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we are informed that ' palaeolithic remains in abundance ' ha\"e liecn found 

 in more than one locality. In a subsequent chapter, also, dealing with the 

 antiquities of the shire, it is a little surprising to find that \\ inJ.le's ' Re- 

 mains of the Pre-historic Age of England ' has evidently been the author's, 

 text-book. Had he seen \'olume I. of tlie ' Mctoria History of Yorkshire,' 

 his list of localities for Bronze- Age implements would not iia\ e beeii so 

 meagre, and Mortimer's ' Forty Years' Researches' ' (which is not even 

 referred to), would certainly ha\ e given much more up-to-date information 

 regarding the barrows. 



In the chapter on ' ^lodern Yorkshire," we learn that ' Hull, indeed. 

 as being, the only great seaport ' is one of the sights of Yorkshire ; but // />- 

 only fair to the rest of the county to say that the great Humber port possesses 

 a slight foreign atmosphere which has been gained by much intercourse 

 with countries over-sea.' Possibly this will take some of the conceit out 

 of the people of Hull ' In justice to them. howe\-er, we should say that 

 a photograph of Holy Trinity Church and the Market Place, taken to-day^ 

 would present a very different and less ' foreign ' aspect from that shewn 

 on the plate in the book. For the illustrations we have nothing but praise,^ 

 though the coloured plates have a great preponderance of greenish yellow, 

 which makes them look rather bilious, ^^'e are kindly allow^ed to repro- 

 duce one of the plates (plate xxxvii..) 



The Lore of the Honey Bee, by Tickner Edwardes. London : 

 Methueu & Co. 2S1 pp., price 6/- net. 



The author of this book seems to know all about bees and bee-keeping^^ 

 from the ancient fable about the orig^in of the honey-bee, to finding- wives 

 for single bee-keepers {i.e. sing^le young- men w ho keep bees ; not those who 

 ' keep a bee' !). He deals very fully with the ancient lore relating- to bees, 

 and has been successful in obtaining: much quaint information relating- 

 to the old ' bee-masters ' and their beliefs. He also refers to the wonder of^ 

 the bee-world— the queen, the 'bride-widow,' comb builders, bet*-swarms, 

 etc., etc., and also has chapters on 'The Modern Bee Farm,' and 'Bee- 

 keeping- and the Simple Life.' The book is pleasantly written, and will 

 Interest many besides bee-keepers. To our readers we s])ecially recommend 

 it. One of the illustrations is reproduced herewith (plate xxx\ iii.) bv the 

 permission of the publishers. 



Mr. P. W. Westell may well say, tiiouph modestly, that he is p ' writer 

 of books on natural history subjects, designated to interest, elevate, and 

 amuse young and growing children ' ; as during tiie past few months his 

 books have appeared with a frequency which can only be understood when 

 one looks at t'ne style in which they are written. Every Boy's Nature 

 Book (Religious Tract Society, 374 pp., 3/6) is of t'ne usual type, and con- 

 tains much, very much, that we have seen before. But the title is new, 

 and the one hundred and sixty-two photographs, by the Rev. S. N. Sedg- 

 wick, which are alone wort'n the money, are also new. There is also an 

 Introduction by the Hon. Sir John Cockburn, late Premier of South 

 Australia ; and two plates from tlie ' Boys' Own Paper ' in a pocket at the 

 end. So that in one way and another we have a cheap and attractive 

 book. The pit\' is that Mr. Westell lias not given us a little more originality 

 in his section. As one admirable example of the care taken by tlie Rev. 

 S. N. Sedgwick in selecting his photographs, we are permitted to reproduce 

 tw^o of them, wliich explnin themselves (plate xxxix.). 



In The Young Botanist, by W. P. 'Westell and C. S. Cooper 

 (Methuen & Co., 199 pp., 3/6 net) we find for t'ne first time a second author 

 to share the honours. As might be expected, the back-bone of the book 

 consists of eight coloured and sixty-three black and white plates of 

 plants, draw-n by C. F. Newall. These are all t'nat can be desired, and^ 

 having regard to tlie cost of the book, the coloured plates are very fine 

 indeed, and well reproduced. Around these is wrapped a list of plants 

 ' of a herbaceous character,' culled from any of many well-known 

 botanical works. On an average, half a page is devoted to eacii species,. 



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