Reviews of recently publisLed books on development 

 and related subjects 



INTRODUCTION 



In future in this chapter distinction will be made between two categories of 

 books, viz. a) books written for the purpose of instruction, and b) books 

 specially written for scientific workers. 



This year the following books are reviewed below (in alphabetical order 

 according to authors): 



Group A: 

 Barth, L. G., 1953 — "Embryology" (revised and enlarged edition) 

 Kiihn, A., 1955 — "Grundrisz der Allgemeinen Zoologie" (ll^h edition) 

 Levi, G., 1954 — "Trattato di istologia" (4*^ revised and enlarged edition) 

 Ranson, S. W., 1953 — "The anatomy of the nervous system, its development 



and function" (9''^ edition, revised by S. L. Clark) 

 Starck, D., 1955 — "Embryologie, ein Lehrbuch auf allgemein biologischer 



Grundlage" 

 Voss, H., 1954 — "Embryologischer Atlas fiir Studenten" 

 Watterson, R. L., 1955 — "Laboratory studies of chick and pig embryos" 



Group B: 

 Barth, L. G. 6 Barth, L. J., 1954 — "The energetics of development, a study 



of metabolism in the frog egg" 

 Detlaf. T. A. & Hinsburg. A. S., 1954 — "The embryonic development of the 



sturgeons (Acipenser stellatus, A. guldenstadti colchicus and Huso huso) in 



connection with problems of breeding" 

 Gesell, A. in collaboration with Amatruda, Cath. S., 1953 — "L'embryologie 



du comportement" 

 Rostand, J., 1950 — "La parthenogcncse animaie" 

 Schrader, Fr., 1954 — "Mitose, die Bewegung der Chromosomen bei der Zell- 



teilung" 

 Ubisch, L. v., 1953 — "Entwicklungsprobleme" 



White, Ph. R., 1954 — "The cultivation of animal and plant cells" 

 Wigglesworth, V. B., 1954 — "The physiology of insect metamorphosis" 

 Willier, B. H.. Weiss, P. & Hamburger V.. 1955 — "Analysis of development" 



"EMBRYOLOGY". 

 Revised and enlarged edition, 1953 



by L. G. Barth The Dryden Press, Inc., New York 



516 pp. with 304 figs Price: $ 6,— 



The second edition of the book has been considerably extended. The chapter 

 on the development of the frog has been replaced by a chapter on general 

 amphibian development, while a new chapter has been inserted on the develop- 

 ment of the chick. The development of the nervous system and of the deriva- 

 tives of the mesoderm has been treated much more extensively. Some changes 

 have been made in the sequence of the various chapters, and almost all the 

 illustrations have been modified and refined and a large number of photo- 

 graphs have been added. 



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