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J^c views and Book Notices. 



of citizenship may be). One marvels that the lapses are not 

 more numerous. 



On both hands, then, educational and practical, even as an 

 ' Exchanges ' List tending to precision of Label, the Oxford 

 List will serve a purpose best. At first sight deterrent by reason 

 of its complex contents, the more students of the items of our 

 present-day flora grow familiar with it, the better they will 

 appreciate at its sterling value what Oxford, through its dis- 

 tinguished citizen, has put into the Clarendon Press mould, 

 for the edification of the ' Simplist,' as in Doctor Martin-Lister's 

 time popular parlance called ' the likes of him ' and ourselves ! 







We have received the Proceedings of the Liverpool Naturalists' 



Field Club for 1907, which contains an account of the club's work during 

 the year. There is an appreciative ' In Memoriam ' notice of the 

 late Emily ^I. Wood (with portrait), detailed reports of the field meetings 

 (which are almost entirely botanical), and the Presidential address of Mr. 

 Robert Newstead, entitled ' Insects as Carriers of Disease.' This was 

 delivered on January 31st, of the current year, so that ' for the year 1907 ' 

 hardly seems to be accurate. 



The Annual Report and Transactions of the North Stafford= 

 shire Field Club for 1907 = 8 has been issued under the editorship of Mr. 

 W. Wells Bladen. It is a substantial volume, and besides the various 

 annual reports, and several archa^'ological papers, has notes on Stafford- 

 shire Bats, Notes on the Habits of the Common Lizard and Blind-worm, 

 and the Influence of Plant Life on Art, the last-named being the Presi- 

 dential Address of Mr. W. D. Spanton. 



The Thirty=seventh Annual Report and Proceedings of the 

 Chester Society of Natural History, Science and Art for 1 907=8 is to 



hand, and gives evidence of a good year's work. Two legacies are acknow- 

 ledged, the first consisting of a valuable microscope, telescope, microscope 

 slides and material, books, etc., bequeathed by the late Dr. Stolterfoth ; 

 and £2.^0 from the late John Eyton Williams. The Museum has been 

 largely used by the schools, and we are glad to learn that the negotiations 

 for the transfer of the museum to the Corporation are nearly complete. 

 The society has a membership of 1042, which speaks very well indeed for 

 the interest taken in scientific matters in Cheshire. The Report is worthy 

 of being printed on better paper, and in larger type. We don't know any 

 octavo publication that contains as much matter as appears on page 2 or 

 on page 24 of this Report — in fact, on these there is not even room for the 

 page-number ! 



Nature Rambles in London, by K. M. Hall. London : Hodder & 



Stonsrliton. 325 pp., 3/6 net. 



Those who are familiar with Miss Hall's excellent work at the Stepney 

 Museum will be prepared for a carefully written and useful book, and will 

 net be disappointed. In ' Nature Rambles in London ' Miss Hall demon- 

 strates that there is much to be gleaned in the centre of the busiest cit}'- 

 in the world. The hundred fine photographs of animal and plant life 

 indicate full well how much there is to be seen even in the most unexpected 

 quarters. As appendices we find — Lists of the trees and shrubs in the 

 Victoria Park ; and Trees in Battersea Park. There is also a table of the 

 various trees to be seen in nineteen of the London parks, which is a very 

 formidable list indeed. Particulars are likewise given of the relative 

 frequency of the various species. 



Naturalist, 



