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In li'inlltiiul with Field-glass and Camera. 

 By Olivbb Gr. Pike. xvi + 280pp., 7i in.xS in., 

 with 83 illustrations. (London: T. Fisher Uuwin.) 

 6s. 



As a writer on country Lore, the author of this 

 book gives promise of future good work, but needs 

 experience and a closer attention in the style of 

 classical English writers. Ho evidently possesses 

 a natural aptitude for describing the beautiful side 

 nl' nature, though a! present lie is rat her colloquial, 

 and his chapters would be improved by a Less 

 epistolary vein. The photographic reproductions 



Fear-Booh of Scientific and Learned Societies of 

 Cheat Britain and Ireland. 296 pp.. '.tin. x 6^ in. 

 (I. Ion: Charles Griffin & Co., Limited. 1900.) 



7s. 61 1. 



This mosl useful publication, founded in 1884, 

 should be more widely know?], and in the Library 

 of eve: \ learned society, STear iy year its value 

 increases, as it not only contains a directory of 

 scientific and learned societies, but also Lists of 

 the papers read before them during the previous 

 session, in fourteen of the Leading departments oi 

 research. The Year-Book is divided into fifteen 



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Nest 01? Short-eaeed Owi. 

 From •• In Birdland." 



add greatly to the appearance of the book, which, 

 as a whole, is very readable. One point of interest 

 lies in the fact that many of the observations have 

 been made in suburban London. We can recom- 

 mend " In Birdland," to the general reader. By 

 permission of the publisher we reproduce one of 

 the illustrations representing a nest of short-eared 

 owls. Some of the pictures are decidedly pretty, 

 yet a little more attention is necessary in focussing 

 the backgrounds. 



sections, so that any subject may lie readily eon- 

 suited independently of more general societies' 

 work. On referring to some of the earlier animal 

 volumes of this publication, one cannot help being 

 struck with the steady increase in the informal ion 

 gathered by its editor. It is much to be regretted 

 that the information necessary for this Year-Hook 

 has not been supplied by so many as about fifty 

 societies. We hope their secretaries will 31 ■ 

 amend their ways, and add to its completeness 



