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The Field Naturalist' 1 s Quarterly 



August 



The Field Naturalist's Library. 



Reviews of Books, Periodicals, Etc. 



The Cloud World. By Samuel Barber. London : Elliot Stock. 

 Price 7s. 6d. 

 The object of this work is not utilitarian only, though the writer 

 believes a good knowledge of the forms of cloud to be a greater acquisi- 

 tion than any mere acquaintance with instruments. He has always felt 

 that accurate attention to particular forms of clouds must be the basis of 

 all study of this subject, whatever direction the individual studies take in 

 the end. It is certain that this accurate observation of detail is needful 

 for accurate forecasting of the weather, an accomplishment which many 

 profess to possess on very slight grounds. Hence we find in this book 

 many forms of clouds delineated, and very instructive and interesting is 

 the description. We are able, by kind permission of the publisher, to 

 reproduce one of the page illustrations from the work, which shows how 

 clearly the varying forms of cloud outlines are depicted, and how easily 

 the student may learn them if he will only observe for himself. Many 



