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under nine lioad--. : where toinul. Howcring lUMiod, colcMir and form of 

 flower, intloresconco. characior ot loliai^o, luMuhl of plant, fruit, salient 

 features,, and lae order to wineh the plant belongs. 



The readable iwrt ot t"ae book eouMsts ot sixteen pages ' Hints for tlic 

 young Xaiura!'>i,' a.nd tells iiow lo eolKxi, i^-eserx-e. and j^hotograph the 

 plants. As lai-. book is e\identl\ l^omi^ to rtui througli several editions, 

 it is not neeesseir\- lo reeomntend it . W e notiee it is ' First jndjlished in ii)o8,' 

 and ^\ e also ob;<er\ e that ut the e\ ent ot the work proving acceptable, it 

 will be ,su-pi^leniented In' a seeond one. dealing with trees and shrubs. 

 How man\- more books ^^ e are to ha^■e dealing A\ ith om- ' ]dant^^ ' and 

 ' trees ' we cannot say ; they seem to be eom[Kdmg in numl)ers with 

 books on buds. 



Selborne Nature Reader. Introductory Book, Fairyland Lane (a 

 Nature Story), by .'Margaret Cameron. Sir Lsaac Pitman & Sons. 

 130 pp.. price lod. 



In this little book t'ae late he td-mistress of the Harf-hills Infants' 

 Council School. Leeds, gi\ es ;.omt^ entertaining nature stories for the use 

 of young children. The book deals with the weather, slugs, insects, 

 flowers, etc., and is well illustrated by coloured plates and blocks from 

 photographs. The book can be specially recommended as an introductory 

 reader, and it contains only four words with four syllables, and only twenty- 

 four with three syllables. In a future edition it would be an advantage 

 if the red colours in the plates were toned down a bit. 



Leonardo da Vinci, by Richard Muther. 



Murillo, by A. F. Calvert. London : Siegle Hill & Co. 71 pp. and 



64 pp. respectivel}-. Cloth 1/6, Leather 2/6. 



These charming \-olumes are two additions to these publishers' well- 

 known Langham Series of Art iMonographs, and in addition to the letter- 

 press, written b}" most capable authors, are illustrated by reproductions 

 of tiie paintings described. Some of these, mounted on tinted papers, 

 are very effective. The books are attractively ' got up,' and are wonder- 

 fully cheap. 



Neolithic Dew=ponds and Cattle=ways, by A. J. Hubbard and Q. 

 Hubbard. Second Edition. Longmans Green & Co. 166 pp., 4/6 net. 



Some years ago a well-known ' antiquarian,' living in South Yorkshire, 

 wTOte a series of papers in which he endeavoured to show that almost 

 every itnportant event in English history had taken place upon or adjacent 

 to his property. A possible exception was the landing of Julius Caesar. 

 As time went on he took a house at Cromer, and in due course, as his 

 friends almost anticipated, a paper appeared proving (!) that Caesar landed 

 at Cromer, the white cliffs of Albion being clearly at that place. We do 

 not go so far as even to suggest that in the present instance the authors 

 are similarly — enthusiastic, but tiiey certainly seem to see neolithic dwellings 

 dotted over the downs, cattle-w^ays along the running brooks, and dew^- 

 ponds in everything ! There can be no doubt that in the district around 

 Dorchester there are several evidences of early man — some excellent 

 examples of which are figured in the book. But whether all the depressions 

 are dew^-ponds ; the track-ways cattle-tracts ; and the small hollows, pit 

 dwellings, are matters for differences of opinion. In any case, we cannot 

 admit tiiat a case has been made out in favour of even a fair proportion 

 of them being really neolithic in age. With some of the illustrations, it 

 is evident that someone wdth a much better imagination than the present 

 writer is required in order to see in them what the author would have us 

 see Whilst not convincing, the authors state their case w^ell, and the 

 subject is worthy of the thought and consideration of antiquaries. And 

 even the quotation from Kipling about the never-failing unfed dew-ponds 

 of Sussex does not refer to their neolithic age ; though, perhaps, that would 

 hardl}^ be poetical 



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