NOTES AND LITEliATURE 



JUOLOGY 



Beebe's Log of the Sun.' Merely to turn over the ])afres of this 

 beautiful book dispels all desire for (•aj)tious criticisin. 'I'he pub- 

 lishers have done everythintr to ])resent ir to the public in the best 

 shape while the fifty-two full ])a(ie plates in color by Walter Kin^^ Stone 

 and the numerous ti-xi li<inrcs from photographs and from wash and 

 charcoal drawino-. iii;ike ihc work a delight unto the eye. Each of 

 the fifty-two weeks ot the year has its chapter; in some eases chosen 

 with a full a])preciation of tlu> fitness of things, in others placed in 

 position because one week would do as well as another. Some of 

 these chapters have previously ai)pearcd, without illustration, in 

 other places, while others were prei)ared exj)ressly for this volume. 

 Naturally the birds attract the most attention, with the mammals a 

 close second, but other chapters deal witli reptiles. II^Ik .aiid insects, 

 while the invertebrates of the sea are not iieulcctrd and even those 

 marvels of crystallograi)liy, the snow flakes, have their all..tted space. 



The text itself is writt.Mi in an ea>y. u-raeeful mainief with a full 

 appreciation of the wonder^ of tiaimv and with the most s\ inj)athetic 

 spirit. Here and there, perhaps, a statement i- exairii-eiated or, may 



they shall not be detailed here. \{vm\ the luMpk. look upon the living 



world about you — sea, shore - plain or tureM with the oj)en eyes 



of the author and you will .see the mai vels lie lia> >een and a myriad 

 others of which he tells you nothing. 



Laloy's Parasitism and Mutualism. -- 1 )r. Laloy devotes an intro- 

 ductory chapter of his recent work- to a eonsid(M-ation of th(> various 

 reciprocal relations between living things of which seri<\s para.sitisni 

 and mutuali.sm are the opposite extremes. I'ollowing this th(> first 

 part deals with para.sitism under S(>ven ehapUM- headings: geni'ralities, 



'The Log of the Sun; a chronicle of Nature s Year. By C. AVilliuni 

 Beebe. New York, Henrj- Holt & Co., 1906, pp. xii + .345, $6.00. 



th<;caire de I'Acad^mie de M^decine. Preface de M. A. Giard, professeur j\ 

 la Sorbonne. 1 vol. Bibliotheque Scientifique iiiternationale; 82 text fig- 

 ures. 6 fr. F^lix Alcan, ^diteur, Paris 1906. 



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