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Reviews and Book Notices. 



was a matter of much graver importance formerly than now. Then, 

 typewriters and printing presses were unknown, and exceedingly few, even 

 amongst the better classes, could write. A seal therefore was a matter of 

 very great moment, and anyone of importance had his own seal. Each 

 religious house, etc. had also its seal, carefully wrought, and in many 

 cases the beautiful impressions from these have enabled historians to record 

 several important facts which would otherwise have been entirely for- 

 gotten. A reliable volume, dealing with seals has long been required by 

 students. Scattered articles and illustrations occur in some numbers, 

 but these are frequently difficult to refer to, and in some cases are mis- 

 leading. In the work now issued by Messrs. Methuen, in their ' Connois- 

 seur's Library,' artists and antiquaries alike will find all they require. 

 Dr. Birch's name is a guarantee of accuracy. The illustrations, which are 

 given on fifty-three excellent plates, are wonderfully clear, and show the 

 details of the impressions remarkably well. The book is excellently printed 

 with large, clear type, and is a pleasure to peruse. 



A Picture Book of Evolution, Part II., by Dennis Hird. Watts & Co., 

 1907. 214 pp., 2/6 net. 



This volume is of even greater interest than its predecessor, which was 

 reviewed in these columns for April, 1907 fp. 159). In addition to an 



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introductory chapter, and some ' Preliminary points,' Mr. Hird novv deals 

 with ' Comparative Anatomy,' ' Embr^^ology and Rudiments,' ' Pedigree 

 of Man,' and ' The Discovery of Evolution.' The last chapter is particu- 

 larly interesting, and is illustrated by a fine series of photographs of the 

 most prominent exponents of the doctrine. One of these the publishers 

 kindly permit us to reproduce. There are considerably over two hundred 

 illustrations to this volume. 



Keighley Borough Museum Report for 1907. 



In this three-page leaflet Mr. S. L. Mosley gives an account of a year's 

 work at the Keighley Museum. Specimens and books to the number of 

 11,015 have been received, and 108 cases of birds, and 26 of butterflies 

 and moths have been sent to the schools. With the Committee's per- 



Naturalist, 



