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The Royal Natural History. Edited by Richard Lydek- 

 ker, B.A., F.R.S. (London: F. Warne and Co.) Price i/- net. 



Part 31, the last part of this fine work which has reached us, is the first 

 part of the sixth and last volume. The Natural History of the Insecta is 

 commenced in this part, in which is described the Ants, Bees, and Wasps 

 (Hymenoptera), Flies and Fleas (Diptera), and Butterflies and Moths (Lepi- 

 doptera). Each part contains a number of good illustrations, besides two 

 plain and two coloured plates. 



Nature's Wonders. By Edith Carrington. Cr. 8vo, pp. 216. 

 (London : Geo. Bell and Son. 1896.) Price i/- 



An interesting account is here given of Wonders of the Air, Wonders by 

 the Wayside, Wonders of the Pond, Everyday Wonders, and Wonders of 

 Feeling. This is one of the series of " 'Animal Life ' Readers " arranged for 

 the various standards, the volume before us being for Standard V. All young 

 people must like to read these books. 



The Aquarium : Its Inhabitants, Structure, and Management. 

 By J. E. Taylor, Ph.D., F.L.S., F.G.S., etc. Sixth edition. Crown 8vo, 

 pp. XV. — 316. (London: W. H. Allen and Co. 1S96. ) Price 3/6. 



Those interested in the life-histories of Aquatic Animals will do well to 

 read this little book, a sixth edition of which is now before us. Amongst its 

 various chapters will be found instructions for Constructing both Marine and 

 Fresh- water Aquaria, and how to stock them and keep them in order. There 

 are 239 illustrations. 



Artistic and Scientific Taxidermy and Modelling : A 



Manual of Instruction in the Methods of Preserving and Reproducing the 

 Correct Form of all Natural Objects, including a Chapter on the Modelling of 

 Foliage. By Montague Browne, F. G.S., F.Z.S., etc. Fscap. 4to, pp. xii. — 

 463. (I<ondon : A. and C. Black. 1896.) Price 21/- 



This important work treats the subject of Taxidermy and Modelling in a 

 very thorough and up-to-date manner, and although many of the processes 

 described are somewhat advanced and necessarily technical, yet, as the old 

 methods have been re-described, corrected, and have had new light thrown upon 

 them, the learner is easily led from the known to the unknown, the stages being 

 so defined that he need not be alarmed at the magnitude of the task before him. 

 There are 22 plates and 1 1 illustrations printed in the text. The volume is a 

 handsome one, printed on stout paper, with top edge gilt. 



Nature's Byepaths : A Series of Recreative Papers in 

 Natural History. By J. E. Taylor, Ph.D., F.L.S., F.G.S., etc. Sixth edi- 

 tion. Cr. 8vo, pp. viii. — 408. (London : W. H. Allen and Co. 1896.) 3/6. 



This is one of the most interesting books written by Dr. Taylor, the late 

 editor oi Science Gossip. The series of 27 papers are on various subjects — e.g:. 

 Subterranean Mountains; Soils, their Origin, Renovation, and Decay; A 

 Naturalist on the Tramp ; The Geological Dispersion of Animals and Plants ; 

 Aquatic Engineers ; Vegetable Parasites ; etc. etc. 



Mathematical Questions and Solutions from the Educa- 

 tional Times ; with many additional Papers and Solutions and an Appendix. 

 Edited by W. J. C. Miller, B.A. Vol. LXIV. 8vo, pp. 128. (London : 

 Francis Hodgson. 1S96.) Price 6/6; to subscribers, 5/- 



Intermediate Science. Mixed Mathematics Papers, being 

 the Questions set at the University of London from 1877 to 1895. Crown 8vo. 

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