WHAT THE CRITICS SAY OF 



THE 



CAMBRIDGE NATURAL HISTORY 



New York Evening Post. 



Its editors may well be congratulated upon the completion of such an under- 

 taking, whose vastness and difficulty can be adequately appreciated only by the 

 skilled zoologist. The student of biology who turns to this volume (Vol. iv) will 

 not be disappointed in its value as a serviceable handbook. It is pleasant to observe 

 how numerous, clear, and satisfactory are the drawings that illustrate the text. 



American Journal of Science. 



The most convenient and generally useful work of reference on the subject that has 

 appeared in the English language in recent years. 



Book Review Digest. 



The zealous student, anxious to bring his knowledge up to date, will find here a com- 

 pendium on which he can rely. 



Field. 



The Cambridge Natural History series of volumes is one of very great value to all 

 students of biological science. 



Times. 



There are very many, not only among educated people who take an interest in science, 

 but even among specialists, who will welcome a work of reasonable compass and handy 

 form containing a trustworthy treatment of the various departments of Natural History 

 by men who are familiar with, and competent to deal with, the latest results of scientific 

 research. Altogether, to judge from this first volume, the Cambridge Natural History 

 promises to fulfil all the expectations that its prospectus holds out. 



Academy. 



The editors have aimed very high, and they have succeeded. . . . Well conceived, 

 carefully coordinated, and executed with the greatest detail and completeness, the 

 Cambridge Natural History is certain to rank high amongst those gigantic scientific 

 works to which, within the last half-century or so, the labours of so many experts, each 

 without hope of more glory than falls to a mere assistant, have contributed. 



Athenaeum. 



The series certainly ought not to be restricted in its circulation to lecturers and 

 students only ; and, if the forthcoming volumes reach the standard of the one here 

 under notice, the success of the enterprise should be assured. 



Science Gossip. 



Every library, school, and college in the country should possess this work, which is of 

 the highest educational value. 



Daily News in a Review of Vol. X. 



A volume which, for the interest of its contents and for its style and method of treat- 

 ment, is not only worthy of its predecessors, but may be regarded as one of the most 

 successful of a brilliant series. 



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