CAMBRIDGE BIOLOGICAL 



SERIES. 



General Editor, A. E. Shipley, M.A., F.R.S., Fellow 

 and Tutor of Christ's College. 



A Text-Book of Zoogeography. By Frank E. Beddard, 



M.A., F.R.S., Prosector of the Zoological Society of London. With 

 5 Maps. Crown 8vo. 6s. 



The Elements of Botany. By Francis Darwin, M.A., 



M.B., F.R.S., Fellow of Christ's College. With 94 Illustrations. 

 Crown 8vo. Second Edition, ^s. 6d. 



Journal of Education. A noteworthy addition to our botanical 

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Practical Physiology of Plants. By Francis Darwin, 

 M.A., F.R.S., and E. Hamilton Acton, M.A. Crown 8vo. With 

 45 Illustrations. Second Edition. j,s. 6d. 



Nature. The authors are much to be congratulated on their work, 

 which fills a serious gap in the botanical literature of this country. 



Lectures on the History of Physiology during the 

 Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. By Sir M. Foster, 

 K.C.B., M.P., M.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., Fellow of Trinity College. 

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Nature. There is no more fascinating chapter in the history of science 

 than that which deals with physiology, but a concise and at the same time 

 compendious account of the early history of the subject has never before 

 been presented to the English reader. Physiologists therefore owe a debt 

 of gratitude to Sir Michael Foster for supplying a want which was widely 

 felt.... No higher praise can be given to the book than to say that it is 

 worthy of the reputation of its author.... It is by no means an easy task to 

 do adequate justice to the mine of literary and historic research which the 

 author has laid open to view. 



Guardian. We must urge not merely students of physiology, but all 

 those interested in the history of modern thought, to buy and read the 



book The present volume has a charm and fascination which is too often 



wanting in historical studies. His portraits live, and live in a live world ; 

 they are not mere dead pictures set in a stereotyped, historical framework. 



Spectator. We can recommend this admirable and suggestive book 

 with confidence to all, laymen or doctors, who wish to trace the gradual 

 growth of man's knowledge of the physical basis of his life. 



