New and Recent Books 



LONDON PARKS AND GARDENS. By 



the Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil (Alicia Amherst, 

 Citizen and Gardener of London). Author 

 of "A History of Gardening in England," 

 " Children's Gardens," etc. "With numerous 

 Illustrations in Colour by Lady Victoria 

 Manners. Imp. 8vo. 21s. net. 



In spite of the abundance of books on London, 

 not one existed until the present work was pub- 

 lished which told the story of the Parks and 

 Gardens as a whole. Some of the Royal Paiks 

 have been dealt with, and most of the Municipal 

 Parks, but in separate works. When Squares are 

 touched on, in guide-books or in volumes to 

 themselves, the Gardens are for the most part 

 left alone, and gossip of the inhabitants forms 

 the centre of the narrative. This is the case also 

 with public buildings and private houses which 

 have gardens attached to them. 



THE ART OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



By Humphry Repton. Revised and Edited 

 by John Nolen, Member of American Society 

 of Landscape Architects. Fully Illustrated 

 from the Original Plates. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. 

 net. 



It is generally conceded that the world has not 

 yet produced a designer in the informal or land- 

 scape style with the genius and skill of Repton. 

 Therefore landscape architects, the members of 

 allied professions, and laymen who wish first 

 hand and trustworthy information concerning the 

 principles of landscape design must return again 

 and again to the period of Repton, and more 

 especially to the work of Repton himself. It is 

 fortunate for the progress of this art that Repton 

 has left the record of his experience in such 

 convenient, readable and inspiring form. His 

 books embody the best results of his practice. 



THE ENGLISH PEASANTRY AND THE 



ENCLOSURE OF COMMON FIELDS. By 

 Gilbert Slater, M.A., Mayor of Woolwich. 

 With an introduction by Earl Cahrington. 

 Demy 8vo. 10s. 6(Z. net. 



The enclosure of common fields and the passing 

 away of the English village community to make 

 room for the agricultural organisation prevailing 

 to-day, is a subject not merely of historical in- 

 terest, but one which touches very closely some of 

 the most vital national problems of the twentieth 

 century. 



THE PRINCIPLES OF MICROSCOPY: 



being an Introduction to Work with the Mi- 

 croscope. By Sir A. E. Wright, M.D., F.R.S., 

 D. Sc. Dublin, Pathologist to St. Mary's Hos- 

 pital, Paddington. With many Illustrations 

 and Coloured Plates. Royal 8vo. 21s. net. 



The general scope of this important work is 

 the technique of the microscope, to the study of 

 which the author has devoted many years. 



THE KINGDOM OF MAN. By Sir E. 



Ray Lankester, M.A., D.Sc, LL.D., F.R.S., &c. 

 Demy yvo. With about 60 Illustrations. Price 

 3s. 6d. net. 



Traces the history of man and his rebellion 

 against nature, and shows that his destiny is to 

 conquer. 



SOILS, How to Handle and Improve Them, 

 By S. W. Fletcher, With more than 100 

 Illustrations. Demy 8vo. about 350 pages. 

 Price 8s. 6d. net. 



The Field.—" The author is thoroughly up-to- 

 date in his knowledge of the different phases of 

 the great subject of soil study, and brings his store 

 of knowledge into effective use in the accomplish- 

 ment of his task. The distinguishing characteristic 

 of the book is the lucid and homely nature of its 

 contents. The author has continued to dispense 

 with technical terms and phraseology without im- 

 pairing the clearness of his meaning. The volume 

 is handsomely illustrated." 



FARM MANAGEMENT. By F. W. Card, 



Professor of Agriculture. With 66 full-pag s 

 Ilulstrations and numerous useful Tables and 

 Returns. Demy 8vo. Price 8s. 6d. net. 



This book covers an almost untouched field of 

 agricultural literature ; it shows how farms 

 may be turned into solid business under- 

 takings. The purchase of property, the com- 

 parative values of crops and stock, marketing, 

 business forms and accounts, are all treated 

 with clearness and good business sense. 



FARM ANIMALS, How to Breed, Feed, Care 

 for and Use them. By E. V. Wilcox, Ph.D., 

 M. A., U.S.A. Department of Agriculture. With 

 upwards of 60 Full-Page Illustrations. Demy 

 8vo. Price 8s. 6d. net. 



Contents : — The Horse. The Mule. Beef 

 Cattle. The Dairy Cow. Pigs. Sheep. Goats. 

 Poultry. 



FRUIT RECIPES : a Manual of the Food 

 Values of Fruits, and Nine Hundred different 

 ways of Using Them. By Riley M. Fletcher 

 Berry. Illustrated from Photographs. Large 

 crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. net. 



WASPS, Social and Solitary. By George 

 W. Peekham and Elizabeth G. Peckham. 



With an Introduction by John Burroughs 

 and Illustrations by James H. Emerton. 

 Crown 8vo. 6s. net. 



Lord Avebury, in the Daily Chronicle.—" Their 

 whole book is most interesting." 



Athenceum.—" This is a book of the fields ; it is 

 one of those delightful narratives with which the 

 name of Fabre is associated." 



Daily Telegraph.— " This book is at once a 

 delight and a revelation, the most charming 

 monograph on a natural history subject that wc 

 have had occasion to notice in recent years." 



AMERICAN INSECTS. By Professol 



Vernon L. Kellogg. With many original 

 Illustrations by Mary Wellman. Square 8vo. 

 21s. net. 



The chapters on insects and flowers, colour and 

 pattern and their uses, insects and disease, are of 

 great interest. 



Nature. — li The work is probably the best that 

 exists for anyone desiring an introductory work 

 on North American insects compressed into a 

 single volume." 



" An admirable work on general entomology 

 that cannot fail to at once arrest the attention 

 and rivet the interest of the merest tyro." 



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