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Wild Bees, Wasps, and Ants, and other stinging insects. By 

 Edward Saunders, F.R.S. London: George Routledge & Sons. 

 144 pp., plates, 3 '6. 



In this little book Mr. Saunders gives a reliable and readily'' under- 

 stood account of the Hymenoptera Aculeata. To most people the Hive 

 Bee, Humble Bee, Wasp and Hornet nearly complete the list of these forms. 

 As a matter of fact, however, there are about four hundred different kinds 

 in Britain. In addition to dealing in a very lucid manner with the various 

 [groups, Mr. Saunders has chapters on Bees and Pollen-collecting, Bee's 

 tongues and how they suck honey, parasites, ants, their guests and lodgers, 

 the development of Insects from the egg, etc. In addition to several 

 illustrations in the text, there are four very good coloured plates, upon 

 which about thirty species are figured. The book is a useful summary of 

 the subject dealt with, and our only regret is that the author did not deal 

 with this interesting and neglected group more fully. 



Gleanings after Time, edited by (j. L. Apperson. London: Elliot 

 Stock, 1907. Price 6/- net. 



In this volume the Editor of the ' Antiquary ' has wisely gathered 

 together a number of the more valuable papers which appeared in the 

 earlier volumes of his journal. In the present publication, which we notice 

 may possibly be followed by others, he has reprinted such papers as throw 

 light upon the social and domestic life of the past, a side of archaeological 

 study which he truly says ' has always possessed a great fascination for 

 the general reader of the outer circle, as well as for the professed antiquary.' 

 Among the subjects discussed and illustrated are Mediaeval Manners 

 and Customs, The History and Development of the Home, The Earliest 

 Industrial Census, Family Life in the i6th and 17th Centuries , Old Farm- 

 house Plenishings, The Cromwells of America, Funeral Baked Meats, The 

 First Parliament in America, Elizabethan School-boy life, and A Visit to 

 America in 1774. In their present form they are very welcome, and the 

 price of the volume is reasonable. 



Memorials of Old Derbyshire, edited by the Rev, J. C. Cox, LL.D., 

 F.S.A. London: Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., 1907. 394 pp., 15/- net. 



Few counties have recently received more attention at the hands of 

 various writers than has Derbyshire — a fact partly accounted for by the 

 numerous attractions, of that beautiful county. In the present volume 

 Dr. Cox has brought together an unusually line array of interesting papers 

 relative to Derbyshire, the whole being published as one of Bemrose' s 

 well-known " Memorials of the Counties of England " Series. The Derby- 

 shire volume is the most substantial so far published. This we might 

 almost have guessed, seeing that Dr. Cox has already issued six large 

 volumes, as well as several smaller papers, bearing on the past history of 

 the county. The book just issued is in no sense a ' history ' of the county, 

 but a collection of valuable papers by competent authors. In the chapter 

 devoted to Pre-historic Burials, Mr. John Ward shews that Derbyshire is 

 unusually prolific in almost every form of pre-Roman remains, many being 

 numerous and important. These he describes in a very lucid 

 manner, and there are several suitable illustrations, one oi which we are 

 kindly permitted to reproduce (plate xii.). Similarly, probably no county 

 is so rich in pre-historic stone circles, and of these a careful description 

 is given by Mr. W. J. Andrew. Particular reference is made to the fine 

 example at Arbor Low, excellent illustrations of which are giv-en, Dr^ 

 Cox himself writes on " Historic Derbyshire, " JNIonuments to the Foljambe 

 family, and Plans of the Peak Forest ; and there are articles on Folk-Lore, 

 Rood Screens and Lofts, Swarkeston Bridge, Repton, the old Homes of the 

 County, Wlngfield Manor House, Bradshaw and the Bradshawes, Offerton 

 Hall, and Jedediah Strutt. A delightful chapter is tliat by Sir George R. 

 Sitwell. dealing with Derbyshire life in the Seventeenth Century. In this 

 much information will be found of value to students of that interesting 

 period. The volume is very well illustrated, and there is a fine repro- 

 duction of Haddon Hall in colours as frontispiece. There is a good index. 



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