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brunneum), " an insect toiling all day long for her offspring which 

 she will never see," working by " that strange internal force 

 which we call instinct " ; and the question is then asked as to 

 the higher animals : " How much of their solicitude for their 

 offspring is due to affection, and how much to blind instinct?" 

 However, do not all workers in science or social reform recognize 

 that the net result of their labours can only accrue long after 

 they have passed away, and on a stage that most believe they 

 will never see ? 



A number of excellent illustrations are from photographs of 

 living birds, taken by Gapt. P. D. S. Fayrer. 



The Butterflies of the British Isles. By Eichard South, 

 F.E.S., &c. F. Warne & Co. 



Since the publication of Edward Newman's ' Illustrated 

 Natural History of British Butterflies ' this is decidedly the best 

 book on the subject that has appeared. It is outside the pure 

 discussion of system or evolution, but, like its predecessor, may 

 be consulted with the frequency with which we turn to our 

 well-thumbed ' Illustrated Manual of British Birds,' by Howard 

 Saunders. There are no fewer than four hundred and fifty 

 coloured, beside other figures, in a volume the size of which 

 will not distress a pocket ; and the Editor of the 'Entomologist' 

 is one who knows the habits of his living butterflies and moths, 

 as well as he does their cabinet arrangement. 



In our early collecting days we remember well the delightful 

 assistance afforded by Mr. Newman's first publication on the 

 subject in ' Young England.' Much water has flowed under 

 London Bridge since that time, and publication on publication 

 has appeared. What should we have thought of this inexpensive 

 book, with its coloured figures, in those days ? The young 

 naturalist is well catered for now ! 



