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little book is to render assistance to the young student in his 

 collecting expeditions. 



Microbes in Fermentation, Putrefaction, and Disease. 

 By Charles Cameron, M.D., LL.D., M.P. Pp. 32. {Londoji : 

 Bailliere^ Tindall, ajid Cox.) 



This is a paper read before the Glasgow Philosophical Society 

 in Dec, 1881. Professor Tyndall, writing to the author in 

 acknowledgment of a copy, says : — "Will you permit me to thank 

 you for the pleasure I have derived from the perusal of this article? 

 Matthew Arnold himself could not find fault with its lucidity ; 

 while as regards knowledge and grasp of subject, I have rarely 

 met its equal." 



Petland Re-visited. By the Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A., F.L.S., 

 etc. ; with numerous illustrations. Pp. xvi. — 310. 1884. {Lon- 

 don : Longviafis, Green, and Co.) 



A charming book, giving an account more particularly 

 of a favourite cat named Pret, and of several dogs, more espec- 

 ially one named Roughie ; followed by the history of several other 

 more unconventional pets, such as a chameleon, a hedgehog, 

 rabbits, mice, etc. Their histories are told in a most amusing 

 way. It must, however, be acknowledged that few masters would 

 suffer their pets to take the liberties that our author allowed. One 

 favourite trick of Master " Pret '' was to put all the dead rats 

 which he had killed into his master's bed ! The book is well 

 illustrated, and is extremely suited for a gift-book at this season. 



Zoological Notes on the Structure, Affinities, Habits, and 

 Mental Faculties of Wild and Domestic Animals, with Anecdotes 

 concerning and Adventures among them, and some Account of 

 their Fossil Representatives. By Arthur Nicols, F.G.S., F.R.G.S., 

 etc. Illustrated ; pp. vii. — 370. (London: L. Upcott Gill. 1883.) 



Natural History Sketches among the Carnivora, Wild 

 and Domesticated ; with observations on their habits and mental 

 faculties. By Arthur Nicols, F.G.S., F.R.G.S., etc. Illustrated; 

 pp. 257. {London: L. Upcott Gill. 1884.) 



Two interesting books not designed, perhaps, on any tho- 

 roughly scientific basis, but full of information and anecdotes, 

 written in a very easy style, the author drawing largely on his own 

 experience. We notice how very different an estimate is formed 

 of the cat by the writer of these books to that of the Rev. J. G. 



