1890.] 



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until the author's name is acknowledged. In fact such names should 

 have no claim to priority. 



If however these defects are remedied, some fresh plates given, 

 and the descriptions of the markings on the bodies particularly of the 

 Agrionidce more elaborated in the promised second edition, the work 

 will rank as a standard one ; even in its present condition it is 

 thoroughly useful and goes far to supply a much felt want. 



WILD NATURE WON BY KINDNESS, 



BY MRS. BRIGHTWEN. 



London ; T. Fisher Unwin. 



This book is a suitable one to give to young people who are in- 

 clined to Natural History pursuits. It tells in a pleasant readable 

 manner, of rearing birds from the nest, taming them, teaching them 

 to talk, &c, &c, all illustrations being the personal experience of the 

 authoress. Dick the Starling made friends with the cat. Richard 

 the Second longed for liberty, only to find his training had not fitted 

 him to earn his own living, and he returned to his cage a sadder and 

 doubtless a wiser bird. Wild Ducks, Jays, a young Cuckoo, and 

 many others come under notice. Nor does she confine herself to birds 

 alone, mice, squirrels, moles, among mammals, snails, earwigs, 

 beetles, spiders all have their share of attention. We confess however 

 to have taken a considerable doze of salt to enable us to digest the 

 story of some tame butterflies which the authoress states she was 

 accustomed to take out on her finger in the garden, and which " would 

 take short flights hither and thither, but was always content to mount 

 upon my hand again." These wonderful butterflies were Swallow 

 tails, reared from larvae, but a Painted Lady and a Red Admiral were 

 afterwards captured and tamed ! 



LARVA COLLECTING AND BREEDING, 



BY THE REV. J. SEYMOUR ST. JOHN. 



This useful little compilation should be in the hands of everyone. 

 It is in two parts. The first contains a list of Lepidoptera, with the 

 various plants on which their larvae feed ; scientific as well as English 

 names being given. The second includes a list of plants arranged 



