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scientific and general public ; to whom they should prove not only 

 most agreeable and profitable reading, but on whose bookshelves 

 they should find a place as aidful volumes of reference, and for future 

 re-perusal. To give some idea of the contents of the volumes it is 

 only necessary to quote the titles of a few of the essays : The Perman- 

 ence of Ocean Beds The Ice Age and its Work Monkeys : their 

 Affinities and Distribution The Disguises of Insects English and 

 American Flowers The Origin of Species and Genera Evolution 

 and Distribution of Animals Are Acquired Characters Inherited ? 

 The Method of Organic Evolution Museums for the People, etc. 

 There is also a series of interesting articles on ethnological, social, 

 and political subjects. The illustrations are both numerous and 

 excellent. 



LORD LILFORD, THOMAS LITTLETON, Fourth Baron, F.Z.S., 

 President of the British Ornithologists' Union. A Memoir by his 

 Sister, with an Introduction by the Bishop of London. Illustrated by 

 Thorburn and others, and a portrait in photogravure. (London : 

 Smith, Elder, and Co., 1900.) IDS. 6d. 



Many of those who are the fortunate possessors of the late Lord 

 Lilford's works on the Birds of the British Islands and the Birds of 

 Northamptonshire will, we are sure, desire to have this volume in 

 memoriam of their distinguished author. 



Though widely known as the President of the British Ornitho- 

 logists' Union, and as a talented naturalist, Lord Lilford had 

 other attributes which made his personality singularly attractive. 

 But while these were ever manifest to those who enjoyed the privilege 

 of his friendship, others must peruse this memoir, which lifts the 

 veil, as it were, and reveals to them a man of singular nobility of 

 character, of great attainments, and of charming personal qualities. 



But the book affords more than this. To those in search of 

 zoological matter his Lordship's voluminous correspondence with 

 such well-known naturalists as Professor Newton, Dr. Giinther, Canon 

 Tristram, Lord Walsingham, Colonel Irby, and others will prove 

 interesting and instructive reading. 



The description of the great aviaries at Lilford from the pen of 

 their late lord and master, and the portraits of many of their rare 

 and beautiful tenants from the pencils of Mr. Thorburn and Mr. 

 Lodge, also add considerably to the attractiveness of the work. 



This story of the late Lord Lilford's life, around which there is, 

 alas, much which is singularly pathetic, is written in an extremely 

 pleasing style, and one which breathes of sisterly affection for, and 

 admiration of, a distinguished and noble brother. 



A fine photogravure portrait forms the frontispiece to the volume, 

 which is very neat in its get-up, and abundantly illustrated. 



