based upon what may be de-
have a great influence in educating the public. letter-writing, yet renews itself again and again. scribed as the repressive force of the Noncon.
Sarjant (L. G. ), Is the Mind a Coherer ? 6/ net. The style is blatantly and colloquially American formist conscience, contains all the qualities of
George Allen without much actual slang-a feature which the writer which have endeared her to a large
We firmly believe that the author has some- gives the work a welcome air of novelty in public, while also showing some signs of com-
thing to say, but his extraordinary style does lighter scenes, but is apt to make tragic inten- mendable restraint.
an injustice to his argument. We gather that tions ludicrously. miscarry. The story tells Sladen (Douglas), The Unholy Estate, 6/
he holds the mind to be an instrument which, how an “ Army" girl, reared in the pleasant
Stanley Paul
when excited by an effect competent to but exclusive traditions of her class, prevents Two problems are dealt with in this book-
excite it, excites a similar effect in a similar the suicide of a stranger, a girl with a
that of the upbringing of children, and the
instrument similarly competent to be so excited. whom she takes into her home, and, without injustice of the divorce laws concerning women,
Incidentally he makes à vigorous onslaught asking her history, treats as a sister.
As in the majority of books with a “purpose,'
upon current science.
situations to which this gives rise are hardily most of the stress is laid on one note. The
Thomas (H. H. ), The Garden at Home, 6/ net. inagined, but, to be dealt with effectively, course taken by the heroine, though in the
Cassell require a knowledge of the world and in-
circumstances the only apparent way out, will
This well-known author has added yet dividual humanity a good deal beyond what certainly not meet with universal approval,
another excellent treatise of 270 pages on his the writer has as yet attained.
but it may call some attention to the root
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especially, as the title indicates, with small
John Long
General Literature.
gardens. The numerous illustrations from The hero, a young Australian, is good alike
photographs give an idea of what can be at cricket and riding racehorses. He is other-
Balfour (Arthur James), Aspects of Home Rule,
done. At the end is a comprehensive table wise an ordinary young man, and his good
2/6 net.
Routledge
concerning fruit trees and popular vegetables, fortune in escaping from the toils of an actress
For notice see p. 336.
and the best way to grow them.
and other perils and difficulties is so constant
Hart (Horace), Rules for Compositors and
United States National Museum : 1880, Descrip- as to be cloying. Love and sentiment are
Readers at the University Press, Oxford, the
tions of New Hymenoptera, No. 4, by J. C. varied by views of the seamy side of life, English Spellings revised by Sir James A. H.
Crawford ; 1881, A Revision of the Forms of especially on the turf. None of the characters Murray and Henry Bradley, New Edition,
the Edible-Nest Swiftlet, Collocalia fuciphaga makes a distinct impression on us, but the
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A Small Collection of Bats from Panama, by Green (Anna Katharine), Initials Only, 6/ Nash by the authority of Oxford scholarship.
Gerrit S. Miller, jun. ; 1883, Description of a An excellent detective story, the central Hocking (Joseph), Is Home Rule Rome Rule ?
New Species of Isopod of the Genus Cleantis figure of which has a dark and tragic past.
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Lepidoptera, chiefly from Mexico, by Harrison he is a real superman. But he has erred, and
Shamrock-says that for many years his
G. Dyar; and 1886, Description of a New Fate, in the person of a detective, incessantly opinions with respect to Home Rule were un
Species of the Isopod Genus Cassidinidea from dogs his steps.
decided. As a Nonconformist he could not
Mexico, by Harriet Richardson.
Hemery (Wilfred), The Woman Wonderful, 6/ but fear that the measure might lead to Roman
Washington, Smithsonian Institution
Sidgwick & Jackson
Catholic domination. He therefore took a
Whitehead (Alfred North) and Russell (Bertrand), The autobiography of a young man just down
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from Oxford, written throughout with engaging
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The second volume of this elaborate work- Service, and we find an animated description
of religion, Protestants need not fear Home
of which the first appeared in 1910-contains of life in a small colonial town. A love- Rulc. On the contrary, he believes that it
Parts III. and IV. , and a portion of Part V, affair runs through the story, but the hero does will be “the first step in the way of freedom
Part III. deals with the definition and general not strike us as very honourable. The author
from the bondage of Rome. "
logical properties of logical numbers ; Part IV. does not indulge in the usual “ happy ending. " H. R H. The Infanta Eulalia of Spain, The Thread
treats of Relation-Arithmetic, of which Henniker (Mrs. Arthur), Second Fiddle, 6/
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and Part V. discusses serial relations. The In this novel the failure of the heroine to have any virtue in themselves, though there is an
whole will be completed in another volume. appreciate herself at her true value
interest' attaching to them which is solely the
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Smith (Fred), Scenes from the Boyhood of a various other more or less nebulous characters,
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Naturalist, 1/
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A book well calculated to encourage a taste the nearest to life. Faulty characterization land are by no means epitomes or amplifications
for natural history. The author's account of and an absence of definite motive render the of the guide-book order, for they strike out
the making of his first aquarium and the sub- story unsatisfactory.
boldly for themselves. The book is full of
sequent vicissitudes of its occupants, his first Hewlett (Maurice), The Life and Death of Richard merry, whimsical, and sympathetic vignettes,
day at the sea and his introduction to its marvels, Yea-and-Nay; and Little Novels of Italy, 2/ occasionally tinged with self-consciousness.
should please the young naturalist. The net each.
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Old and New.
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Fiction.
published in Macmillan's Two Shilling Series. best. There are several clever drawings.
Applin (Arthur), Her Sacrifice, 6/ Ward & Lock
Six more are to follow in the same edition. Masque of Learning (The) and its Many Meanings,
Given a rich man with a secret past, a
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in good taste. They make a worthy addition
Edinburgh, The Outlook Tower
necessitous and unscrupulous rival who finds
to a well-selected library.
