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of view. It need hardly be addedj therefore, that 

 the book, although suitable for advanced students, 

 does not share the usual dullness of text-books. Dr. 

 Lauder Lindsay's Mind in the Lower Animals (2 vols., 

 Kegan Paul, 1879) is a book that should be in the 

 hands of every lover of animals. It will prove a useful 

 antidote to much that has been written in newer books 

 by less humane men, although the author goes much 

 too far in search of the picturesque when he attributes 

 consciousness to decapitated frogs and feeling to 

 plants. The volumes as a whole present a masterly 

 summary of the proofs constantly given by animals 

 that their minds as well as their bodies are of kindred 

 nature with our own. The author gives a useful list 

 of literature bearing on his subject. Among current 

 periodicals, the Animal World, monthly organ of the 

 R.S.P.C.A. (Partridge), and Nature Notes, the organ 

 of the Selborne Society (published by Sotheran & Co., 

 London), sometimes contain paragraphs which are of 

 interest to the lover of animals. 



It is worth while to-study the traces of the original 

 relations between man and beast that exist in fables and 

 folk-lore. The peasant of a remote age, living- in con- 

 stant warfare with wolf or fox, appreciated theit traits 

 of character none the less truly, because it was his way 

 to express what he knew of them in a " yarn " rather 

 than a scientific treatise, and to point a sly moral- at 

 the same time regarding the beast-like qualities of 

 some of his neighbours. Most lovers of animals 

 \Vill find some interest in th& study of lore of this 



