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  Eleanor 
  Ormerod, 
  LL.D., 
  Economic 
  Entomologist. 
  Autobiography 
  

   and 
  Correspondence. 
  Edited 
  by 
  Prof. 
  K. 
  Wallace. 
  John 
  

   Murray. 
  

   We 
  have 
  already 
  (Zool. 
  1901, 
  p. 
  310), 
  in 
  paying 
  our 
  tribute 
  

   to 
  the 
  memory 
  of 
  Miss 
  Ormerod, 
  dealt 
  largely 
  with 
  many 
  per- 
  

   sonal 
  details, 
  but 
  the 
  present 
  volume 
  adds 
  considerably 
  to 
  our 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  a 
  happy 
  and 
  useful 
  life. 
  Miss 
  Ormerod 
  had 
  many 
  

   advantages 
  ; 
  she 
  possessed 
  a 
  particularly 
  attractive 
  personality 
  ; 
  

   was 
  an 
  enthusiast 
  in 
  her 
  life-work 
  ; 
  and 
  was 
  possessed 
  of 
  ample 
  

   means 
  to 
  carry 
  on 
  an 
  economic 
  and 
  entomological 
  propaganda 
  

   which 
  could 
  rely 
  on 
  no 
  funds 
  or 
  pecuniary 
  assistance 
  of 
  any 
  

   kind. 
  She 
  represented 
  personally 
  and 
  unaided 
  in 
  England 
  what 
  

   constitutes 
  a 
  government 
  bureau 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  The 
  charm 
  of 
  this 
  volume 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  few 
  chapters 
  

   of 
  personal 
  reminiscences 
  contributed 
  by 
  the 
  deceased 
  lady 
  her- 
  

   self. 
  They 
  constitute 
  a 
  sketch 
  of 
  life 
  in 
  provincial 
  England 
  

   which 
  is 
  now 
  rapidly 
  becoming 
  a 
  story 
  of 
  the 
  past, 
  and 
  which 
  

   has 
  been 
  immortalised 
  by 
  George 
  Eliot. 
  The 
  larger 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   publication 
  is 
  occupied 
  by 
  her 
  correspondence, 
  which, 
  like 
  all 
  

   similar 
  material, 
  is 
  unequal 
  in 
  value, 
  at 
  least 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  

   conversant 
  with 
  her 
  entomological 
  annual 
  reports. 
  We 
  heartily 
  

   welcome 
  an 
  important 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  lives 
  of 
  British 
  naturalists. 
  

  

  Zool. 
  4th 
  ser. 
  vol. 
  VIII., 
  June, 
  1904. 
  

  

  