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Reviews and Book Notices. 



Part IX., forming the first part of Vol. 2, of the Transactions of the 

 Yorkshire Dialect Society has been issued. It contains ' Jottings froni' 

 the leaves of a Dialect Collector's Note Books,' by B. Kirby, and 

 ' I anguage and Dialect.' by A. Mawer. 



The many admirers of the late Howard Saunders, F.R.S., will be 

 pleased to hear that Messrs, Witherby & Co., of 326 High Holborn, W.C., 

 have issued a charming portrait of him, together with a facsimile of his 

 signature. This is suitable for framing, and copies may be obtained from; 

 the publishers at is. 6d. each. 



Our Woodlands, Heaths, and Hedges, by W. S. Coleman. 



Routledge. i/-, 140 pp. and 6 plates.' 



As indicated in the sub-title, this excellent little book gives " a popular 

 description of British trees, shrubs, wild fruits, etc., with notices of their 

 insect inhabitants." Often, too, the common fungi occurring on the trees 

 or their dead branches or leaves are given, though the flowering plants 

 peculiarly associated with certain trees are omitted. Common introduced 

 trees are included as well as native species, and their botanical characters 

 given in footnotes. The illustrations, which are numerous, are generally 

 very characteristic, and Avill be useful in identifying the more important 

 species. In the description of the Butcher's Broom the author speaks of 

 the " flower growing out of the surface of the leaf." It would have been 

 better to have given an account of the true nature of this so-called leaf. 

 The book is readable, well got up, and very cheap at is. 



The Rendering of Nature in Early Greek Art, by Emanuel 

 Loewy. Translated from the German by John Fothergill. Duck- 

 worth & Co. 109 pp. 



Antiquaries and students of Nature and of Art must alike feel grateful 

 to the translator and publishers for placing Mr. Loewy's interesting book 

 witliin easy access of English readers. Mr. Fothergill informs us that 

 ' Prof. Loev/y's method is unfortunately strange to us. A strict scientific 

 discussion is a tonic much needed by our archaiology. Many of our his- 

 tories, hand-books, and lectures substitute for precision of fact and explan- 

 ation a deal of superfluous moral comment and aesthetic make-believe.*' 

 Whilst we should perhaps hardly have gone so far as that, we are certainly 

 very favourably impressed with the great amount of valuable information 

 which has been compressed within the covers of this small book. Looking 

 at the essay from the point of view of evolution alone, it is admirable. 

 There are no fewer than fifty well-executed plates (twenty more than 

 appeared in the German edition), and in other ways the work has been 

 brought up to date, 



Leeds Astronomical Society. — No. 14 of the Leeds Astronomical 

 Society's Journal and Transactions has been issued (published by R. 

 Jackson & Son, Commercial Street, Leeds. 170 pp., price 2/6), and is a. 

 rccord of a year's work of which any astronomical society might be justly 

 proud. It is certainly a matter for surprise to see that a provincial society 

 should accomplish so much. The articles deal with a variety of subjects, 

 including such items as Astronomy in Leeds, Leeds New Observatory 

 Opened, Astronomy and Tennyson (two parts), Natal Time Services, etc., etc. 

 Mr. W. Denison Roebuck has a well illustrated article on Jai vSingh and 

 Indian Observatories, the structures shown in the photographs being of an 

 extraordinary character, Mr. Whitmell's articles dealing with Tennyson are 

 exceptionally readable, and indicate that great writer's intimacy with the 

 sciences. The resume of the work of the society contained in the latter 

 portion of the volume is exceedingly creditable. Leeds astronomers and 

 their editor, Mr. C. T. Whitmell, are to be congratulated on the valuable 

 journal, and we would strongly recommend anyone interested in astronomy 

 to obtain it. 



Naturalist, 