The book of the pageant celebrating the semi-
it out, an extortionate moneylender, a rascally
jubilee of University Hall, Edinburgh. The
solicitor, a beantiful and noble girl, and it Jepson (Edgar), The House on the Mall, 6/
needs little insight to foretell exciting times.
Hutchinson
scenario is most comprehensive, and the inter-
Incident follows incident, and infamy is piled
In a sensational novel the inclusion of at least
pretation adequate.
on infamy with bewildering speed, till every-
one murder is indispensable to many readers.
Novikow (J. ), War and its Alleged Benefits, with
thing and everybody are so mixed up that it
This story is a narration of a series of the most
an Introduction by Norman Angell, 2/6 net.
daring and reckless crimes committed by a band
For notice see p. 335.
would seem that nothing but a miracle could
Heinemann
straighten them out. Then the showman
of men whose " chief” lives in the House on the
Owen (Harold), Woman Adrift, 6/ Stanley Paul
pulls the strings, infamy is wiped out, bene-
Mall. It includes a love-interest which is, how-
May be described as the anti-suffragist's
ficence reigns, and the reader who clamours
ever, somewhat neglected.
guide to knowledge, lighting, the way to which
the menace of suffragism leads. On p. 78
for a happy ending is satisfied. We think the Lloyd (Theodosia), Innocence in the Wilderness,
the author avers that the rest of the book is
sacrifice too great.
67
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unnecessary, but he, nevertheless, without
Ardagh (W. M. ), The Knightly Years, 6/ Lane From a quiet, narrow life in the close of a
appreciating the situation, grapples manfully
To those who like a stirring, full-blooded cathedral town, where innocence blossoms
with a "pricked bubble" through an additional
fifteenth-century romance this novel may
into intolerance, the heroine is thrown into
be warmly recommended.
The author excels the reality and bustle of work among the
255 pages, generously defending Nature from
the onslaughts of the ballot-box.
in painting, picturesque braggadocio and artistic and journalistic world of London.
passion-absorbed women. The Canary Islands
The contrast is strongly made, and develops
Pamphlots.
is again his scene, and event follows event well characteristics and powers that would Molesworth (Sir Guilford), The Biggest Fool on
with hurricane rapidity.
probably have remained latent in the seclusion
Earth, 1d.
Cole (Sophie), The Thorn-Bush near the Door, 6/ of the close. The story is well written and
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biggest fool on earth
is the “ British
Mills & Boon interesting; the women are sympathetically Working Man,” because he is subjugated by
This somewhat melodramatic story concerns
drawn, and stand out vividly against a more or the paid officials of the Unions, is cajoled hy
the fortunes of a girl who finds that she is
less shadowy background of men.
Socialist agitators, goes out on strike, thinks
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young artist, Marsh (Richard), Violet Forster's Lover, 6/
he can make the poor richer by making the
who is clever as a painter, but vacillating and
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rich poorer, and apparently is incredulous of
contemptible as
He is accused of Discredited by his brother officers, reduced the benefits of Tariff Reform. After such a
murder, and we are asked to believe that this to penury, driven even to sordid crime, the catalogue of nefarious deeds, we wonder that
experience has a sobering effect on him, and bero” still finds himself the object of a the working classes have not been incarcerated
that all ends well. The heroine is sym-
con-
The "
a
a
nan.
66
woman's undying love. He sinks from one long before this.
pathetically drawn.
abyss to another, and finds many strange com. Swallow (Rev. H. J. ), The Disestablishinent
Glaspell (Susan), The Visioning, 6/ Murray panions, but even the most censorious reader Rot," 2d.
It is impossible to read this book without a will find his downward career of interest. In
This pamphlet is so defaced by cheap witti-
certain sympathy. Evidently the work of an the end it is the woman's wit and courage cisms, journalistic appeals, and devices to
inexperienced writer, it has the youthful which help to establish his innocence of a tickle the groundlings, that it is impossible to
qualities of headlong generosity and headlong
social misdemeanour.
include it in the category of serious argument.
Jarrold
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Literary Gossip.
net.
Oriental Congress, and the Jubilee of
FORTHCOMING BOOKS.
the University of Athens at the begin.
MARCE
Theology.
ning of April.
28 Introduction to Dogmatic Theology, by
the late Rev. E. A. Litton, Revised Edition, 10/6
A BOOK which is to be called ' Against
Robert Scott
THE formation of a London Museum Home Rule' will be published towards
28 The Teaching of the Fathers, by the Rev.
T. E. Harwood.
Elliot Stock in a central position has long been urged the end of the month by Messrs. Warne
28. The Epistles of St. Paul, the Text prepared by good citizens, antiquaries, and enthu- & Co. Sir Edward Carson will write an
by Sir Edward Clarke, 2/6 net. Smith & Elder
siasts, but, like other excellent schemes, Introduction, and Mr. Bonar Law has
History and Biography.
28 A Nurse's Life in War and Peace, by E. C.
has been unconscionably delayed. We promised to add a Preface.
Laurence, 5/ net.
Smith & Elder note with satisfaction the establishment in
PROF. SANFORD TERRY of Aberdeen
Science.
Kensington Palace of the show organized
25 That Rock Garden of Ours, by F. E. with wonderful energy and expert care
University is engaged upon a volume of
Hulme, Cheap Edition, 5/ net. Fisher Unwin by Mr. Guy Laking and his assistants.
Documents illustrative of Scottish His-
Fiction
tory, 1603-1707,' which he hopes to
25. Dreams, and Dream Life and Real Life,
Already it contains a surprising wealth publish with Messrs. MacLehose early
by Olive Schreiner, New Edition, Adelphi Library of exhibits, ancient and modern, ranging next year.
from stone implements to the Coronation
Real Life, 2/ net.
Fisher Unwin
25 The Heart of a Russian, by M. Y. Ler- robes of King Edward and Queen Alex. • How 'Twas 'is the title of a new book
montov, translated by J. H. Wisdom and Marr andra, and being particularly strong in by Mr. Stephen Reynolds which Messrs.
Murray, 61
Herbert & Daniel
art.
