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Fruit Culture, and the Laying Out and Management of a 



Country House. By \V, C. Strong, pp. xii. — 205. (Boston, U.S.A. : 

 Houghton, Mitiflin, and Co. 18S5.) 



A book intended for the professed horticulturist and orchardist. The 

 author has endeavoured to explain the fundamental principles for the culture of 

 each species of fruit without going into an exhaustive discussion of differing 

 methods and theories. There are 34 woodcuts, illustrating methods of 

 grafting, insect pests, etc. 



Home Studies in Nature. By Mary Treat. Illustrated, 



pp.243. (New York : Harper Bros. 1885.) 



Miss Treat's book is written in such a charming manner that it is really a 

 treat to read it. It is divided into four parts, viz. — Observations on Birds, 

 Habits of Insects, Plants that consume Animals, and Flowering Plants. The 

 plates and smaller engravings are all well executed. 



Mushrooms of America : Edible and Poisonous. Edited by 



Julius A. Palmer, Jr. (Boston, U.S.A. : L. Prang and Co. 1885.) Price, .S2. 

 This valuable work contains four pages of letterpress and twelve beautifully 

 coloured plates, which have been prepared more for public use than for 

 botanical students, all technical terms being, as far as practicable, omitted. 

 The plates, size 102 in. by 72 in., are coloured to nature ; the mushrooms also 

 being first accurately described, and in the case of the edible varieties, 

 instructions are given for cooking them. The last four plates describe poison- 

 ous varieties. 



Useful Plants. Series i and 2. (London : A. N. Myers 



and Co.) Price 7s. 6d. each. 



We have before us two sets of large diagrams, each consisting of 12 plates, 

 size 19 in. by 15 in. The first set contains coloured representations of 31 plants 

 as food ; the other, of 33 plants employed in manufacturing, dying, carpentry, 

 building work, etc. Each series is accompanied by a book of descriptive 

 letterpress. These diagrams and notes are intended for Elementary Instruction 

 in schools, and will prove very useful in class work. 



Physical Expression : Its Modes and Principles. By 



Francis Warner, M.D. Lond., F.R.C.P. With 51 illustrations, pp. xx. — 372. 

 (London : Kegan, Paul, Trench, and Co. 1885.) Price 5s. 



One of the volumes of the " International vScience Series," addressed to 

 those who are interested in studying man as a living and thinking being. It 

 has been written as the outcome of observations made on children and adults ; 

 children being more often referred to. 



The author states that all physical phenomena are due to physical causes. 

 The term expression is used to include all outward manifestations of hidden 

 things. Detailed observations are given of various modes of expression, as 

 shown in certain movements and postures of the head, face, eyes, and hands. 



The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences. By the late 



William Kingdon Clifford, with 100 figures. Second edition, pp. xiii. — 271. 

 (London : Kegan, Paul, Trench, and Co. 1885. Price, 5s. 



This work, another of the " International Science Series," was commenced 

 by the late Mr. Clifford in 187 1 under the title of Mathematics for the Ncn- 

 mathematiral, but he afterwards expressed a wish that the book should appear 



