-596 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



The Lowest Forms of Water Animals. By N. D' Anvers. Square i6mo. 

 pp. 59. Illustrated. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1882. For sale by 

 M. H. Dickinson, 50c. 



This is No. V of the Science Ladders, those preceding it being Forms of 

 Land and Water; A Story of Early Exploration; Vegetable Life; Flowerless 

 Plants. 



The volume under consideration takes up in simple style the discussion of 

 the subject of the lowest forms of water animals by defining what an animal is; 

 what protoplasm is; then the successive forms of such animals; the Rhizopoda; 

 Sponges ; some forms of Infusoria ; the life of a Hydra and a Medusa; Sea Ane- 

 mones and how they live ; Coral-Makers and how they grow ; some of the Polyzoa; 

 some tiny creatures with water-works, and closes with a series of questions to 

 test the young reader's memory and comprehension. 



Mr. D' Anvers aims to teach the great laws of nature in language simple 

 enough to be intelligible to the youngest readers and to awaken in them the habit 

 of observation and reasoning. In these objects he is sure to succeed so far as 

 he has readers. 



Military Life in Italy. By Edward De Amicis: with illustrations; 8vo. , pp. 

 440. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1882. For sale by M. H. Dickin- 

 son, $2. CO. 



All of De Amicis' works are full of enthusiasm and spirit, and this one is no 

 exception to the rule. In addition to this feature these sketches carry with them 

 a lesson of inspiration and consolation to the soldier and of admiration and es- 

 teem for him to the civilian. Every side of human nature is skillfully depicted 

 in them, the serious as well as the comic, and no reader will .regret spending a 

 few hours in perusing the book. Among the best of the sketches are The Con- 

 script, The Son of the Regiment, and Dead upon the Field of Battle. 



How TO Succeed. Edited by Lyman Abbott, D.D. Square i6mo,, pp. 131. 

 G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1882. For sale by M. H. Dickinson, 50c. 



The readers of the Christian Union have already seen most of the essays in 

 this admirable collection, but for the benefit of those who have not we will say 

 that the book is No. XXVI of the Handy Book Series, and is made up of a num- 

 ber of essays on "How to Succeed" by some of the most able and practical 

 men of this country in their several departments of labor. 



Hon. T. F. Bayard and Hon. Geo. F. Edwards write upon How to Succeed 

 in Public Life; Rev. John Hall, D.D., gives advice How to Succeed as a Minis- 

 ter ; Willard Parker, M. D., tells How to Succeed as a Physician; Gen'l Wm. 

 Sooy Smith, How to Succeed as a Civil Engineer; Wm. Hamilton Gibson, How 

 to Succeed as an Artist ; a New York merchant anonymously gives rules for suc- 

 <:eeding in Mercantile Life ; Lawson Valentine, How to Succeed in Business 