Macmillan & Co. have in the press. It
26 The Caged Lion, by Charlotte M. Yonge,
New Edition, i/ net.
Macmillan
When its establishment is generally consists of a series of stories and sketches
20. Nebe Madie's Niece boy George, A4, Birming, known and appreciated, it will doubtless similar to those contained in, ' A Poor
Smith & Elder profit by_that generosity which dis- Man's House' and ' Alongshore,' and deals
32. The Little Blue Devil, by Dorothea Mac: tinguishes English collectors
. Enough has with the same working-class life and coast
kellar
28 The Englishwoman, by Alice and Claude been done already to emphasize the de- and fishing scenes.
Askew, 6/
Cassell mand for a special building which will be
Two new books will make their first
William Harvey,
Cheaper Edition, 3 vols. , net worthy of its purpose, and allow of ample appearance in Messrs. Macmillan's Seven-
Chatto & Windus room for accessions.
28 Israel Rank, by Roy Horniman, Cheaper
penny Series on April 2nd. The first is
Edition, 2/ net.
Chatto & Windus "THE MASQUE OF LEARNING AND ITS The Three Knaves,' by Mr. Eden Phill-
28 Service, by Constance Smedley, New
Edition, 6/
Chatto & Windus MANY MEANINGS,' devised by Prof. Patrick potts, a detective story, with its scenes
28 Mothers and Fathers, by Constance Smed- Geddes as a celebration of the twenty- laid mainly at Ealing, the second is a
ley, New Edition, 61 Chatto & Windus fifth year of University Hall, Edinburgh, tale by. Mrs. Hubert Barclay, entitled
General Literature.
26 Misapprehension, Misrepresentation, Mis-
and given on the evenings of March 14th The Giant Fisher. '
judgment, by T. I.
Elliot Stock to 16th inclusive at the Synod Hall of
MESSRS. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & Co.
25 The Autobiography of a Working Woman, that city, was a great success, hundreds have on exhibition in their New York
by Adelheid Popp, with introductions by, August being turned away nightly from a build-book-rooms the first American editions
Bebel and J. Ramsay MacDonald, M. P. , 3/8 net.
Fisher Unwin ing which held over 2,000. We gather of eleven of R. L. Stevenson's books,
26 Responsible Government in the Dominions, that there was a desire to secure
by A. B. Keith, 3 vols. , 42/
presented by the author to Jules Simoneau,
28 A Quiet Holiday, by Oona K. Ball, 1/ net.
larger room, such as the McEwan Hall
, restaurant - keeper of Monterey. The
Cassell but the University authorities refused twelfth volume contains a collection of
28 Success for Boys, by A. M. Apel, bd. net. permission, dreading the interference of letters, and the manuscript of an essay 'The
Cassell
the Lord Chamberlain, who has no Friendship of Robert Louis Stevenson
NEXT MONTH'S MAGAZINES. jurisdiction in Scotland ! Even if he had, and Jules Simoneau,' by Mrs. Katherine
The Cornhill Magazine will contain the cus- it would have taxed his ingenuity to find D. Osbourne, with some drawings and
MA! Vachell, The Grip of Life. " by Ágnes and anything objęctionable in the book of photographs. The
books were purchased
The Masque' which is before us. Begin- | after the death of Simoneau in 1908 at
ness," by Sir Henry Lucy; The Children's Country ning with the great Oriental civilizations, the age of 89, and passed to a San
pletion of The Darweeshes of Damascus,” by it passes in review the Greek, Roman, Francisco collector, who has had them
Mr. T. c. Fowle : biography of Godfrey Sykes Celtic, and Mediæval periods up to the bound in Boston after designs by Miss
Armitage, The Soldier's Breviary, by Mr. G. H. present day, and ends with an attempt L. Averill Cole.
Powell; Granny Ryall's Remeni berings, by Miss to shadow forth the future of higher
Marjory Hardcastle; "The Return from Varennes, education.
THE miners of the Ruhr district have
by Miss H. M. Sturge; . On the Threshold of Russia,'
by Mr. Edward Cadogan ; Birds of a Sussex The whole was a worthy commemora-
lost their poet, Heinrich Kämpchen, whose
Garden," by Mr. Horace Hutchinson, and - Badajoz tion of University Hall
, which, starting death, at the age of 64, is announced
staterem by Magnola Bennett ; in. Johnny in the tribute to the enthusiasm of Prof. Geddes, afforded by a village school, and from the
Harper's Magazine will contain : Your United from small beginnings, is now a fine from Linden in Westphalia. He had
little real education beyond what was
Woods,' by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman; The its founder.
Secret, a poem, by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay ;
age of 16 worked in the mines. His
• The Menace of Cape Race,' by George Harding ;
* The Years,' by James Oppenheim ; The New
MR. HECTOR BURN MURDOCH, a member poems, which show distinct poetical
Meaning of Public Health, by Robert W. Bruère; of the Edinburgh Faculty of Advocates, talent and contain some fine passages,
• The Eyes of the Gazelle, by Richard Washburn has been appointed to the recently for the most part deal with various
Child ;
by the author of The Inner Shrine; Flower instituted Lectureship in English Law aspects of a miner's life--its loneliness and
Asleep,' a poem, by Richard Le Gallienne ;, The in the University. He has acted as its dangers, and the weird legends of
Twain,'Sixth Paper, by Albert Bigelow Paine: “The reporter for English cases in The Scottish the mines.
Lower Animal,' by Norman Duncan; Wild Law Reporter ; contributed the article
Burma,' by Mary Blair Beebe; 'Motion Study at on ‘English Law' to the Encyclopædia from Karlsruhe of Geheimrat Dr. Gustav
The death, in his 86th year, is announced
St. Katharine's,' by Elizabeth Jordan ; 'The Pass-
of Scots Law'; and has been a contri | Wendt, Director of the Gymnasium of
"An Easter Canticle," a poem, by Charles Hanson butor to The Juridical Review and Scottish that town from 1867 till his resignation
Towne ; and 'At Twilight,' by Susan Glaspell.
