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reputation of that artist ; and there is also a coloured frontis- 

 piece by Dr. P. P. Sushkin depicting Geese on Kairan-Kul, 

 Turgai Territory, which will attract the wildfowler as well as 

 the ornithologist. 



The Zoological Society of London ; a sketch of its foundation and 

 development, dec. By Henry Scherren, F.Z.S. Cassell & 

 Co., Limited. 



This book describes the evolution of a Society which has now 

 become a well-known British institution ; its rooms are the 

 rendezvous of zoologists, its proceedings and transactions are a 

 zoological library in themselves, and its gardens beyond their 

 legitimate province have become a national holiday resort. 

 Since its foundation, all contemporary zoologists have more or 

 less been connected with it, so that the material for a really good 

 book was available. The author has chosen a somewhat official 

 method of dealing with his subject, but he has given its history 

 so that we can always use the book for reference, while the 

 account of the acquisitions to the gardens gives us data by which 

 we may gather information in numerous instances of the time of 

 our first knowledge of many animals. We need not discuss the 

 question as to the real promoter of the Society, to which some 

 prominence is given ; rightly or wrongly, to ourselves, as to 

 many others, the name of Sir Stamford Baffles will always be 

 attached to that distinguished position, though his early death 

 caused its foundations to be completed by other and able hands. 

 In reading these pages, one is struck by the number of distin- 

 guished men who have guided the affairs of this Society, and 

 notice is necessarily attracted to the strong man who, as Secre- 

 tary for so many years, did so much for its stability, while, like 

 all strong men, he made not only many friends, but some 

 adversaries. 



Among the animals that have lived in the Gardens, some will 

 never be seen again. The Quagga has twice been on view at 

 Begent's Park ; while we read that in 1861 the Society's agent 

 in Cape Colony "expressly barred Quaggas" in his offers for 

 South African specimens. But, on the other hand, we may yet 

 see a living Okapi ! The illustrations are numerous, some by 



