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Easy Lessons in Botany according to the requirements of 



the New Code. By Edward Step. With 120 Illustrations, pp. 48. (London : 

 T. Fisher Unwin. 1886.) Price 7d. 



This little book appears to be very nicely adapted for the instruction of 

 children. It treats the subject very thoroughly, and at the same time in a 

 simple and understandable manner. The illustrations are good, and well 

 explained. 



Our Woodland Trees. By Francis George Heath, Author 

 of the Fern World, etc. New edition. Crown 8vo, pp. xx. — 572. (London : 

 James Nisbet & Co. 1887.) Price 7s. 6d. 



A book beautifully got up, and most interestingly written. The author, 

 whose aim is to enkindle a love of Nature in the hearts of his readers, has 

 divided his book into four parts : Part I. treats of the Life of a Tree : its 

 Germ, Early Growth, Structure, Development, Perfection, and Beauty; II., 

 describes some Woodland Rambles ; III., treats of Trees at Home ; and IV., 

 of British Woodland Trees. 



There are a number of uncoloured plates, eight coloured, and several 

 smaller engravings. 



Sylvan Spring. By Francis George Heath. With twelve 

 coloured plates. Crown 8vo. (London : James Nisbet & Co. 1S87.) Parts 

 I. and II. 



Lovers of the country will find much to interest them in the work before us. 

 It is arranged to be published in six monthly parts, at one shilling each. In 

 addition to the twelve coloured plates there will be sixteen full-page wood 

 engravings, and a great number of smaller illustrations interspersed amongst 

 the text. 



Sputum : its Microscopy, and Diagnostic and Prognostic 



Significations. Illustrated with numerous Photo- Micrographic and Chromo- 

 Lithographic Plates,. By Francis Troup, M.D. 8vo, pp. 268. (Edinburgh : 

 Oliver & Boyd, 18S6.) Price 15s. 



This fine work goes very thoroughly into the "Subject of which it treats, 

 commencing with the Microscope and Photo- Micrography, with instructions 

 for its practice, and followed by the subject-matter of the book. It is splen- 

 didly illustrated with six Chromo-Lithographic, and 36 Photogravure plates, 

 all being of the highest class of excellence. 



Through a Microscope : Something of the Science, together 



with many curious observations indoor and out, and directions for a home-made 

 Microscope. By Samuel Wells, Mary Treat, and Frederick Leroy Sargent. 

 Post Svo, pp. 126. (Chicago : The Interstate Pub. Co.) 



This little book is intended for very young people, and contains much that 

 is instructive, especially when it treats of P'resh-water Life ; but we can 

 scarcely think the author (or authors) to be quite in earnest. When describing 

 the microscope, the child is told "To understand this, take out one of your eyes 



and look at it with the other one, and if you hold a doll or anything 



else about ten inches in front of the eye you have taken out, and look at the 

 inside of it (the eye, not the doll) you will see the doll upside down on the 

 back of the eye." 



We learn from this book, also, that the citizens of Boston have only to turn 

 on their domestic water-taps to obtain nearly every variety of fresh-water life ; 

 and also that these animals are just as good eaten raw as when cooked. 



