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at the present time a revival of interest in Zoology is taking place, and 

 this book is an attempt to help on the movement by pointing out the 

 various lines of study and explaining in simple language the views of 

 modern specialists." That, we take it, is what field naturalists particu- 

 larly want. Every effort seems to have been made to treat the subject 

 in such a way as to interest the general reader, but at the same time the 

 standard of that interest is rightly assumed to be a high one. The 

 subject is treated in a comparative manner, function being taken as the 

 basis. Classification is first sketched, so as to familiarise the reader 

 with the chief groups of animals, external characters being specially 

 dealt with. Special attention is given to familiar forms, — the native 

 fauna and those animals seen in zoological gardens. This first half- 

 volume is entirely devoted to Classification and the Characters of the 

 Vertebrate Animals. This will be followed by the Characters of the 

 Invertebrates. Then will come a section on Food and Feeding of 

 Animals, including the description of how they get their living ; then 

 Animal Defences, or how they protect themselves, will be taken up ; 

 Breathing and Movement then follow, this section explaining the adapt- 

 ations of animals to air and water as well as underground life ; Develop- 

 ment comes next, under which heading life-histories will be given, after 

 which such subjects as the Care of Eggs and Young, and Animal Homes 

 and Dwellings, will receive attention. Sections on the Nervous System 

 and Sense Organs, Intelligence, Association of Organisms, Commen- 

 salism, Mutualism, Utilitarian Zoology, Distribution in Space and Time, 

 and Philosophical Zoology (including Evolution), are the subjects which 

 are indicated as completing the work. 



From this sketch it will be seen that Prof. Davis intends describing 

 the animal world from every point of view. The price of the work 

 strikes us as extremely moderate, considering the size of the books and 

 the wealth and character of the illustrations. Some of these are coloured 

 plates, some diagrams, the bulk drawings of animals. Specially good 

 are the series of Studies from the Life by Mr Lascelles. 



As said above, we shall deal with the details of the work in future 

 issues, our object here being to point out the plan and scope of this 

 excellent undertaking to our naturalist readers. 



Who's Who at the Zoo. By L. Beatrice Thompson. London : 

 Gay & Bird. Price 5s. 



This book is not a scientific description of the irimates of the Zoo, 

 nor yet is it a guide to the respective departments, both of which tasks 

 have been done by others. The work is a pleasantly written account of 

 recollections, incidents, reflections, &c, which resulted from many hours 

 spent there by an artist student. It is, as one would therefore expect, 

 profusely illustrated by the authoress from her own sketches, not from 

 photographs. Some of the drawings are extremely good, but we do not 

 think the portraits of the keepers are at all flattering, notably that of 

 Tyrrell. 



The greater part of the book (120 out of 166 pages) is devoted to the 

 Mammals, most of which are figured, and concerning some of which 



