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NOTICES OF BOOKS, etc. 



A Glossary of Botanic Terms. (Second edition.) By B. D. 

 Jackson. 5 x 7| in. xii + 371 pages. London, 1905. 

 Messrs. Duckworth & Co. Price 7s. 6cZ. net. 



No one engaged in botanical work, either elementary or 

 advanced, can afford to deny this useful glossary a place amongst 

 his works of reference. To scrutinise a volume of this description 

 in the hope of catching the author in some error of commission 

 or omission would be cavilling rather than reviewing, as absolute 

 freedom from error must be the ideal rather than the expectation 

 of every lexicographer. Taking the work as a whole, the definitions 

 of the multitudinous terms included are concise and well selected, 

 and the typographical setting is well calculated to facilitate 

 speedy reference. It is somewhat of a pity that the terms 

 additional to the first edition have been arranged as a supplement ; 

 but their incorporation alphabetically with the main portion of 

 the work would have increased the price of the volume to an 

 unjustifiable extent, and, after all, the primary glossary, irre- 

 spective of the supplement, will no doubt contain practically 

 everything required by the average botanist. F. P. S. 



The British Woodlice. By Wilfred Mark Webb, F.L.S., and 

 Charles Sillem. 5| x 8| in. x + 54 pages, with 25 plates 

 and 59 figures in the text. London, 1906. Messrs. 

 Duckworth & Co. Price 6s. net. 

 Messrs. Duckworth & Co. are to be complimented upon their 

 promptness in negotiating with the Essex Field Club for placing 

 this work upon the market. It was originally published serially 

 in the Essex Naturalist, and the present issue in one volume 

 will be found a great convenience to the busy student. Mr. 

 Wilfred Mark Webb's name as the part author Mill be sufficient 

 guarantee not only of the accuracy of the information contained, 

 but of the clear and succinct impartation of this information. 

 The plates, drawn from nature by Mr. Sillem and admirably 

 engraved by Mr. Reader, are very commendable. Each plate 

 consists of a considerably enlarged figure of a single species, 

 the important structural distinctions (the flagellum and last 

 peduncular joint of the antenna) being figured in the text. 