Law Times.
Scribner's Magazine will contain the opening
in 1907, and one of the foremost classical
chapters of 'The Heart of the Hills,' a serial by
MR. OWEN SEAMAN will preside at the teachers of his day. Among his works
John Fox, jun.
The Positivist Review will contain the first Annual Dinner of the Royal Literary are Gymnasium und öffentliche Meinung'
of two papers on Theism, by Mr. Frederic Fund on May 16th.
and 'Didaktik und Methode des deutschen
Harrison ; a paper by Mr. J. F. Gould, The
Unterrichts und der philosophischen Pro-
Imitation of Christ,' an application of Thomas à
DR. J. P. MAHAFFY, C. V. O. , is to pädeutik,' and translations of Sophocles's
Kempis to modern life; and an account of the
late Frederic Seebohm, by Mr. S, H. Swinny. represent Trinity College, Dublin, at the tragedies.
a
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recognized, comparable with the trans. evolutionist has constantly to remember
SCIENCE
mission of messages by letter-post, by ordi. that adaptation to like conditions of life
nary telegraph, or by wireless telegraphy. may lead to parallelism of development in
Thus the secretions of certain cells may different groups. On taking a broad view
act as stimulants on distant cells by means of recent and fossil reptiles, it is seen that
OUR LIBRARY TABLE. of circulating fluids, as is the case with the they admit of classification in two main
chemical secretions known as hormones : divisions or sub-classes—one a mammal-like
BIOLOGY, or the scientific study of living this is the letter-post method. Or there may brigade termed Theromorpha, the other a
things, is so vast a subject that it has neces- be material connexion by means of nerve bird - like brigade termed Ornithomorpha.
sarily been divided and subdivided into fibres or protoplasmic threads—the telegraph Both divisions were probably derived from
many subordinate sciences, and a student, wires. Again, possibly one cell may act the primæval salamanders known technically
whilo devoting himself to one or more of on another at a distance through the agency as stegocephalian amphibians, the evolution
these branches, often fails to take a philo- of stimuli transmitted without apparent of the class having occurred, it is supposed,
sophical view of the whole. Yet much of the material connexion, like electric waves. in the later ages of Palæozoic time.
educational value of biological study depends The reader who turns over the pages of this The section on the Amphibia is written
on the due recognition of general principles | work will find much of interest on such jointly by Mr. Cunningham and Dr. G. A.
rather than on specialization in any particular subjects as the evolution of sex, the adapta- Boulenger, whilst the former alone is
section. Realizing this, Prof. Arthur Dendy, tion of the organism to its environment, the responsible for the long section on Fishes.
in Outlines of Evolutionary Biology (Con experiments of Mendel, the mutation theory. The treatment of both groups is excellent,
stable & Co. ), takes a general survey of of De Vries, the geographical distribution of so far as the limits of the work permitted.
the broad field of biology, occupying as his life, and the construction of fossil pedigrees, It may bo doubted whether those living
standpoint the elevation which has been or phylogenetic trees, from the record of amphibians that retain gills or gill-slits
raised in recent years by the evolutionist. the rocks. A notable part of the volume throughout life are, as has been commonly
The author brings to his task peculiar is a sketch of the history of the theory of supposed, representative of the most primitive
advantages, inasmuch as he has studied life organic evolution, from Buffon to Weismann. type. It was an old idea that the lungs of
in many distant parts, having held professor: Prof. Dendy, in conclusion, is led to indulge the higher vertebrates had been developed
ships of biology and zoology in New Zealand in the characteristic optimism of the evolu- from the air-bladder of fishes, but it is now
and South Africa, and having seen insular tionist, and from the gradual development believed that, on the contrary, the air.
life in such remote spots as the Chatham of the human race in the past he looks bladder was probably evolved from lungs.
Islands. These islands, about 400 miles E. of with confidence to its progress in the In the well-known lung-fishes the respiratory
New Zealand, were inhabited by a native future.
function of the air-bladder is evident, and
race called Morioris, a peaceful people who in
it is permissible to regard such forms as
the early part of the nineteenth century were Reptiles, Amphibia, Fishes, and Lower distinctly connecting the fishes with amphi-
attacked by an invading party, of Maoris Chordata. By Richard Lydekker, J. T.
Cambridge University Press
The book contains also a full description of the This is meant to cover the usual course of
Morris and the places in which he lived is,
most modern instruments used at sea in taking
indeed, delightful, and requires delicacy of
students who are reading for a degree in
the requisite data.
science or engineering, and cannot be recom-
handling in treatment. Lady Warwick writes
Blackie's Little French Classics : Dumas, Napo- mended to students with no previous knowledge
with obvious sincerity and some faculty of
léon à l'Ile d'Elbe, edited by Clémence Saunois,
appreciation, though her work tends to rainify
of the subject. It is apparently intended to
4d.
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and to lack distinction. There
some
This is a picturesque if rather partial account As in all his works, careful attention is given
beautiful crayon drawings of Morris's looms
of the fortunes of Napoleon after the débâcle
and dwellings. It is one of the Pilgrim Books.
throughout to the practical application of the
of 1814. We are glad to see it issued as a school- theories and formulæ, and the diagrams are
book, as it is sure to interest young and recep-
Geography and Travel.
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tive minds. The notes are in French, and satis- | Lyddeker (Richard), Cunningham (J. T. ), and
Borel (Henri), The New China : & Traveller's
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This small selection embodies more poems Ellsworth), Elementary Plant Biology, 41
Bosworth (G. F. ), West London, 1/6
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One of the Cambridge County Geographies. displays more independence of view than is essentially formative and suggestive. The
For notice see p. 333.
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Cambridge County Geographies : Breconshire, by Text Poets.
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ties as well as features of to-day.
composition, unless the author intended her by diagrams.
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Jackson (Ida H. ), Botanical Experiments for Industry, 5/ net.
