THE AMERICAN SCIENCE SERIES. 5 
ZOOLOGY— Continued. 
Elementary Course. (/7 press.) 
In general method this book is the same with those just de- 
scribed, but, being meant for quite young pupils, it gives more 
attention to the higher organisms, and to such particulars as 
can be studied with the naked eye. In everything the aim has 
been to make clear the cardinal principles of animal life, rather 
than to fill the pupil's mind with a mass of what may appear to 
him unrelated facts. ; 
BOTANY. By CHar.es E. BEsSEY, Professor in the Univer- 
sity of Nebraska. 
Advanced Course. Large 12mo. Pp. 611. $2.75. 
Aims to lead the student to obtain at first-hand his knowl- 
edge of the anatomy and physiology of plants. Accordingly, 
the presentation of matter is such as to fit the book for con- 
stant use in the laboratory, the text supplying the outline sketch 
which the studeut is to fill in by the aid of scalpel and micro- 
scope. 
From J. C. Arruur, Editor of The Botanical Gazette: ‘‘The first 
botanical text-book issued in America which treats the most important 
departments of the science with anything like due consideration. 
This is especially true in reference to the physiology and histology of 
plants, and also to special morphology. Structural Botany and clas- 
sification have up to the present time monopolized the field, greatly 
retarding the diffusion of a more complete knowledge of the science.” 
Briefer Course. 12mo. Pp. 292. $1.35. 
A guide to beginners. Its principles are, that the true aim of 
botanical study is not so much to seek the family and proper 
names of specimens as to ascertain the laws of plant structure 
and plant life; that this can be done only by examining and 
dissecting the plants themselves; and that it is best to confine 
the attention to a few leading types, and to take up first the 
simpler and more easily understood forms, and afterwards those 
whose structure and functions are more complex. The latest 
editions of the work contain a chapter on the Gross Anatomy 
of Flowering Plants. 
From J. T. RotHRock, Professor in the University of Pennsylva- 
nia: ‘There is nothing superficial in it, nothing needless introduced, 
nothing essential left out. The language is lucid ; and, as the crown- 
ing merit of the book, the author has introduced throughout the vol- 
ume ‘ Practical Studies,’ which direct the student in his effort to see 
for himself all that the text-book teaches.” 
