126 THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 



g-eneric names of plants indicate the fact — but he has made a 

 readable book which is doubtless what he intended. The le- 

 gends relate to plants from all parts of the world and are 

 grouped under the best-known common name of each species 

 these latter being arranged alphabetically. The book contains 

 300 pages and costs $1.50. It is published by the J. B. Lip- 

 pincott Co., Philadelphia. 



Prof. A. B. Klugh of Queen's University, Kingston, On- 

 tario, has written a little book on "Botanical Microtechnique" 

 which should prove useful to all microscopists interested in 

 making permanent mounts. It gives directions for collecting, 

 staining, sectioning and mounting by all recognized methods 

 and by giving a single method for each avoids the confusion 

 that often occurs when the student is obliged to pick out the 

 best method from a number offered. The book may be had of 

 the author for 50c. 



Nature Studies in Temperate America" by Joseph Lane 

 Hancock recently issued by A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 

 strongly reminds one of the works of an earlier writer, Wil- 

 liam Hamilton Gibson. The main interest in Gibson's work 

 was centered in the excellent illustrations though the text was 

 also attractively written. In the present book there is also a 

 wealth of excellent Illustrations — more than two hundred 

 drawings and photographs — and an equally interesting text 

 but here the resemblance ends, for we are now introduced to 

 more scientific matters, or at least to a more scientific treat- 

 ment. There are eight sections in the book treating of such 

 subjects as evolution, miniciy, protective resemblance, adapta- 

 tions in animals and plants, warning colors and the like and 

 each section is filled with entertaining facts to illustrate the sub- 

 ject in hand. The great majority of these illustrations are 

 taken from the insect world, the phase of nature with which 

 the author seems to be most familiar, but they are presented in 



