t)r. Carpenter. 59 



contented and unwearied mind, captivate his interlocutor 

 with a serious discussion of the grounds urged against his 

 view of the animal nature of Bozoon, or as to the nervous 

 system of Comatula; or, again, as to the theory of ocean 

 currents, or the reform of the University of London. What 

 he said on such occasions was admirable, and his willing- 

 ness to meet fairly an antagonist was no less indicative of 

 the true, single-hearted man of science than the almost 

 boyish eagerness with which he would rush into the fray. 

 The younger generations of biologists regarded him as a 

 man of iron frame, destined to grow younger, more labor- 

 ious, more fruitful of good works, as they themselves grew 

 on in years and sunk into rest and obscurity." 



Review. 



Text-Book op Botany. 



Incident to the very rapid advances which botanical 

 science has made within the last few years, it has become 

 permanently split up into several important departments. 

 It is, therefore, a difficult matter so to condense the subject 

 into the compass of one volume, that it may adequately 

 meet the requirements of an ordinary college course. The 

 series of Gray's Botanical Text-Books, however, meets the 

 difficulty in one way, by giving a comprehensive treatment 

 of the entire subject, devoting one volume to each of four 

 leading departments, viz., Structural Botany, Histology 

 and Physiology, Cryptogamic Botany, and Special Morpho- 

 logy and Economic Botany. This is a method of dealing 

 with the subject which has much to commend it to the con- 

 sideration, not only of teachers, but of those who desire to 

 pursue an independent course of study as well. 



The present volume, which is the second of the series, is 

 especially welcome, from the fact that it is the first work 



1 Gray's Botanical Text-Book. Physiological Botany, Parts i and 

 ii. By G. L. Goodale, A.M., M.D. 1885. Svo., pp. 499 + 36. Ivison, 

 Blakenian, Taylor & Co. 



