62 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society Vol. XVI 



BOOK NOTE. 



An Introduction to Entomology. Part I — The Structure and 

 Metamorphosis of Insects. — By John Henry Comstock, Pro- 

 fessor of Entomology and General Invertebrate Zoology, 

 Emeritus, in Cornell University. (Comstock Publishing Co., 

 Ithaca, N. Y., $2.50 net.) 



To attempt an appraisal of Prof. Comstock's finished work 

 seems almost a piece of consummate assurance. To review it 

 adequately would call for a complete discussion of the subject 

 matter. 



This volume forms the first part of a more extensive work in 

 preparation, a text-book of entomology. The great progress of 

 the science within the last fifteen years makes such a timely and 

 modern text a great need at present, for all our general books are 

 in many ways outgrown. In the preface. Professor Comstock 

 says: "Two objects are kept constantly in mind in the prepara- 

 tion of the text-book of which this volume is a part : first, to aid 

 the student in laying a firm foundation for his entomological 

 studies; and second, to make available, so far as possible in the 

 limited space of a handbook, a knowledge of the varied phe- 

 nomena of the insect world." 



As the general public becomes more and more aware of the 

 significance of insect life to our own lives and well-being, such 

 knowledge will be more and more sought after and necessary. 

 The growth and increase of purely entomological courses in col- 

 leges bears witness to this spread of the desire for knowledge, 

 particularly in a practical form. And this volume we refer to 

 presents these elements authoritatively. It provides a recension 

 of our present-day knowledge of the classification, anatomy, 

 physiology, development and metamorphoses of insects. 



To us who study and know insects in some degree, this book 

 by the dean of. American entomologists is most welcome and 

 indeed necessary. No further comment is called for to inspire 

 our instant interest. 



J. R. T. B. 



