SCIENCE- GOSSIP. 



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More Tales of the Birds. By W. Warde 

 Fowler. 232 pp., 7| in. x 5 in., with 8 plates. 

 {London and New York: MacmiUans. 1902.) 

 3s. 6d. 



We can strongly recommend this prettily illus- 

 trated bird-book as a gift for young people. It 

 consists of a series of stories in which birds of 

 various kinds form subjects. By permission of the 

 publishers we reproduce one of the plates to show 



and condition of the institution. Accompanying 

 these are some "700 pages of selected articles, 

 copiously and beautifully illustrated. They vary 

 greatly in subjects, and are generally of much 

 interest. 



A Popular History of the Ancient Britons. By 

 the Rev. John Evans, B.A. viii -i- 414 pp., 9^ in. x 

 Gin. (London : Elliot Stock. 1901.) 10s.6d.net. 



In writing this work the Rev. Mr. Evans is really 



" The Last of the Bahoxs." {From Warde Fowler''s " Tales of the Birds") 



how picturesquely they have been drawn. It is 

 entitled "The Last of the Barons." 



Smitltsonian Institution. Ixv -f- 759 pp., 9|- in. x 

 6 in. Illustrated. (Washington : Government 

 Printing Office. 1901.) 



The annual report of the Board of Regents of 

 the Smithsonian Institution for the year ending- 

 June 30th, 1900, is before us. It consists of the 

 usual statements on the operations, expenditures 



dealing with the Welsh people, and his object is 

 to continue their history up to modern times, as 

 most of the other bc^ks dealing with the subject 

 end at the time of the conquest of Wales by 

 Edward I. at the close of the thirteenth century. 

 During the nineteenth century much ancient 

 literature of Wales was examined by competent 

 scholars with Government aid. This has to some 

 extent assisted the author of this useful book. 



