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her impulses, and it is told with great power and with a keen in- 

 siglit into the workings of The human mind, such as we seldom 

 see revealed in a work of this character. The scene is laid for 

 the most part in one of the old Sound towns in Connecticut, and 

 the author shows a readiness of observation and a wholesome 

 appreciation of the beauties of nature, which prove him to be an 

 artist. Nothing can be more delightfully fresh, healthy and sweet 

 than some of the. descriptions, which now and then for a moment 

 interrupt the thread of the story. 



The characters are few, hut well individualized and strongly 

 drawn. Indeed in his heroine the author displays a subtle anal- 

 ysis of character such as is rarely at tained by the masculine mind 

 in dealing with this intricate problem. It may be said of all the 

 persons represented in the story that what especially strikes the 

 reader is the essential humanity of each and every character in 

 the book. They are just such men and womenas we all meet every 

 day. 



The story has in it nothing very exciting. It is a plain every-day 

 tale of the lovinsr and suffering which is so large a part of almost 

 every life; but the plot is ingenious and worked out in an ex- 

 tremely clever way, and the story is full of interest to the very 

 end. 



The practical lesson of Miss Frances Merley's life is that 

 although rebellion against the constraints of conventional life 

 may argue a craving for broader freedom and greater fullness of 

 life, it by no means follows that even the most excellent and 

 estimable young women can follow theii own impulses in every- 

 thing without danger of falling into error, whether the prompt- 

 ing be to self-indulgence or to self-abnegation. 



The author presents himself in his work as a man of intellectual 

 breadth, moral worth and polished culture; a man with lofty ideals 

 tempered by clear insight into the practical aspects of life. We 

 shall expect to hear more of Mr. Curran in the future. Boston: 

 Cupples & Hurd. 



by means of the very copious glossary which is found at the end 

 of the volume. 



Dr. Packard's new book is an introduction to the study of ento- 

 mology, and as such is a necessity to any one desiring to pursue 

 that study, but who ha;- no knowledge of the subject and no 

 teacher to whom he can apply for elementary instruction. Many 

 people, perhaps, who have longed to find out something about cur 

 insects, have purchased a copy of Dr. Packard's Guide to the Study 

 of Insects, and have vainly endeavored, with the aid of a diction- 

 ary, to get an idea what was meant by the words employed in some 

 description of a certain insect. The terminology of science has 

 not yet found its way into Webster, and glossaries such as the 

 one before us are needed in all the sciences. 



Bearing in mind all the while that the language of this volume 

 is plain English all through, a list of the chapter headings will 

 give a very fair idea of the material contained in it. The first 

 subject treated is naturally "The Structure of Insects;" this is 

 followed by "The (irowth and Metamorphosis of Insects;" then 

 comes the "'Classification of Insects," "Insect Architecture," 

 "Insects Injurious and Beneficial to Agriculture," "Directions 

 for Collecting, Preserving and Rearing Insects," "Mode of Dis- 

 secting Insects," and last a chapter on "Cutting and Mount- 

 ing Microscopic Sections of Insects and Mounting them Whole, 

 etc." Finally there is the "Entomologists' Library," which con- 

 tains the most indispensable articles, memoirs and complete 

 works on this subject works which are really necessary to the 

 student. This is followed by the glossary and the index. 



Valuable as is the text of this volume, it would be worth but 

 little to the classes for whom it was written were it not for the 

 excellent illustrations which it contains. Of these there are 

 nearly three hundred and they help to make the book a most use- 

 ful and admirable work. New York, Henry Holt & Co.. 1888. 



Entomology for Beginners, by Dr. A. S. Packard, is written, 

 we are told, for the use of young folks, fruit growers, farmers and 

 gardeners. In it beginners will find directions for collecting and 

 preserving insects, for mounting specimens for the microscope, 

 and preparing them for study, as well as for making collections. 

 The farmer, the fruit grower and the gardener will find in the 

 work descriptions of the insect pests against which they are 

 obliged to wage such constant war, and references to other more 

 technical and larger works in which more detailed descriptions 

 can be found. The language of the book is simple; technicalities 

 are avoided, but if necessarily used, their meaning is made plain 



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