BOOK REVIEWS 47 



This is a series of selections from the diary of a naturalist. 

 Observation and philosophy go hand in hand. A few page 

 headings selected at random will show how wide the scope of 

 the book : A Wasp's Cache, Cloud Fantasies. Fence-corner 

 Weeds, Mammon Rules Society, The Flight of Time. Trilliums 

 and Wren, Oak Stump Fungi, Fame, Fortune and Love. 

 Blatchley was for many years state geologist of Indiana, a sci- 

 entist of repute. His observation is keen and his philosophy the 

 wholesome, mature thought of the man who has tried to do his 

 share in the honest work of the world. 



