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form a high opinion of their author, but the fact remains that, what- 

 ever his faults, he was Gilbert White's oldest and most intimate 

 friend, and one for whom he evidently had great regard. Mulso 

 seems to have been a far-seeing man, for, writing in 1776, he says 

 of the Natural History of Selborne : " Your work, upon the whole, 

 will immortalize your place of abode as well as yourself, it will 

 correct men's principles ; and give health to those who chuse to 

 visit the scenes of Mr. Grimm's pencil, in their original " : prophetic 

 words. The introduction affords information of interest anent 

 the Mulso family and the friendly relations existing between its 

 members and the Selborne naturalist. 



REPORT ON THE IMMIGRATIONS OF SUMMER RESIDENTS IN 

 THE SPRING OF 1906. By the Committee appointed by the British 

 Ornithologists' Club. London : Witherby & Co., 1907. Price 6s. 



This is the Second Report issued by the Committee, and like 

 the last deals solely with the arrival of Summer birds on the English 

 coasts, their dispersal to accustomed English nesting haunts, and their 

 passage movements to beyond the area, so far as it may be possible 

 to detect them. It contains a considerable amount of information 

 on the dates of arrival on great stretches of coast-line and from wide 

 inland areas, and may be studied with advantage in conjunction 

 with Mr. Paterson's Report on the Scottish movements. As these 

 English investigations of the Club are still in their infancy, it would 

 be well to desist from drawing useless and misleading deductions 

 from the data at present obtained, and to reserve for some future 

 Report a final and authoritative pronouncement based upon the 

 necessary adequate material. 



THE INSECT HUNTER'S COMPANION. By the Rev. Joseph 

 Greene, M.A. Fifth edition, revised and extended by A. B. Farn. 

 London: West, Newman and Co., 1907. Price is. 6d. net. 



This little book is an old friend in a new garb. The text is 

 practically the same as in the older editions, but the typography and 

 paper are improved, and the book is bound in a neat green gilt- 

 lettered cover. Although it was written so many years ago, we 

 venture to think that this little work will still hold its own amid the 

 many larger and more up-to-date handbooks. For the schoolboy 

 or novice it is an agreeable and useful fulfilment of its title, and can 

 be conveniently carried in the pocket and even taken into the field. 



