of Oxford, Cambridge, Berlin, Paris, Vienna, and St. Petersburg, 
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The most striking feature of the book is the forty-eight life- 
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importance. 
The American Florist. Lovers of irises owe a huge debt of gratitude to 
William Rickatson Dykes, who after years of labor has produced a 
magnificent work on these plants... .. Mr. Dykes combines the 
scientist’s analytical skill with all the grower’s enthusiasm. 
The Florists’ Review. If anything else could be added to the book that 
would really increase its beauty or its scientific value or its practical 
wR: the present reviewer is curious to know what that addition 
could be. 
Byzantine and Romanesque Architecture. By Thomas Graham 
Jackson, R.A. Two Volumes, with 165 Plates and 148 
Illustrations. | 
Vols. I and II, each 294 pages, crown quarto, half vellum; two vols. $12.50, 
paid, $13.25 
This work contains an account of the development in Eastern 
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of the time. The description of the churches of Constantinople 
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the Exarchate, and of the Romanesque styles of Germany, 
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The Nation. The two volumes must surely take their place among the 
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The Duab of Turkestan. A Physiographic Sketch and Account of 
Some Travels. By W. Rickmer Rickmers. With 207 Maps, 
Diagrams, and Other Illustrations. 
580 pages, royal 8vo, cloth; $9.00, postpaid $9.44 
A record of exploration of a little-known region, combined 
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the Duab of Turkestan (or Land between the Two Rivers) 
between the Oxus and the Jaxartes, the information being strung 
on the thread of a highly interesting story of travel and mountain 
exploration. The author was at great pains to obtain typical 
views of physical features such as mountains, valleys, and glaciers, 
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