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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



An Introduction to the Study of the Protozoa with Special 

 Reference to the Parasitic Forms. By Prof. E. A. 

 Minchin, M.A., Ph.D , F.R.S. 8^ x 5i in. ; xii -f 520 pages, 

 with 114 illustrations in the text. London, 1912. Edward 

 Arnold. Price 21s. net. 



Many members of our Club recollect with pleasure listening 

 to the addresses delivered by Prof. Minchin during the time 

 he was President, and can recall the clear exposition of the 

 difficult problems relating to the Protozoa, more especially 

 those concerning the parasitic habit exhibited by some of the 

 forms. Readers of the Introduction to the Study of the Protozoa 

 will find the same clear exposition and presentation of detail, 

 and wall feel themselves under a debt of gratitude to the author 

 for this careful resume of recant research in the science of 

 Protozoology, as it is now generally called. During the last 

 twenty years it has been demonstrated that Protozoa of para- 

 sitic habit are the cause of many diseases in man and animals, 

 and the study has become one of very great practical importance. 

 This has largely increased the number of workers, and at the 

 same time a vast literature has gathered round the subject. 

 So vast, indeed, that the time had certainly arrived when such 

 a careful survey as we have here should be supplied. 



The author's aim is to furnish a guide to those who, having 

 a general knowledge of biology, desire, a closer acquaintance 

 with the special problems relating to the Protozoa ; to define 

 the position of these organisms in JSTature, and to determine 

 as far as possible what should be included under the term Pro- 

 tozoa ; to guide the student through the maze of technicalities 

 surrounding the subject, and to present a systematic classifica- 

 tion of the vast series of forms, based on their mutual affinities 

 and inter-relationships. The microscopist who has specialised 

 in any section of the Protozoa, such as the Rhizopoda or Fora- 

 minifera, will find much to interest him in the earlier chapters, 

 dealing as they do with the Organisation of the Protozoa and 

 their Reproduction. The chapter following these treats of the 



