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the surface, as the result of scientific agriculture, or the 

 deeper, vast network of dykes and canals, the product of 

 growing commerce, must be thought away, so as to leave 

 virgin forest and marsh flat, formidable business to the 

 wayfarers." 



This book, which has received high commendation from 

 many authorities, should find a place on the bookshelves of 

 all interested in the ancient stone weapons of this country. 

 Through the courtesy of the publishers we are enabled to 

 reproduce one of the numerous illustrations. 



Description of the Figure. — Celt (Woodmansterne). From a 

 photograph. "It is a fine specimen of the chipped and 

 polished implement, in colour creamy white with a dark patch 

 where the material is slightly different in character, and with 

 a few iron streaks. The length is five inches, and the broad 

 end is, of course, ground and polished, the cutting edge being 

 still keen, while on one face, which is rather more convex 

 than the other, the projections have been ground down." 

 (From " Neolithic Man in North-East Surrey," by kind per- 

 mission of Messrs. Elliot Stock.) 



Insect Pests of the Farm and Garden. 1 — This little 

 book is divided into two parts. The first treats of the 

 structure and transformation of Insects, and Insecticides and 



1 " Insect Pests of the Farm and Garden," by F. Martin-Duncan. Illu- 

 strated with (44) original photographs and drawings. Crown 8vo, cloth, 

 pp. 143. 2s. 6d. net. London : Swan Sonnenschein, 1906. 



