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III. Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence. 



1. Foundations of Biology; bv Lorande Loss "Woodruff. 

 Pp. xviii, 476, with '211 illustrations. New York, 1922 (The 

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 original diagrams are found among the numerous illustrations. 



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2. The Study of Living Things : A Course in Biology for Sec- 

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