405 
REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES. 
The Use of Life, by Lord Avebury. Macmillan & Co., 1907. 208 pp., 
price 2/- This well known book, which contains a variety of essays on a 
variety of subjects, has now been issued for something like the 21st time. 
The present edition is very handy in size, and is well printed and well bound. 
The Protection of Sea Shores'from Erosion, by A. E. Carey. 
Greening & Co., London, 36 pp., price 1/.. In this pamphlet Mr. Carey 
gives a careful summary of the various methods in vogue for protecting the 
coast from the ravages of the sea, and the illustrations which accompany 
his remarks enable these methods to be clearly grasped. The pamphlet 
is apparently a shorthand report of a lecture delivered before the Society of 
Arts on May tst last. It is a pity it was not slightly ‘edited,’ however, 
before publication. ‘I have been asked to speak to you this evening’ 
seems odd to the purchaser of the pamphlet, and ‘the lantern slide now to 
be presented shows’ nothing at all, as it is apparently not reproduced. 
Guide to the Great Game Animals (Ungulata) in the Department ot 
Zoology, British Museum (Natural History). London, 93 pp. Price 1/- 
The Trustees of the British Museum are undoubtedly doing excellent 
service by issuing from time to time popular handbooks at a reasonable 
rate. These, whilst primarily being descriptive of the specimens in the 
Natural History Museum, are also very useful general guides to the subjects 
dealt with. Before us is the guide to the Ungulata, written by Mr. R. 
Lydekker. From the careful way this has been prepared, and the number 
of illustrations, it will prove most useful to sportsman and naturalist alike. 
It is well bound. Appended is a serviceable ‘list of horns, antlers, and 
tusks,’ with measurements. 
We have received two valuable publications from the Liverpool 
University Institute of Commercial Research in the Tropics. One 
is a paper by Viscount Mountmorres on ‘The Commercial Possibilities of 
West Africa,’ and the other is the ‘Quarterly Journal’ for April. Amongst 
many articles, the following may be cited as typical: ‘The Weevelling of 
Maize in West Africa,’ by R. Newstead; ‘The Properties of the Fibres 
separated from Cotton Seeds,’ by Dr. E. Drabble; ‘ Analysis of the Oil 
from Inoy Kernels (Poga oleosa),’ by E. S. Edie ; ‘A Note on some Chemical 
Properties of Sierra Leone Gum Copal,’ by D. Spence and E. S. Edie, ete., 
etc. There are several plates. Viscount Mountmorres’ paper is on sale at 
6d., and the ‘ Quarterly Review at 2/- net. 
Catalogue of the Specimeus illustrating the Osteology and 
Dentition of Vertebrated Animals, recent and extinct, contained 
in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of London, yb 
W.H. Fowler. Part I., Man. Second edition. Taylor & Francis, 1907. 
433 Pp:, price’Io/- net. 
Though with the somewhat unattractive title of ‘Catalogue,’ this 
excellent work can be particularly recommended to anyone interested in 
anthropological work. The first edition, prepared by the late Sir William 
H. Flower, was issued in 1879, and contained 264 pages. The present 
edition, for which the late Prof. Charles Stewart, was responsible, is 
nearly twice the size, and includes particulars of many important additions 
to this well-known collection, including the skulls presented by Sir Havelock 
Charles, and the specimens purchased in 1895 from the Anthropological 
Society. In the ‘Introduction’ particulars are given of the methods of 
measuring skulls, etc., and in the catalogue itself are details of skulls 
from almost every part of the world. Of particular value is the list of 
measurements of British, Roman, and Saxon skulls, many of which are 
from Yorkshire. There are scores of ‘interesting exhibits’ in the Royal 
College of Surgeons! Amongst them may be mentioned the skull’ of 
Eugene Aram, and the articulated skeleton of Jonathan Wilde, the famous 
thief-catcher. The following entry explains itself:—No. 335, ‘The Skull 
of Charles Nichols, the comic lecturer. Begueathed by Mr. C. Nichols.’ 
1907 November 1. 