Constable
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Beaumont (André), My Three Big Flights, 10/ net. and clearness of the type and diagrams combine which concern them. It deals with rubber
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circuits, in which the author played such an
Blackie Sadler (Wilfrid), Bacteria as Friends and Foes of
adventurous and successful part. Unhappily, Mr. Claxton's 'Stories 'are a useful compila- the Dairy Farmer, 1/6
Methuen
the story is not well told. “M. Beaumont is tion of elementary information, suitable for This is a book chiefly intended as a guide to
mightier with the aeroplane than with the pen, junior classes. Such themes as how animals the dairy farmer. It is written in a popular
and too effusive, especially concerning journal- defend themselves, how they hunt their prey, style, and deals as briefly as possible with the
istic aid. There are many illustrations of and so forth, are discussed and explained in scientific side of the subject; it gives tho
interest.
a manner that should appeal to young readers, practical man just what he wants. The author
are
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past,"
The
shows clearly how the farmer may obviate compassion, together with the charm of a “Rita," Grim Justice : the Study of a Conscience,
losses in his business by a slight acquaintance vivacity which flags indeed sometimes amid 6/
Eveleigh Nash
with bacteriology. Books of this kind should longueurs of moralizing and introspective This tragic tale, based upon what may be de-
have a great influence in educating the public. letter-writing, yet renews itself again and again. scribed as the repressive force of the Noncon.
Sarjant (L. G. ), Is the Mind a Coherer ? 6/ net. The style is blatantly and colloquially American formist conscience, contains all the qualities of
George Allen without much actual slang-a feature which the writer which have endeared her to a large
We firmly believe that the author has some- gives the work a welcome air of novelty in public, while also showing some signs of com-
thing to say, but his extraordinary style does lighter scenes, but is apt to make tragic inten- mendable restraint.
an injustice to his argument. We gather that tions ludicrously. miscarry. The story tells Sladen (Douglas), The Unholy Estate, 6/
he holds the mind to be an instrument which, how an “ Army" girl, reared in the pleasant
Stanley Paul
when excited by an effect competent to but exclusive traditions of her class, prevents Two problems are dealt with in this book-
excite it, excites a similar effect in a similar the suicide of a stranger, a girl with a
that of the upbringing of children, and the
instrument similarly competent to be so excited. whom she takes into her home, and, without injustice of the divorce laws concerning women,
Incidentally he makes à vigorous onslaught asking her history, treats as a sister.
As in the majority of books with a “purpose,'
upon current science.
situations to which this gives rise are hardily most of the stress is laid on one note. The
Thomas (H. H. ), The Garden at Home, 6/ net. inagined, but, to be dealt with effectively, course taken by the heroine, though in the
Cassell require a knowledge of the world and in-
circumstances the only apparent way out, will
This well-known author has added yet dividual humanity a good deal beyond what certainly not meet with universal approval,
another excellent treatise of 270 pages on his the writer has as yet attained.
but it may call some attention to the root
favourite subject. His latest book deals | Gould (Nat), Good at the Game, 1/ and 2) net. of the evil.
especially, as the title indicates, with small
John Long
General Literature.
gardens. The numerous illustrations from The hero, a young Australian, is good alike
photographs give an idea of what can be at cricket and riding racehorses. He is other-
Balfour (Arthur James), Aspects of Home Rule,
done. At the end is a comprehensive table wise an ordinary young man, and his good
2/6 net.
Routledge
concerning fruit trees and popular vegetables, fortune in escaping from the toils of an actress
For notice see p. 336.
and the best way to grow them.
and other perils and difficulties is so constant
Hart (Horace), Rules for Compositors and
United States National Museum : 1880, Descrip- as to be cloying. Love and sentiment are
Readers at the University Press, Oxford, the
tions of New Hymenoptera, No. 4, by J. C. varied by views of the seamy side of life, English Spellings revised by Sir James A. H.
Crawford ; 1881, A Revision of the Forms of especially on the turf. None of the characters Murray and Henry Bradley, New Edition,
the Edible-Nest Swiftlet, Collocalia fuciphaga makes a distinct impression on us, but the
6d. net.
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(Thunberg), by Harry C. Oberholser ; 1882, story flows on easily and has its mild surprises. A practical and sensible little guide, backed
A Small Collection of Bats from Panama, by Green (Anna Katharine), Initials Only, 6/ Nash by the authority of Oxford scholarship.
Gerrit S. Miller, jun. ; 1883, Description of a An excellent detective story, the central Hocking (Joseph), Is Home Rule Rome Rule ?
New Species of Isopod of the Genus Cleantis figure of which has a dark and tragic past.
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Ward & Lock
from Japan, by Harriet Richardson ; 1885, Superbly handsome and strong, able to move
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Ireland as the Emerald Isle and the Land of the
Lepidoptera, chiefly from Mexico, by Harrison he is a real superman. But he has erred, and
Shamrock-says that for many years his
G. Dyar; and 1886, Description of a New Fate, in the person of a detective, incessantly opinions with respect to Home Rule were un
Species of the Isopod Genus Cassidinidea from dogs his steps.
decided. As a Nonconformist he could not
Mexico, by Harriet Richardson.
