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SCIENCE- GOSSIP. 



which deals with tlie uses of colour and many of 

 the cm-ions habits of molluscs. We doubt, how- 

 ever, whether the introduction of English names 

 for creatures which possess no good ones, or none 

 at all, will commend itself to many naturalists. — 

 IK M. W. 



Illustrated Natural History. By W. G. Kide- 

 WOOD, D.Sc, F.L.S., F.Z.S. AVith 27 coloured 

 plates, and several illustrations in text. (London, 

 Paris, and New York : Raphael Tuck. 1001.) (is. 



This is a nicely produced work for young people. 

 The coloured illustrations, which are in most 

 instances of a high standard of excellence, are by 

 J'aul Wagner, the black and white drawings being 

 the work of Mr. W. J. Webb. The letterpress gives 

 short and concise accounts of many of the niam- 



Conchological Society's census for the counties 

 and vice-counties. No attempt is made to illus- 

 trate all the British shells, though they are briefly 

 described, as probably in such case it would be im- 

 pos.sible to produce the book as one of the cheap 

 and generally excellent series to which it belongs. 

 No doubt those who have not access to a more 

 pretentious book will find it very useful ; and to 

 conchologists who want the census of the Con- 

 chologicai Society it is worth more than its 

 price.— IF. M. W. 



The Golfer's Guide to North-East England. By 

 '■ N. G." 7| in. X 4i in., 87 pp. illustrated. Pub- 

 lislied by the North-Eastern Railway. 6d.. 



Natui'alists and sportsmen have much in common, 

 but the interests of the former are hardly so well 



Cycxokh-\mphus suEvicDS. Fossil State. 

 \.From ■■Dragons of llui Air;' Bij Frofessor B. G. S^eleg.) 



malia, some birds, fish, insects, and other groups, 

 inclirding scorpions, centipedes, and various other 

 animals. There is not any attempt to illustrate 

 more than a few animals in each oi'der. but the 

 general effect is sufficient to create a taste among 

 children for further knowledge. 



Lrmid and Fresh-water Shells. By J. W. WiLLlAJis, 

 with a chapter by J. W. Taylob and W. Djsnison 

 Roebuck. Third edition, 112. pp., 7i in. x 5 in., 

 illustrated. (London: Sounenschein. 1901.) Is. 



Fifty-seven pages of this little work, which is 

 one of the " Young Collector Series," are devoted 

 to the anatomy of the snail and the fresh-water 

 mussel. Thirty-five pages are also given to the 

 genera, species, and varieties of British land and 

 fresh-water shells. There is fiu-ther added tlie 



looked after by themselves or by other people. 

 Sometimes, however, the man of net or collecting 

 tin may share the advantages given to his brother 

 of gun or golf club. In the present little guide, 

 which is crowded with pretty vignettes and full- 

 page views of the ruins and fine scenery of North- 

 East England, much of interest may be picked 

 out b)' the rambler and amateur photographer ; 

 even from the advertisements one learns that there 

 are such things as 1,000-mile tickets, consisting of 

 a book containing 1,000 coupons, each represent- 

 ing a mile, the cost for travelling first class being 

 about a penny-farthing for this distance. What 

 is more, the purchaser, his family, guests, and 

 employes may all make use of them without the 

 lets and hindrances we are used to down South. — 



ir: M. W. 



