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INSECTS AND MAN : An Account of the More Important Harmful 

 and Beneficial Insects, Their Habits and Life-Histories, Being an 

 Introduction to Economic Entomology for Students and General 

 Readers. By C. A. EALORD, M. A. Late Principal of the East Anglian 

 College of Agriculture. The Century Co., New York. Price $3/50 

 net, postage 20 cents. The work contains 322 pages, 16 plates, 100 

 drawings and a bibliography. There is a brief introductory chapter 

 followed by seven others with the following titles : Insects and Plants, 

 Insects and Human Disease, Insect Enemies of Live Stock, Beneficial 

 Insects, Household Insects, Some Human Parasites, Insect Control. 

 Under insects and plants, some of the well known and more important 

 pests are briefly discussed. The matter is given in somewhat of a 

 narrative form and is evidently intended to create an interest in the 

 subject. This will prove a useful book for those who wish to acquire 

 a general knowledge of the subjects treated. Our knowledge of 

 economic entomology in relation to man and other animals has in- 

 creased so rapidly that it is impossible to treat the subject in detail 

 in one volume. H. S. (Adz'ertiscincnt) . 



THE BUTTERFLY GUIDE: A Pocket Manual for the Ready Identifi- 

 cation of the Commoner Species Found in the United States and 

 Canada. By W. J. HOLLAND, L.L.D. Doubleday, Page and Company, 

 Garden City, New York. Price, cloth, $1.00. Leather, $1.25. This 

 book measures about 6 by 3^2 inches and can be readily slipped into 

 the pocket and carried into the field. It contains 295 figures in color 

 illustrating 255 species. The three-color half-tone reproduces butter- 

 flies with an accuracy that is truly wonderful and has greatly re- 

 duced the cost of illustrated works on butterflies and moths. Many 

 persons were doubtless deterred from taking up the study on account 

 of the expense of getting the necessary literature. In Europe they 

 were more fortunate as there were a number of works at a reasonable 

 price. Now that Dr. Holland has produced his "Guide," at the small 

 cost of one dollar, illustrating approximately one-half the species found 

 in the United States and northward, many more persons will be able 

 to take up the fascinating study of these beautiful insects, particularly 

 young people. There is an introduction in which anatomy and life 

 history are discussed and also collecting and mounting. 



The author is to be congratulated on producing an exceedingly valu- 

 able book. Some errors have crept into the work which should be 

 corrected in another edition, such as the incorrect references to 

 Argynnis aphrodite and cybcle on pages 76 and 77 and the name of 

 the skipper on page 215. H. S. (Advertisement). 