Hemery (Wilfred), The Woman Wonderful, 6/ but fear that the measure might lead to Roman
Washington, Smithsonian Institution
Sidgwick & Jackson
Catholic domination. He therefore took a
Whitehead (Alfred North) and Russell (Bertrand), The autobiography of a young man just down
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from Oxford, written throughout with engaging
of all creeds and parties. His conclusion, as
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The second volume of this elaborate work- Service, and we find an animated description
of religion, Protestants need not fear Home
of which the first appeared in 1910-contains of life in a small colonial town. A love- Rulc. On the contrary, he believes that it
Parts III. and IV. , and a portion of Part V, affair runs through the story, but the hero does will be “the first step in the way of freedom
Part III. deals with the definition and general not strike us as very honourable. The author
from the bondage of Rome. "
logical properties of logical numbers ; Part IV. does not indulge in the usual “ happy ending. " H. R H. The Infanta Eulalia of Spain, The Thread
treats of Relation-Arithmetic, of which Henniker (Mrs. Arthur), Second Fiddle, 6/
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and Part V. discusses serial relations. The In this novel the failure of the heroine to have any virtue in themselves, though there is an
whole will be completed in another volume. appreciate herself at her true value
interest' attaching to them which is solely the
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Smith (Fred), Scenes from the Boyhood of a various other more or less nebulous characters,
Glasgow and Dalbeattie, Fraser & Asher
Naturalist, 1/
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A book well calculated to encourage a taste the nearest to life. Faulty characterization land are by no means epitomes or amplifications
for natural history. The author's account of and an absence of definite motive render the of the guide-book order, for they strike out
the making of his first aquarium and the sub- story unsatisfactory.
boldly for themselves. The book is full of
sequent vicissitudes of its occupants, his first Hewlett (Maurice), The Life and Death of Richard merry, whimsical, and sympathetic vignettes,
day at the sea and his introduction to its marvels, Yea-and-Nay; and Little Novels of Italy, 2/ occasionally tinged with self-consciousness.
should please the young naturalist. The net each.
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Old and New.
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Fiction.
published in Macmillan's Two Shilling Series. best. There are several clever drawings.
Applin (Arthur), Her Sacrifice, 6/ Ward & Lock
Six more are to follow in the same edition. Masque of Learning (The) and its Many Meanings,
Given a rich man with a secret past, a
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in good taste. They make a worthy addition
Edinburgh, The Outlook Tower
necessitous and unscrupulous rival who finds
to a well-selected library.
The book of the pageant celebrating the semi-
it out, an extortionate moneylender, a rascally
jubilee of University Hall, Edinburgh. The
solicitor, a beantiful and noble girl, and it Jepson (Edgar), The House on the Mall, 6/
needs little insight to foretell exciting times.
Hutchinson
scenario is most comprehensive, and the inter-
Incident follows incident, and infamy is piled
In a sensational novel the inclusion of at least
pretation adequate.
on infamy with bewildering speed, till every-
one murder is indispensable to many readers.
Novikow (J. ), War and its Alleged Benefits, with
thing and everybody are so mixed up that it
This story is a narration of a series of the most
an Introduction by Norman Angell, 2/6 net.
daring and reckless crimes committed by a band
For notice see p. 335.
would seem that nothing but a miracle could
Heinemann
straighten them out. Then the showman
of men whose " chief” lives in the House on the
Owen (Harold), Woman Adrift, 6/ Stanley Paul
pulls the strings, infamy is wiped out, bene-
Mall. It includes a love-interest which is, how-
May be described as the anti-suffragist's
ficence reigns, and the reader who clamours
ever, somewhat neglected.
guide to knowledge, lighting, the way to which
the menace of suffragism leads. On p. 78
for a happy ending is satisfied. We think the Lloyd (Theodosia), Innocence in the Wilderness,
the author avers that the rest of the book is
sacrifice too great.
67
Chatto & Windus
unnecessary, but he, nevertheless, without
Ardagh (W. M. ), The Knightly Years, 6/ Lane From a quiet, narrow life in the close of a
appreciating the situation, grapples manfully
To those who like a stirring, full-blooded cathedral town, where innocence blossoms
with a "pricked bubble" through an additional
fifteenth-century romance this novel may
into intolerance, the heroine is thrown into
be warmly recommended.
The author excels the reality and bustle of work among the
255 pages, generously defending Nature from
the onslaughts of the ballot-box.
in painting, picturesque braggadocio and artistic and journalistic world of London.
passion-absorbed women. The Canary Islands
The contrast is strongly made, and develops
Pamphlots.
is again his scene, and event follows event well characteristics and powers that would Molesworth (Sir Guilford), The Biggest Fool on
with hurricane rapidity.
probably have remained latent in the seclusion
Earth, 1d.
Cole (Sophie), The Thorn-Bush near the Door, 6/ of the close. The story is well written and
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is the “ British
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This somewhat melodramatic story concerns
drawn, and stand out vividly against a more or the paid officials of the Unions, is cajoled hy
the fortunes of a girl who finds that she is
less shadowy background of men.
Socialist agitators, goes out on strike, thinks
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young artist, Marsh (Richard), Violet Forster's Lover, 6/
he can make the poor richer by making the
who is clever as a painter, but vacillating and
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rich poorer, and apparently is incredulous of
contemptible as
He is accused of Discredited by his brother officers, reduced the benefits of Tariff Reform. After such a
murder, and we are asked to believe that this to penury, driven even to sordid crime, the catalogue of nefarious deeds, we wonder that
experience has a sobering effect on him, and bero” still finds himself the object of a the working classes have not been incarcerated
that all ends well. The heroine is sym-
con-
The "
a
a
nan.
66
woman's undying love. He sinks from one long before this.
pathetically drawn.
abyss to another, and finds many strange com. Swallow (Rev. H. J. ), The Disestablishinent
Glaspell (Susan), The Visioning, 6/ Murray panions, but even the most censorious reader Rot," 2d.
It is impossible to read this book without a will find his downward career of interest. In
This pamphlet is so defaced by cheap witti-
certain sympathy. Evidently the work of an the end it is the woman's wit and courage cisms, journalistic appeals, and devices to
inexperienced writer, it has the youthful which help to establish his innocence of a tickle the groundlings, that it is impossible to
qualities of headlong generosity and headlong
social misdemeanour.
include it in the category of serious argument.
Jarrold
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Literary Gossip.
net.
Oriental Congress, and the Jubilee of
FORTHCOMING BOOKS.
the University of Athens at the begin.
MARCE
Theology.
ning of April.
