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flics, snails, wasps, beetles, galls, etc., about which he writes. His informa- 

 tion is given in a pleasant style, and is reliable. His tinal chapter, dealing 

 with nature photography, is particularly good. We can strongly recom- 

 mend it to our 3'oung readers. 



The Story of the Pine-Marten, Mustela, by A. B. Hutton. London . 

 David Nutt. 73 pp. 



This is a series of chapters dealing with the adventures of a Pine- 

 ^larten, one of the rarer of our British mammals. It is told in a form 

 suitable for young readers, and is illustrated by excellent photographs. 

 The story is founded on facts, and told by one obviously familiar with 

 the habits of the animal he describes. It is apparently ]\Ir. Hutton's 

 first book, or we should not have found on the title-page a statement to 

 the effect that he is a member of a certain society, which is open 'to anybody 

 and everybody who will pay a penny a year for the privilege ! 



The Pond and other Stories, by Carl Ewald. London : Everett and Co. 

 320 pp. 6/- net. 



This volume contains a charming series of Nature ' Fairy Tales,' 

 translated from the Danish by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. The stories 

 are written in a very entertaining style, and are sure to please young folks, 

 and at the same time give thein an accurate idea of the ways of birds, 

 fishes, reptiles, shells and plants. The stories, as such, are excellent, 

 and are doubly valuable for the care that has been exercised in regard to 

 the details of the lives of the animals so well described. 



Tommy's Adventures in Natureland, by Sir Digby Pigott. London : 

 Witherby and Co. 180 pp. 2/6 net. 



This is a companion volume to ' The Changling,' by the same author, 

 who thinks it is possible that his new book ' may fall into the hands of 

 boys or girls whose education has been so sadly neglected that they ha\-e 

 never read or heard of ' The Changling.' The new book is somewhat on 

 the same lines : a little boy takes the form of a pheasant, a seagull, etc., 

 and describes his experiences. His stories are pleasant to read, and are 

 likely to create a desire on the part of juvenile readers for more nature 

 study. 



The Hills and the Vale, by Richard Jefferies, with an introduction by 

 Edward Thomas. London : Duckworth & Co. 312 pp., 6/-. 



Though Richard Jefferies is no longer with us, we have in Mr. Edward 

 Thomas a devout disciple, whose work we have previously had the pleasure 

 of referring to in these columns. To him is due the credit of the appearance 

 of the present book, which contains three impublished essays of Jefferies, 

 together with fifteen others reprinted from various magazines, where they 

 have probably been little noticed since the time of their appearance. 

 Amongst the subjects dealt with are Marlborough Forest ; Choosing a 

 Gun ; Birds of Spring ; Village Organisation ; On the Downs ; The Sun 

 and the Brook, etc. It is unnecessary, we feel glad to think, to commend 

 any of Richard Jefferies' work to the readers of ' The Naturalist.' 



Vol. V. of the Caxton Publishing Company's Book of Nature Study 

 edited by Prof. Farmer, is to hand (224 pp. 7/6). 



It is largely botanical, and also contains many papers of economical 

 importance. A good proportion deals with school gardens and their 

 management. The papers are also remarkably well illustrated, and in 

 every way are admirable, and will be found particularly useful to teachers. 

 Miss C. L. Laurie has a series of chapters dealing with ' Seashore Vegeta- 

 tion, Aquatic Vegetation, the Vegetation of Meadows and Pastures, and 

 the Weeds of Cultivation ' ; Mr. J. E. Hennesey writes on ' School Gardens 

 from Various Aspects,' ; and Mr. A. D. Hall, F.R.S., writes on ' The Origin 

 of Soils.' 



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