1S83.] REVIEWS OF BOOKS. lo3 



thrush, siskin, greenfinch, redstart, teal, nuthatch, blackbird, great tit, 

 common gull, green woodpecker, kingfisher, moorhen, nightingale, 

 lapwing, barn-owl, and crossbill. At the end of the volume is a 

 section on eggs and egg collecting, by E. Kearton, and this is 

 accompanied by a series of admirably coloured plates ; which as 

 drawings are of et^ual excellence with the delineations of birds. 



Apart from its value and beauty as faithfully depicting its delight- 

 ful and interesting subject, this charming volume makes a most 

 elegant and appropriate Christmas present, its handsome liinding 

 being fully in keeping with its interior. We most cordially and 

 heartily commend it as an indispensable adjunct to the drawing-room 

 or library. 



Trees, and Hoio to Paint Thcni in Water Colours. By W. H. J. 



Boot. With Eighteen Coloured Plates, and numerous Wood 



Engravinus. Cassell and Co. London. 1883. 

 Mr. Boot is one of our most skilful artists, and the delineator of 

 many charming landscapes. He appears, therefore, most appropriately 

 as a g-uide, philosopher, and friend in the excellent manual under 

 notice. The author gives so much encouragement to young artists, 

 and such abundant instruction, that his work is sure to be of immense 

 service to all who are desirous of painting the beautiful forms of trees. 

 A most important and valuable feature of the book is furnished by 

 the coloured plates, which set before the art student the ideal he 

 should aim at accomplishing. The artist-author and the publishers 

 have placed the public again under obligation by this admirable 

 handbook to a delightful art. 



The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Soeiety of England. Second 

 Series. Volume XIX. Part 2. No. 38. London : John Murray. 



A MASS of useful and valuable information is contained in this bulky 

 tome, including, besides the usual budget of ' statistics ' as to 

 meteorology for 1883, imports of corn, number of exhibition animals, 

 acreage of various crops and dairy produce, and prices current; articles 

 on half-bred horses for field or road ; their breeding and management, 

 by Earl Cathcart ; shorthorns in Scotland and Ireland, by James 

 Macdonald, editor of the Dublin Farmers' Gazette; Keport on 

 Wireworm, by ]\Iiss Ormerod; Dairying in Denmark, by Mr. 

 Jenkins, the editor ; and Notes on Continental Poultry Keeping, by 

 Mr. Jenkins ; the Profits of Fruit- Farming, by Charles Whitehead ; 

 on Eiver Conservancy and the Cause and Prevention of Floods ; the 

 annual reports of the chemist and botanist of the Society, and a great 

 number of other interesting matter. 



