64 REVIEWS BOTANICAL NOTE BOOK, ETC. 



Memoir of the late Eev. R. Lubbock, by Mr. Stevenson, is given in the 

 introduction. The work cannot fail to be interesting to Midland 

 naturalists, especially with the many new and interesting facts recorded 

 by Mr. Southwell. 



H. B. W. 



Botanical Note Book: A Practical Guide to a Knowledge of Botany. By 



E. M. Holmes, F.L.S. London : Christy and Co., 1878. 

 This little book is evidently compiled for the purpose of helping 

 pharmaceutical students to prepare for examination, and is probably 

 well suited for that purpose. Within a small space a great amount of 

 useful knowledge has been brought together; all, however, is of an 

 elementary nature. It is illustrated by three diagrams, which will be 

 useful in pointing out the position of the various organs composing 

 plants, and they will be a great help to those students who are 

 unacquainted with the names and positions of those organs. Directions 

 are given as to the mode in which plants should be examined. An ample 

 glossary of the terms applied to each organ is also given, with the 

 accentuation and derivation of each term. Two charts are also given — 

 one of the main divisions of the Vegetable Kingdom, and the other of the 

 British Natural Orders. These are very good, and the student will 

 find them useful. The book contains a number of blank schedules to 

 be filled up by the student, and these, if properly used, will be the meana 

 of imparting a fair knowledge of descriptive botany. The book is 

 written with a good intention, and if used in conjunction with other and 

 more advanced books will be found very helpful. 



J. E. B. 



A Text-book of Field Geology. By W. H. Penning, F.G.S., with a section 

 on Palaeontology, by A. J. Jukes Browne, B.A., F.G.S. 2nd Edition. 

 Bailliere, Tindall and Cox. 



This is a greatly improved book ; indeed, in its present form it is one of 

 the most useful books a geologist can have in his library. It is divided 

 into five parts. The first treats of geological surveying, describing the 

 instruments used, and their method of application in clear and simple 

 language ; the second part shows how to fully examine any section of 

 rocks that may be met with in a quarry, cutting, &c. ; it contains very 

 useful instructions for the detei'mination of the true dip from the observed 

 dips. Bocks and minerals are treated of in Part HI., and fossils in Part 

 IV. ; in the latter two very valuable tables are given showing (1) the 

 characteristic genera of the British formations, and (2) the characteristic 

 species. The latter is sufficiently full (containing over 500 species) to be 

 most useful as a guide in forming either a public or private collection of 

 fossils. In the last part the importance and interest of Field Geology 

 are insisted on and illustrated with reference to the questions of water- 

 supply, scenery, &c. 



W. J. H. 