28 Introduction to Dogmatic Theology, by
the late Rev. E. A. Litton, Revised Edition, 10/6
A BOOK which is to be called ' Against
Robert Scott
THE formation of a London Museum Home Rule' will be published towards
28 The Teaching of the Fathers, by the Rev.
T. E. Harwood.
Elliot Stock in a central position has long been urged the end of the month by Messrs. Warne
28. The Epistles of St. Paul, the Text prepared by good citizens, antiquaries, and enthu- & Co. Sir Edward Carson will write an
by Sir Edward Clarke, 2/6 net. Smith & Elder
siasts, but, like other excellent schemes, Introduction, and Mr. Bonar Law has
History and Biography.
28 A Nurse's Life in War and Peace, by E. C.
has been unconscionably delayed. We promised to add a Preface.
Laurence, 5/ net.
Smith & Elder note with satisfaction the establishment in
PROF. SANFORD TERRY of Aberdeen
Science.
Kensington Palace of the show organized
25 That Rock Garden of Ours, by F. E. with wonderful energy and expert care
University is engaged upon a volume of
Hulme, Cheap Edition, 5/ net. Fisher Unwin by Mr. Guy Laking and his assistants.
Documents illustrative of Scottish His-
Fiction
tory, 1603-1707,' which he hopes to
25. Dreams, and Dream Life and Real Life,
Already it contains a surprising wealth publish with Messrs. MacLehose early
by Olive Schreiner, New Edition, Adelphi Library of exhibits, ancient and modern, ranging next year.
from stone implements to the Coronation
Real Life, 2/ net.
Fisher Unwin
25 The Heart of a Russian, by M. Y. Ler- robes of King Edward and Queen Alex. • How 'Twas 'is the title of a new book
montov, translated by J. H. Wisdom and Marr andra, and being particularly strong in by Mr. Stephen Reynolds which Messrs.
Murray, 61
Herbert & Daniel
art.
Macmillan & Co. have in the press. It
26 The Caged Lion, by Charlotte M. Yonge,
New Edition, i/ net.
Macmillan
When its establishment is generally consists of a series of stories and sketches
20. Nebe Madie's Niece boy George, A4, Birming, known and appreciated, it will doubtless similar to those contained in, ' A Poor
Smith & Elder profit by_that generosity which dis- Man's House' and ' Alongshore,' and deals
32. The Little Blue Devil, by Dorothea Mac: tinguishes English collectors
. Enough has with the same working-class life and coast
kellar
28 The Englishwoman, by Alice and Claude been done already to emphasize the de- and fishing scenes.
Askew, 6/
Cassell mand for a special building which will be
Two new books will make their first
William Harvey,
Cheaper Edition, 3 vols. , net worthy of its purpose, and allow of ample appearance in Messrs. Macmillan's Seven-
Chatto & Windus room for accessions.
28 Israel Rank, by Roy Horniman, Cheaper
penny Series on April 2nd. The first is
Edition, 2/ net.
Chatto & Windus "THE MASQUE OF LEARNING AND ITS The Three Knaves,' by Mr. Eden Phill-
28 Service, by Constance Smedley, New
Edition, 6/
Chatto & Windus MANY MEANINGS,' devised by Prof. Patrick potts, a detective story, with its scenes
28 Mothers and Fathers, by Constance Smed- Geddes as a celebration of the twenty- laid mainly at Ealing, the second is a
ley, New Edition, 61 Chatto & Windus fifth year of University Hall, Edinburgh, tale by. Mrs. Hubert Barclay, entitled
General Literature.
26 Misapprehension, Misrepresentation, Mis-
and given on the evenings of March 14th The Giant Fisher. '
judgment, by T. I.
Elliot Stock to 16th inclusive at the Synod Hall of
MESSRS. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & Co.
25 The Autobiography of a Working Woman, that city, was a great success, hundreds have on exhibition in their New York
by Adelheid Popp, with introductions by, August being turned away nightly from a build-book-rooms the first American editions
Bebel and J. Ramsay MacDonald, M. P. , 3/8 net.
Fisher Unwin ing which held over 2,000. We gather of eleven of R. L. Stevenson's books,
26 Responsible Government in the Dominions, that there was a desire to secure
by A. B. Keith, 3 vols. , 42/
presented by the author to Jules Simoneau,
28 A Quiet Holiday, by Oona K. Ball, 1/ net.
larger room, such as the McEwan Hall
, restaurant - keeper of Monterey. The
Cassell but the University authorities refused twelfth volume contains a collection of
28 Success for Boys, by A. M. Apel, bd. net. permission, dreading the interference of letters, and the manuscript of an essay 'The
Cassell
the Lord Chamberlain, who has no Friendship of Robert Louis Stevenson
NEXT MONTH'S MAGAZINES. jurisdiction in Scotland ! Even if he had, and Jules Simoneau,' by Mrs. Katherine
The Cornhill Magazine will contain the cus- it would have taxed his ingenuity to find D. Osbourne, with some drawings and
MA! Vachell, The Grip of Life. " by Ágnes and anything objęctionable in the book of photographs. The
books were purchased
The Masque' which is before us. Begin- | after the death of Simoneau in 1908 at
ness," by Sir Henry Lucy; The Children's Country ning with the great Oriental civilizations, the age of 89, and passed to a San
pletion of The Darweeshes of Damascus,” by it passes in review the Greek, Roman, Francisco collector, who has had them
Mr. T. c. Fowle : biography of Godfrey Sykes Celtic, and Mediæval periods up to the bound in Boston after designs by Miss
Armitage, The Soldier's Breviary, by Mr. G. H. present day, and ends with an attempt L. Averill Cole.
Powell; Granny Ryall's Remeni berings, by Miss to shadow forth the future of higher
Marjory Hardcastle; "The Return from Varennes, education.
THE miners of the Ruhr district have
by Miss H. M. Sturge; . On the Threshold of Russia,'
by Mr. Edward Cadogan ; Birds of a Sussex The whole was a worthy commemora-
lost their poet, Heinrich Kämpchen, whose
Garden," by Mr. Horace Hutchinson, and - Badajoz tion of University Hall
, which, starting death, at the age of 64, is announced
staterem by Magnola Bennett ; in. Johnny in the tribute to the enthusiasm of Prof. Geddes, afforded by a village school, and from the
Harper's Magazine will contain : Your United from small beginnings, is now a fine from Linden in Westphalia. He had
little real education beyond what was
Woods,' by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman; The its founder.
