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The Charterhouse Atlas. 4to. (London : Relfe Bros.) 

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Consists of twenty-one maps, arranged to show all the principal Towns, 

 Rivers, Mountains, and Places mentioned in the "Oxford and Cambridge 

 Geography." The maps are distinctly drawn and neatly coloured. That of 

 the British Isles shows the principal lines of railways. The names are not so 

 crowded as to be indistinct or confusing. 



Truth for its Own Sake : The Story of Charles Darwin, 

 written for Young People. By W. JNIawer, F.G.S. Crown 8vo, pp. iv. — 131. 



This is, in fact, "A Life of Charles Darwin," and gives a most inter- 

 esting account of the great naturalist from the cradle to the grave. We 

 highly commend the book to our young naturalist friends, by whom we 

 are sure it will be read with much profit. 



Land and Fresh-Water Shells : An Introduction to the 

 Study of Conchology. By J. W. Williams, M.A., D.Sc, F.S.L.A., etc. 

 Crown 8vo, pp. 112. (London: Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 1889.) 

 Price IS. 



This capital volume of the " Young Collector Series " treats of Collecting 

 and Preserving Snails, INLissels, and Slugs ; the Anatomy and Physiology of 

 the Snail and of the Fresh-water Mussel ; the Classes, Orders, Families, 

 Genera, Species, and Varieties of British Land and Fresh-Water Snails. It 

 has also a chapter on the Distribution of the British Land and Fresh-Water 

 Mollusca, by J. W. Taylor, F.L.S., and W. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S. It is 

 well illustrated. 



An Introduction to EntoiMology. By John Henry Corn- 

 stock. 8vo, pp. iv.— 234. (Ithaca, N.Y. [U.S.A.] : Published by the Author. 

 1888.) 



A study of this work will enable the student to acquire a thorough know- 

 ledge of Entomology, and to classify insects, and readily determine to what 

 family any insect of which he has a specimen belongs. The pronunciation of 

 the technical words is indicated by marking the accented vowel, and at the 

 same time indicating its length when the term is pronounced as an English 

 word. It is illustrated with four full-paged plates and 200 figures drawn and 

 engraved by Anna Botsford Comstock. 



x\nlmal Memoirs. Part i, Mammals. By Samuel Lock wood, 

 Ph.D. Post 8vo, pp. xvii.— 317. (New York : Ivison, Blakeman, and Co.) 



A series of 25 chapters of Anecdotes and Natural Plistory facts about the 

 Mammalia, under the titles of Animal Humour ; Queer Animals ; Hidden 

 Meanings ; Eccentric Animals ; Mammals that lay eggs ; and a host of others. 

 The l)ook, written in understandable language, is very instructive and enter- 

 taining. 



Nature's Fairy Land ; or, Rambles by Woodland, Meadow, 

 Stream, and Shore. By H. W. S. Worsley-Benison. (London : Elliott 

 Stock. 1889.) Price 5s. 



We are pleased to learn that a Skcond Edition of this most interesting 

 work is now ready. It is handsomely bound with gilt edges, and well 

 illustrated. 



The Invisible Powers of Nature. By E. M. Caillard. 

 Post 8vo, pp. .\ix. — 252. (London : John Murray. 1888.) Price 6s. 



