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harsh. Whatever may be said as to the excesses of the ‘‘ splitters,” 
their work has encouraged minute and careful observation, and in 
this respect may be regarded as an important factor in any ultimate 
judgement poe may be arrived at as to the rank to be accorded to 
doubtful pla 
The last Saitse of the book, which is devoted to a summary of 
Bentham’s life and character, is in some respects the most interest- 
ing, and is very well done. Mr. Jackson knew Bentham as inti- 
_mately as vel one not immediately connected with him was likely 
yr him, and his summary, though ror is graphic and well 
e oul: recalls the ma ‘In early ad ] he was 
nearly six feet, tall and erect, though in late years a stoop caused 
much of his height to be lost. His hair was originall ck and 
_ abundant, with a curious white lock at the side of his head; in 
late life his hair was still fairly abundant, but silvered with age, 
though more scanty on the top of the head. His 9 was strong, 
and he wore spectacles all his life after boyhood; he would push 
these up on his forehead when examining a plant with the naked 
f the 
spectacles once more in place. His eyes were — and piercing, 
he some- 
e 
what fe mite frontispiece, from the portrait by Tinwes Dickinson 
(painted in 1870) at the Linnean Society, is, I think, less charac- 
teristic than the segee ee which accompanied Mr. Jackson’s 
notice in this Journal for 
As a record of anna and long-continued work on the part 
of o might have devoted himself to a life of leisure and 
pleasure, the biography is of value; Mr. Jackson has done his ogee 
conscientiously and thoroughly, even to the preparation of an un- 
cpr ‘detaile d index, and it is not his fault that his sabjaes 
s not more interesting. 
James BritTEn. 
Two TExtT-BOOKS. 
A Text-book of Botany for Secondary Schools. By Joan M. Courter 
Ph.D., Head of Department of Botany, Chibi echt 
Chicago. 8vo, pp. vii, 365, tt.820. London: Appleton. 1 
ce 5s. net. 
The Study of Plant Life for Young te By M. C. Srorzs, D.Sc., 
Ph.D. 8vo, PP xii, 202, tt. 154. London: Moring. 1 6. 
Price 1s. 6d. ne 
Pror. CouLTER’s text-book recalls in its wealth of illustrations 
io 
a 
manuals by the same author, of which it is the natural outcome, 
namely, Plant an Plant Relations, and Plant Structures. The 
Text-book of Botany represents the result of co-operation between 
the author and the "teachers who have been using the Plant Studies 
for the last five years; an attempt has been made to adapt the book 
as nearly as possible to the expressed needs of those for whose use 
