336 



SCIENCE- GOSSIP. 



English Writers." Mr. Clodd has consequently 

 been obliged to write somewhat sketchily, as this 

 series does not attempt to give an exhaustive bio- 

 graphy of the authors under notice. He has, how- 

 ever, given amply sufficient to raise the interest of 

 his readers. Having had the advantage of Mr. 

 Leonard Huxley's " Life and Letters " of his father 

 for reference, it is not to be wondered that Mr. Clodd 

 lias been successful in placing within his pages so 

 much information with regard to Professor Huxley. 



Messrs. Longmans the plate representing the 

 Textulariidae. The descriptions are generic, with 

 examples of one species in each genus. At tlie end 

 will be found a useful chapter dealing wdth the 

 collection of both living and fossil forms. 



Class-look of Geology. By Sir Archibald 

 Geikie, F.E.S. xxi -t- 454pp., 7f in. x Sin. Hlus- 

 trated Avith 225 figs. (London and oSTew York: 

 Macmillan & Co. 1902.) 5s. 



The fourth edition of this useful handbook for 





TEXTcrLARiiDAi:. {From. '■• Foraminifera," by F. Cha2»nan:) 



Forammifera. By Frederick Chapman, A.L.S., 

 F.R.M.S. XV + 354 pp., 9 in. x 6 in., with 14 plates 

 and 42 other illustrations. (London, New York, 

 and Bombay: Longmans, Green k, Co. 1902.) 

 9s. net. 



The sub-title of this book is " An Introduction 

 to the Study of the Protozoa." It will be found 

 useful, not only to the student of these beautiful 

 atoms of nature, but also to microscopists gene- 

 rally. It is a concise account of the foraminifera 

 copiously illustrated. We give by permission of 



class-work in geology has been brought up to the 

 present standard of knowledge in this subject. 

 Much of the matter in the former editions has been 

 rearranged, and even to some extent rewritten. 

 Fuller refei-ences have also been made to the 

 geology of North America. The Table of the 

 Vegetable and Animal Kingdoms in the Appendix 

 has been fully revised, with the assistance of 

 Dr. F. L. Kitchin. The index to the volume is 

 especially complete, and must greatly increase the 

 value of the work to any student. 