Secret, a poem, by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay ;
age of 16 worked in the mines. His
• The Menace of Cape Race,' by George Harding ;
* The Years,' by James Oppenheim ; The New
MR. HECTOR BURN MURDOCH, a member poems, which show distinct poetical
Meaning of Public Health, by Robert W. Bruère; of the Edinburgh Faculty of Advocates, talent and contain some fine passages,
• The Eyes of the Gazelle, by Richard Washburn has been appointed to the recently for the most part deal with various
Child ;
by the author of The Inner Shrine; Flower instituted Lectureship in English Law aspects of a miner's life--its loneliness and
Asleep,' a poem, by Richard Le Gallienne ;, The in the University. He has acted as its dangers, and the weird legends of
Twain,'Sixth Paper, by Albert Bigelow Paine: “The reporter for English cases in The Scottish the mines.
Lower Animal,' by Norman Duncan; Wild Law Reporter ; contributed the article
Burma,' by Mary Blair Beebe; 'Motion Study at on ‘English Law' to the Encyclopædia from Karlsruhe of Geheimrat Dr. Gustav
The death, in his 86th year, is announced
St. Katharine's,' by Elizabeth Jordan ; 'The Pass-
of Scots Law'; and has been a contri | Wendt, Director of the Gymnasium of
"An Easter Canticle," a poem, by Charles Hanson butor to The Juridical Review and Scottish that town from 1867 till his resignation
Towne ; and 'At Twilight,' by Susan Glaspell.
Law Times.
Scribner's Magazine will contain the opening
in 1907, and one of the foremost classical
chapters of 'The Heart of the Hills,' a serial by
MR. OWEN SEAMAN will preside at the teachers of his day. Among his works
John Fox, jun.
The Positivist Review will contain the first Annual Dinner of the Royal Literary are Gymnasium und öffentliche Meinung'
of two papers on Theism, by Mr. Frederic Fund on May 16th.
and 'Didaktik und Methode des deutschen
Harrison ; a paper by Mr. J. F. Gould, The
Unterrichts und der philosophischen Pro-
Imitation of Christ,' an application of Thomas à
DR. J. P. MAHAFFY, C. V. O. , is to pädeutik,' and translations of Sophocles's
Kempis to modern life; and an account of the
late Frederic Seebohm, by Mr. S, H. Swinny. represent Trinity College, Dublin, at the tragedies.
a
Frowde
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recognized, comparable with the trans. evolutionist has constantly to remember
SCIENCE
mission of messages by letter-post, by ordi. that adaptation to like conditions of life
nary telegraph, or by wireless telegraphy. may lead to parallelism of development in
Thus the secretions of certain cells may different groups. On taking a broad view
act as stimulants on distant cells by means of recent and fossil reptiles, it is seen that
OUR LIBRARY TABLE. of circulating fluids, as is the case with the they admit of classification in two main
chemical secretions known as hormones : divisions or sub-classes—one a mammal-like
BIOLOGY, or the scientific study of living this is the letter-post method. Or there may brigade termed Theromorpha, the other a
things, is so vast a subject that it has neces- be material connexion by means of nerve bird - like brigade termed Ornithomorpha.
sarily been divided and subdivided into fibres or protoplasmic threads—the telegraph Both divisions were probably derived from
many subordinate sciences, and a student, wires. Again, possibly one cell may act the primæval salamanders known technically
whilo devoting himself to one or more of on another at a distance through the agency as stegocephalian amphibians, the evolution
these branches, often fails to take a philo- of stimuli transmitted without apparent of the class having occurred, it is supposed,
sophical view of the whole. Yet much of the material connexion, like electric waves. in the later ages of Palæozoic time.
educational value of biological study depends The reader who turns over the pages of this The section on the Amphibia is written
on the due recognition of general principles | work will find much of interest on such jointly by Mr. Cunningham and Dr. G. A.
rather than on specialization in any particular subjects as the evolution of sex, the adapta- Boulenger, whilst the former alone is
section. Realizing this, Prof. Arthur Dendy, tion of the organism to its environment, the responsible for the long section on Fishes.
in Outlines of Evolutionary Biology (Con experiments of Mendel, the mutation theory. The treatment of both groups is excellent,
stable & Co. ), takes a general survey of of De Vries, the geographical distribution of so far as the limits of the work permitted.
the broad field of biology, occupying as his life, and the construction of fossil pedigrees, It may bo doubted whether those living
standpoint the elevation which has been or phylogenetic trees, from the record of amphibians that retain gills or gill-slits
raised in recent years by the evolutionist. the rocks. A notable part of the volume throughout life are, as has been commonly
The author brings to his task peculiar is a sketch of the history of the theory of supposed, representative of the most primitive
advantages, inasmuch as he has studied life organic evolution, from Buffon to Weismann. type. It was an old idea that the lungs of
in many distant parts, having held professor: Prof. Dendy, in conclusion, is led to indulge the higher vertebrates had been developed
ships of biology and zoology in New Zealand in the characteristic optimism of the evolu- from the air-bladder of fishes, but it is now
and South Africa, and having seen insular tionist, and from the gradual development believed that, on the contrary, the air.
life in such remote spots as the Chatham of the human race in the past he looks bladder was probably evolved from lungs.
Islands. These islands, about 400 miles E. of with confidence to its progress in the In the well-known lung-fishes the respiratory
New Zealand, were inhabited by a native future.
function of the air-bladder is evident, and
race called Morioris, a peaceful people who in
it is permissible to regard such forms as
the early part of the nineteenth century were Reptiles, Amphibia, Fishes, and Lower distinctly connecting the fishes with amphi-
attacked by an invading party, of Maoris Chordata. By Richard Lydekker, J. T.
