BOOKS AND SPECIMENS 



There are many books for the student of paleon- 

 tology, and quite a number of a popular nature in- 

 tended for those who merely have a general interest 

 in the history of the past. Among these last are Ex- 

 tinct Monsters and Creatures of Other Days, by the 

 Eev. H. N. Hutchinson, and Animals of the Past, by 

 F. A. Lucas. The Horse, by Sir W. H. Flower, tells 

 the story of that animal at some length, and describes 

 its various relatives, living and extinct. Winners in 

 Life's Kace, by Arabella Buckley, tells the history of 

 the vertebrates in a very charming manner ; and Frank 

 Buckland's Curiosities of Natural History, besides tell- 

 ing much of the pterodactyls and marine reptiles, is 

 full of sketches showing how much of interest lies at 

 our very doors. 



For those who wish to know more of the forces 

 that have shaped our continent, there are The Story 

 of Our Continent, by N. S. Shaler; An Introduction 

 to the Study of Physical Geography, by G. K. Gil- 

 bert and A. P. Brigham ; and An Introduction to 

 Geology, by W. B. Scott. There are many other manu- 

 als of geology besides, but this is compact and well 

 illustrated. 



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