Biology and Botany 173 



original ed. Leipzig 1873. The English translation was reprinted in 1877, 1882, 

 1888, 1896. 



Singer, Charles (1876- ): 



1931: The story of hving things. A short account of the evolution of the bio- 

 logical sciences (607 p., ill.. New York; Isis 22, 298-300 ) .—The English edition of 

 the same book was entitled: — 



1931: A short history of biology. A general introduction to the study of living 

 things (607 p., ill., Oxford, Clarendon). 



The two editions are otherwise identical. 



1950: History of biology (Revised edition of same work under third title, 579 p., 

 194 figs., New York; Isis 42, 82). 



Zirkle, Conway (1895- ): 



1941: Natural selection before the "Origin of Species" (Proc, American Philo- 

 sophical Society 84, 71-123; Isis 33, 403). 



1946: Early history of the idea of inheritance of acquired characters and of 

 pangenesis (Trans., American Philosophical Society 35, 91-151; Isis 37, 259). 



See the Critical Bibliographies of Isis, section 27. Biology. 



BOTANY AND AGRICULTURE 



Arber, Agnes (Mrs. E. A. Newell Arber; Agnes Robertson) ( 1879- ) : 



1938: Herbals, their origin and evolution, 1470-1670. New edition rewritten 



(360 p., 27 pi., 131 fig., Cambridge University Press; Isis 30, 131-32).— The first 



edition, much smaller, appeared in 1912 (Isis 1, 281-82). 



1950: The natural philosophy of plant form (260 p., ill., Cambridge University; 



Isis 41, 322-23). 



Aslin, Mary S.: 



1926: Catalogue of the printed books on agriculture 1471-1840. Rothamsted 

 Experimental Station Library (332 p., Rothamsted, England; Isis 9, 578). 



Fischer, Hermann (1884- ): 



1929: Mittelalterliche Pflanzenkunde (334 p., 70 ill., Munchen; Isis 15, 367-70). 



Gager, Charles Stuart (1872-1943): 



1937: Botanic gardens in the world. Materials for a history. Brooklyn Botanic 

 Garden Record (26, 149-353; Isis 29, 185). 



Gibault, Georges: 



1912: Histoire des legtunes (412 p., Paris). 



Gras, Norman Scott Brien (1884- ): 



1940: History of agriculture in Europe and America {2nd ed., 496 p., New 

 York; Isis 33, 81).— First ed. 1925, 461 p. 



Deals only with the economic, not the botanic, aspects of agriculture. 



Green, Joseph Reynolds (1848-1914): 



1909: History of botany, 1860-1900, being a continuation of Sachs' History 

 (543 p., Oxford, Clarendon). 



Greene, Edward Lee (1843-1915): 



1909: Landmarks of botanical history. Vol. 1 to 1562. (330 p., Washington, 

 Smithsonian Institution ) . 



No others published, though much was ready in MS when Greene died. 



Guerin, L. 



1869: Precis de Thistoire de la botanique par L. G. (535 p., Paris). 



Volume 17 of Le regne vegetal edited by Aristide Dupuis, Frederic Gerard, 

 Oscar Reveil, etc. (17 vols., ill., Paris 1864-69). About authorship, see Sarton, 

 Query 124 (Isis 41, 54); the author is not Louis Gerard. 



