NovEMBER 6, 1913] 
NATURE 
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up to birds; but there is much to interest anglers 
in those devoted to salmon- and trout-fishing. 
Mammals are in a minority; but perhaps the 
chapter describing caribou migration in New- 
foundland is the most valuable in the book from 
the naturalist’s point of view. A few chapters 
containing instructions and hints on bird 
mammal photography, and on camping out, will 
be most helpful to those who wish to follow in 
Mr. Dugmore’s steps and attempt to do what he 
has done under similar physical conditions. 
“The Feet of the Furtive” (5) contains several 
well-written stories of a kind much in vogue at 
the present time, wherein the author weaves inter- 
esting facts in natural history into an attractive 
and | 
Workers” (6), Mr. Claxton tells once again the 
story of the burying beetle, trapdoor spider, ants 
and aphides, wasps, and other common and fami- 
liar species of articulated animals the industries 
of which never fail to appeal to the imagination of 
children and to arouse their interest in creatures 
they are mostly taught by their elders to fear and 
destroy. 
The purpose of awakening and fostering a taste 
for nature-study also underlies “Lessons from 
Nature’s Workshop” (7), by the same author. 
This book, however, is rather more pretentious in 
scope than the last, and is written for readers 
of maturer mind, many of the chapters being 
devoted to more or less abstract questions in 
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Fic. 2.—The Newfoundland caribou in migration. Going at a quick walk, or swinging trot, or at times a gallop, they usually travel in single file 
along the well-worn leads or paths that have been used for centuries. 
fabric of fiction. The habits of familiar North 
American mammals are the theme Mr. Roberts 
presents so cleverly in this guise; but while giving 
full play to his imagination and to his powers 
of linguistic expression, he never oversteps the 
bounds of probability, and carefully avoids that 
pitfall authors too frequently dig for themselves 
and their readers, by attempting to humanise the 
species whose mode of life they wish to» portray. 
Many of the stories recall others that have already 
been published by American authors; but there 
is a distinct air of novelty about the one called 
“The World of Ghost Lights,” which gives a 
vivid picture of one aspect of life in the ocean 
depths. 
In his little book for children, called “Insect 
NO. 2297, VOL. 92! 
In nearly all cases a doe leads the herd. 
From ‘‘ Wild Life and the Camera. 
natural history. such as the struggle for exist- 
ence in plants, assimilative coloration, scenery, and 
so forth. Ret te. 
PROF. NOGUCHI’S RESEARCHES ON 
INFECTIVE DISEASES. 
"THE Royal Society of Medicine mostly limits 
the record of its work to its own Proceed- 
ings and the medical journals; and it does well to 
observe this wise rule. But from time to time 
it receives some communication of the highest 
importance to the general welfare, and on such 
occasions it is mindful of its immediate duty to 
the public. It lately held a special meeting, at 
which Prof. Noguchi, of the Rockefeller Institute, 
demonstrated the results of his researches into 
