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Wood in " Petland Revisited." Mr. Wood believes firmly in the 

 domesticity of the cat, and its strong attachment to persons — a 

 view that we ourselves also hold ; whilst the writer of these books 

 looks upon it as still being in a more or less semi-domesticated 

 state. Both books are deserving of careful reading. 



The Honey-Bee : Its Nature, Homes, and Products. By W. 

 H. Harris, B.A., B.Sc. Pp. xv. — 272. {London: The Religious 

 Tract Society. ) 



A popular book, and well illustrated, going very thoroughly 

 into the history of bees. Commencing with a historic sketch, it 

 then takes up the natural history of bees, and describes the various 

 members of the bee community, followed by their anatomy, 

 swarming, rearing, etc. The illustrations, of which there are ^2^ 

 are excellent. 



Our Insect Allies. By Theodore Wood. Pp. 238. {Lon- 

 don: Society for Promoting Christian Knotvledge. 1884.) 



This book consists of a series of short papers, giving the life- 

 history of some of the most common insects of this country. 

 The work is a good illustration of the truth of a remark which 

 occurs in the introduction — " Science is no longer a mere accu- 

 mulation of dry facts, complicated by pedantic and often mean- 

 ingless phraseology, but has been proved capable of affording 

 instruction and interest, not only to the few, but the many." 



Leisure-Time Studies, chiefly Biological ; a Series of Essays 

 and Lectures. By Andrew Wilson, F.R.P.S.E., etc. ) with nume- 

 rous illustrations. Third edition; pp. xv. — 381. {London: 

 Chatto and Windns. 1884.) 



To say that this book is written by Dr. Andrew Wilson is say- 

 ing sufficient to recommend it to the notice of all students of 

 natural history. The subjects treated in the work before us are 

 chiefly biological, and relate to " The Study of Lower Life," 

 " Facts and Fictions of Zoology," " Animal Architects," " The 

 Law of Likeness and its Workings," " The Origin of Nerves," 

 " Animals and their Environments," etc. etc. The book is illus- 

 trated with 67 well-executed engravings. 



First Natural History Reader for Standard XL, accorduig <f\i 

 to the requirements. {London : T. Fisher Unwin.) ^'oi7>v. 



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