BOOK NEWS. 



The Right Honorable Sir Edward Fry, whose small 

 volume or "British Mosses," written a few years ago. 

 has already gone to a second edition, has just issued a, 

 companion volume dealing with the liverworts, under 

 the title "Liverworts; British and Foreign." This 

 little volume, which may best be described as an essay 

 on the liverworts rather than an enumeration of all 

 the species and their descriptions covers seventy-five 

 pages and sells for two and six, net, — about sixty-five 

 cents in our money. To all who are interested in the 

 structure and methods of reproduction in these plants 

 and who want to know where and how they grow, how 

 they are classified and other curious things about 

 them, this little book will be invaluable. The author 

 does not confuse the beginner by an imposing array 

 of scientific terms and yet he contrives to leave him 

 in full possession of the terms necessary for the study 

 of these plants in more technical works. The book 

 is, in fact, another of the many works that will aid in 

 making science attractive. It is published by 

 Witherby & Co., High Holborn, W. C, London. 



In the excellent summary of fern literature which 

 Dr. C. Brick sends us annually, we note that in 1907, 

 the latest year for which we have information, an 

 American lead the world with regard to the number 

 of articles published. Germany comes second and 

 Great Britain third, Dr. Christ and Mr. Druery lead- 

 ing their fellows in their respective countries. About 

 sixty American authors are included in the list of 

 writers which contains more than three hundred 

 names for the whole world. 



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