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AT the moment of going to press, it is with great regret that 

 we record the death of Dr. George West Royston-Pigott 

 at Eastbourne on September the 14th. Dr. Royston-Pigott 

 was a frequent contributor to this Journal, and one of his latest 

 literary productions appears in the present number. He was the 

 youngest son of the late Rev. S. Pigott, M.A., Rector of Dunstable, 

 Beds., and was educated at Cambridge, where he took the degree 

 of M.D., and then began to practice at Harrogate. His wife was 

 a daughter of the late James Royston, of Halifax. 



He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and, in 

 recognition of the value of his researches in Microscopy and 

 Astronomy, was made a Fellow of the Royal Society. He closed 

 an honourable and useful life, after having reached the allotted 

 span of three-score years and ten. 



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The Elements of Botany. By E. S. Bastin, A.M., F.R.M.S. 



Svo, pp. xiii. — 283. 



College Botany. By E. S. Bastin, A.M., F.R.M.S. Svo, 

 pp. XV. — 451. (Chicago : G. P. Engelhard and Co. 1889.) 



The former of these two works deals with Organography, Vegetable Phy- 

 siology, Nomenclature, Classification, Illustrations of Plant-Types, etc., with a 

 Glossary of Botanical Terms. There are nearly 450 illustrations, chiefly from 

 drawings by the author. The College Botany enlarges upon the subjects dealt 

 with in the previous volume, and contains many additional illustrations, with a 

 brief account of the succession of plants in geologic time. The author is well 

 known as a botanist and microscopist, and tlie reception accorded to previous 

 editions of these books testifies to the value attached to them by those who 

 wish to gain a thorough insight into this delightful study. The chapters read 

 as though written by an able teacher. 



