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that the editor is dying to Acad vgs their nooks, a“ that he has 
nothing to do but take of the publisher’s wishes 
Really this system of defaci Pere n zeigiee’ of books wetit atk for review 
is becoming a very serious detriment to the interests of authors 
and publishers—certainly the former, as they should perceive. A 
book sent for review is not a present to the editor; it is sent for 
a Sasi The object of defacing it is supposed to be to 
prevent its sale by the reviewer at some better price than a 
defaced copy would fetch. Now, whatever view we in the book 
trade may take, there is only one view that any self-respecting 
editor can take, namely, that this ~ to say the least, derogatory. 
here was not quite so much to be said in condemnation of the 
sie at first, when the datnasnianie was made as delicately as 
any defacement at all can be done—though the principle i is the 
same—but it has become a ‘custom of the trade e, and spread so, 
that now sixpenny magazines, shillin = Sate ews and ephemeral 
stuff of all kinds is sent to editors red all over ‘ With 
compliments’ or ‘ Review Copy,’ or ‘Guia: opy. It is such 
a short-sighted policy! The publisher wants a so 
funeral; a review more or less, ed or bad, a oes not wor rry him 
the length of a cigarette. But the author sits and waits and 
wonders and wonders, and in the majority of cases does not know 
perhaps, through half a dozen pages, including title-page an 
frontispiece ; and still, apparently, expects it to find favour in the 
editor’s eyes.’ 
Part 3 of vol. vii. of the Transactions of the Wagner Free 
Institute Science SS ommige ge October, 1914) contains a 
‘full and interesting account of the ee of South Florida 
south of 27° 30’ north, ae usive of the Florida Keys.” The 
paper is illustrated by ten plates Bs various aspects of the 
vegetation of the region, and is accompanied by a large Ae: 
useful map. 
To the samy number wy iv. part 3) of the Journal of 
Genetics Mr. Frank C. Miles, of the U.S. Department of Agri- 
culture, conteibntes nae Genetie _ vetalenion) Study of certain 
es of Albinism in Mai After a summary of previous 
investigations, the author denesines the experimental work which 
has been conducted in connection with the inheritance of 
albinism in Maize and gives an anatomical study, illustrated 
by figures, of the leaves of certain types. An excellent coloured 
double plate accompanies the memoir 
Our contributor Dr. H. F. We ernham, of the Botanical 
Department, British Museum, has joined the 28th London 
Battalion (Artists’ Rifles). 
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