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and Ethnography of South Africa, 1505-1795, 3 vols., 

 Dr. G. M. Theal : vol. ii., Formation of the Cape Colony 

 by the Dutch ; vol. iii., Account of the Dutch, Portuguese, 

 Hottentots and Bantu. 



Biology. 



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 an Essay on the Use of Plants in Decorative Design, R. G. 

 Hatton. Constable and Co., Ltd. — The Biography of a 

 Silver Fox, E. Thompson Seton, illustrated. /. il/. Dent 

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 illustrated. Harper and Brothers. — Ant Communities, Dr. 

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 the Sweet Pea, D. B. Crewe. Longmans and Co. — Beasts 

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 Mitchell, F.R.S., illustrated; The Natural History of 

 British Game Birds, J. G. Millais, illustrated ; Field and 

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 Flowers at Belvoir Castle, with Directions for Cultivation 

 .•md Notes on Gardening, W. H. Divers, illustrated. 

 Macmillan and Co., Ltd. — Improvement of Wheat and 

 other Cereals, Prof. R. H. Biffen. A. Melrose. — Darwin 

 .and Modern Science, Prof. J. A. Thomson ; A First Book 

 of Wild Flowers, M. M. Rankin, illustrated. Methucn 

 and Co. — Bird Life, W. P. Pycraft, illustrated; Fungi 

 and how to Know Them, E. W. Swanton, illustrated. 

 The Methodist Pnhlishing House. — Nature through the 

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Culture, and Propagation, J. Weathers.— -The Oxford 

 University Press.— History of Botany, Prof. J. Reynolds 

 Green, F.R.S. ; The Face of the Earth, Prof. E. Suess, 

 translated bv Hertha B. C. Sollas, edited by Prof. W. J. 

 Sollas, F.R.S. , vol. iv. ; Knuth's Handbook of Florail 

 Pollination, translated bv Prof. J. R. Ainsworth Davies, 

 vol. iii. Sir Isaac Pitman and Son, L/if.— The Teacher's 

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 Life, F. Belton. Smith, Elder and Co. — The Book of 

 Flowers, Mrs. Hinkson and Miss F. Maitland ; The Small 

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 Garden Beautiful ; and How to Make it so, A. C. Curtis ; 

 Common Weeds of the Farm and Garden : including the 

 Weeds of Chief Importance both of Arable and Grass 

 Land, and Weed Seeds, H. C. Long and J. Percival, 

 illustrated. The S.P.C.K. — British Wild Flowers in their 

 Natural Colours and Form, Prof. Henslow, illustrated. 

 Swan Sonnenschein and Co., Ltd.— Plant Life: a Manual 

 of Botanv for Schools, Prof. E. Warming, translated by 

 M. Rehling and E. M. Thomas, illustrated. The Uni- 

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 the Birds of Kent, N. F. Ticehurst, illustrated; The 

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 by T. .\. Coward. 2 vols., illustrated (Mammals. Birds, 

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 adventures of the hero of " The Changeling." 



CllF.MISTRV. 



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