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Laboratory Guide for the Bacteriologist. By Langdon 

 Frothingham, M.D.V. 8vo, pp. 6i, with 2 plates. (London: Henry Kemp- 

 ton. 1895.) Price 4/- net. 



This is a most useful book of Bacteriological Technique, giving full instruc- 

 tions for the Preparation of Specimens, Staining Methods, Preparation of 

 Nutrient Media, and of Embedding Tissues for Cutting Sections. Each alter- 

 nate page is left blank for MS. notes, etc. 



Object Lessons in Botany from Forest, Field, Wayside, and 

 Garden. Vols. I. and II. By Edward Snelgrove, B.A. Cr. Svo, pp. viii. — 

 109 and xii. — 297. (London : Jarrold and Son. 1895.) Price 2/6 and 3/6. 



Two very capital books. Vol. I. is intended to meet the requirements of 

 Standards i and 2, and Vol.* II. for Standards 3, 4, and 5. The first is 

 thoroughly elementary and treats of subjects easily understood by the youngest 

 children, as apples, oranges, plums, garden vegetables, etc. The lessons in 

 Vol. II. are intended for children from nine to eleven years of age, and are 

 therefore restricted to those subjects of botany which lie within the scope of 

 their capacities. It contains 100 lessons, divided into the following sections : — 

 I., Leaves, Stems, and Roots; II., flowers; III., Fruits and Seeds; IV., 

 Classification. Both books are thoroughly illustrated. 



Laboratory Exercises in Botany. By Edson S. Basten, 



A.M. Svo, pp. 540. (Philadelphia, U.S.A. : W. B. Saunders. 1895.) 



A fine work, designed especially for the use of colleges and schools, in which 

 Botany is taught by Laboratory methods. It aims to inculcate in the student, 

 by the study of properly selected examples, a knowledge of the elementary 

 principles of botany, to develop his observing faculties, to stimulate in him the 

 spirit of investigation, and to lead him to take delight in this beautiful science. 

 The book is divided into two parts:— Part I., Organography, which deals 

 with the grosser structure of flowering plants ; and Part II., Vegetable His- 

 tology, or the microscopic structure of plants. It is illustrated with seven 

 figures in the text and 87 full-page plates from original drawings, comprising 

 upwards of 250 figures. 



Across the Common after Wild Flowers. By Uncle Matt. 



Down the Lane and Back in Search of Wild Flowers. By 

 Uncle Matt. 



A Stroll in a Marsh in Search of Wild Flowers. By Uncle 

 Matt. 



Around a Cornfield in a Ramble after Wild Flowers. By 



Uncle Matt. 



Through the Copse : Another Ramble after Wild Flowers. 

 By Uncle Matt. 



Cr. Svo, each about 100 pages. (London: T. Nelson & Son. 1S95.) 1/6. 



Five charming little books, by M. C. Cooke, M.A. , LL.D.. which will be 

 read with interest by every intelligent boy or girl of twelve years of age, giving 

 instruction in the structure and phenomena of plants. Besides a coloured illus- 

 tration on the cover, each volume contains a beautifully coloured plate, and 

 some 25 or 30 other illustrations. 



