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tainly carried out his design most successfully, and given to the world 

 two very charming and interesting books on out-of-doors Natural History. 

 Anyone, whether young or old, who takes any pleasure in the beauties of 

 nature, and any interest in the varied world of animal and vegetable life, 

 will read them with the greatest delight, and follow the author with un- 

 flagging interest, during his rambles over hill and dale, and by marsh and 

 burn and fen. In the former work, more attention is paid to the habits 

 and variations of insects, while the latter treats of any animal or plant 

 that may be met with in expeditions to widely different localities. 

 Amusing episodes and pretty bits of verse enliven the volumes, and many 

 capital pictures render the later one still more attractive. 



Report of the Entomological Department of the New Jersey 

 Agricultural College Experiment Station, by John B. Smith, 

 Sc. D,, for the year 1S93. 



It is obviously impossible to notice all the ever-welcome bulletins and 

 reports that constantly How from the various Experimental Stations 

 throughout North America, for copies of which we are very grateful to 

 their authors. We may, however, call attention to Dr. Smith's excellent 

 departure from the ordinary report. After giving the usual general 

 review of the season, and an account of the most important insect attacks 

 of the year, he devotes a large portion of his work to a most useful and 

 admirable account of the " Beneficial Insects," in all the different orders. 

 It is clearly and plainly written, so as to be within the comprehension of 

 non-entomologists, and is profusely illustrated with excellent figures, 

 many of them being nevv productions by means of photography. It 

 ought to be widely distributed, in order to teach the general public that a 

 very large proportion of insects are not noxious, and should not be 

 wantonly destroyed. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



insects at light. 

 Sir, — That light is one of the greatest attractions to the Insect World 

 has never been so forcibly demonstrated to me as this summer. In the 

 eastern part of the City of Cleveland, and situated near the Garfield 

 Memorial, are the immense car barns of the C. E. R. Co., one of the 

 street railways of this city. One of these buildings, with a breadth of one 

 hundred feet and a length of over three hundred feet, is painted white on 



