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accompanying diagrams. "Matters of classification," Mr. Step 

 says, are " of no interest to the majority of the readers for whom 

 the book is projected " ; this is no doubt true, but we think the 

 interests of a somewhat more advanced class might profitably 

 have been considered ; the " classified index " — a mere list of 

 names — in no way supplies what will be felt by many as a want. 

 Other defects are the absence of a glossary or of anything in the 

 way of a bibliography ; the British Mycological Society and its 

 annual forays should at least have been mentioned, for the benefit 

 of those who may be stimulated by the book to proceed further 

 in the study ; we should have expected, too, to find a chapter on 

 edible fungi, with a reference to the British Museum Guide to 

 Mr. Worthington Smith's plates of true and false Mushrooms — 

 the beautiful series of his drawings in the Natural History Museum 

 is duly commended in the chapter on " toadstool-hunting." 



The attempt to find English names for fungi was the subject 

 of an amusing comment by Mr. Worthington Smith printed in 

 this Journal many years ago. It may be conceded that folk 

 in general are not likely to master without difficulty the Latin 

 names ; on the other hand, the botanist can hardly be expected 

 to recognize what is intended by such titles as " the Blusher," 

 "the Booting Shank," "the Beautiful Horn," "the Wanton Toad- 

 stool," " the Pimply Cobweb-cap," " the Lawyer's Wig," " the 

 Dryad's Saddle," and numbers of similar inventions; or of such 

 names as the Magpie, the Brick, the Mallow, the Sweetbread, the 

 Napkin, the Panther, when applied to objects so entirely different 

 from those to which they are usually applied and to which — not- 

 withstanding the Latin words of which they are in many cases a 

 translation — they bear not the slightest resemblance. 



All the same, the little volume is a useful addition to our popular 

 scientific literature, and deserves (as it will doubtless obtain) a 

 large circulation. It is, in fact, quite a good book ; our only regret 

 is that it is not better. 



Die Siissivasser- flora Deutschlands, Osterreichs unci der Schweiz. 

 Herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. A. Pascher (Prag.). Jena: 

 Gustav Fischer. Heft 3, 2, 9, and 10. (1913.) 

 Heft 2. Flagellatce 2, von A. Pascher und E. Lemmermann. 

 This section of the work is exceedingly good and likely to prove 

 of considerable value to the biologist who is interested in Flagel- 

 lates. The classification is the best that has yet been put forward, 

 and the descriptions of the groups and families are clear and 

 precise. The figures are also good of their kind and are drawn 

 with an accuracy which is rarely found in the cheap modern text- 

 book. This little volume of 192 pages can be recommended to 

 anyone who wishes to begin the study of the Flagellata. 



Heft 3. Dino flagellates (Peridiniece), von A. J. Schilling. 

 Concerning this section of the work one cannot be very enthusi- 

 astic. There is obviously an ignorance of the splendid American 

 work on the Peridinieae which has been done during the past 

 twelve years, in consequence of which the nomenclature employed 



