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The Three Gifts of Life. Nellie M. Smith, p. xiv + 138. 



Dodd, Mead & Co. 



This is an admirable presentation of the matter of sex-hygiene. 

 The author is lecturer for the Society of Sanitary and Moral 

 Prophylaxis of New York. Her book is written primarily for 

 girls and presents the matter in an effective way yet with delicacy 

 and tact. The three gifts are dependence. That is the plants 

 gift. Instinct is the animals gift and choice, the third, is peculiarly 

 human. "Women can do three things to help the race progress; 

 seek the best in themselves, demand the best in men, and teach 

 little children how to use their gift of choice." 



Introduction to Zoology. Rosalie Lulahm, London. Pages 

 xiv + 437; figures 328, plates 6. Published by the Mac- 

 millan Publishing Company, New York, 19 13. $1.60. 

 The author makes the assertion that this text is planned for use 

 in the upper grades of secondary schools and for those preparing 

 for University examinations. The subject matter concerns the 

 life histories, life processes, habits and classification of animals 

 from the Protozoa to and including the Insecta. Those who look 

 with apprehension on the present trend in biology toward em- 

 phasizing the practical or applied side of it will welcome this text 

 as this phase receives very little attention. There is no hesistancy 

 in recommending the text to those who desire a technical treatise 

 on the invertebrates. 



C. W. F. 



