EDITORIAL NOTE 



THIS little volume, dealing with the British Reptiles 

 and Amphibians, may well find a place in the " Peeps 

 at Nature " Series. Britain has few representatives of 

 these two classes of animals, but their fewness in 

 number has enabled the author to deal with each 

 species at some length ; and, besides, we have the 

 additional advantage of being able to illustrate all but 

 two of the British species in colour. We are indebted 

 to Miss Scrivener for the capable way in which she has 

 prepared the drawings from which the coloured plates 

 have been prepared. The reader's attention is par- 

 ticularly directed to the series of photographic repro- 

 ductions on Plates III., VI., VII., X., and XL, which 

 illustrate admirably the story of the development of 

 the frog. 



The publication of this volume is another step 

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