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Agriculture, to be used by students who are reading- for examinations in 

 agriculture, though it may be found useful to others.' The various chapters 

 are usually concisely and clearly written, and well illustrated by diag-rams, 

 etc. To the student there can be no question the work will be particularly 

 valuable, especially that part dealing- with ' g-eolog-ical surveying,' a subject 

 Mr. Marr is well able to handle. A coloured geological map of the 

 British Isles forms the frontispiece. 



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We know of no more suitable book for presentation to an intellig-ent 

 child than ' Wee Tim'rous Beasties,' by Douglas English, recently published 

 by Bousfield & Co., London (5s.). " The simplicity and interest of the 

 narratives, the numerous beautiful illustrations, and the general ' get-up ' 

 of the book are bound to fascinate the reader. What is perhaps of more 



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importance, the subjects dealt with are usually such that a child is familiar 

 with— Sparrows, Rats and Mice, Squirrels, Butterflies, Newts, etc. Each 

 tells its own story — that of ' Mus ridicuhis' being particularly pathetic. 

 Some of the chapters had previously appeared in certain popular magazines. 

 Messrs. Duckworth & Co. have" enabled us to reproduce one of the 

 Illustrations. 



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Messrs. O. E. Janson & Son, 44, Great Russell Street, W.C., have just 

 published a * Catalogue of British Coleoptera,' by T. Hudson Beare and 

 H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe. It is eleven years since Sharp and Fowler's last 

 Catalogue was issued, hence the appearance of the present list is justified. 

 The new list contains about 60 names not occurring in the 1903 catalogue, 

 and 43 are removed from the general catalogue to the ' doubtful and 

 introduced ' list. It is sold at the low price of one shilling. 



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