142. 



THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY 



MORPHOLOGY 



ANATOMICAL, PHYLOGENETICAL 

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These three lectures on the Herter 

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 of phylogenetic studies for the neurologist. 

 A bibliography of the pertinent literature 

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VERTEBRATE EMBRYOLOGY. 



By Waldo Shumway. 



John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 

 $3-75 5f x 9; viii +314 New York 



A textbook of embryology for under- 

 graduates. The forms particularly dis- 

 cussed are Amphioxus, the frog, the chick, 

 and the pig. The first two parts of the 

 book give a general account of develop- 

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 guides for laboratory work. The book 

 is well illustrated, chiefly by clear line 

 diagrams. 



HANDBUCH DER BIOLOGISCHEN 

 ARBEITSMETHODEN. Lieferung 236. 

 Methoden tyr Untersuchung der Morphologie 

 der Primaten. 



By Stejanie Oppenheim, Adolf Remane, and 

 Wilhelm Gieseler. Urban and Schwar%enberg 

 9 marks 7 x 10; 151 (paper) Berlin 



An extremely useful handbook of direc- 

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it helpful, because it indicates clearly 

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HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE. A 

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By B. F. Kingsbury and 0. A. Johannsen. 



John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 

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A useful laboratory guide, in which 

 the first author contributes the vertebrate 

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PHYSIOLOGY 



CONDITIONED REFLEXES. An Inves- 

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 Cerebral Cortex. 



By I. P. Pavlov. Translated and edited by 

 G. V. Anrep. Oxford University Press 



$9.00 6| x 9I; xv + 430 New York 



This book is an English translation, by 

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 no attempt to review the literature outside 

 of that from Pavlov's own laboratory. 



