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Reviews and Book Notices. 



In i88S Mr. Hudleston was the President of the Yorkshire 

 Naturahsts' Union, and conducted an excursion to Robin Hood's 

 Bay. At the annual meeting held at Sheffield, he gave his 

 presidential address ' On the Geological History of Iron Ores,' 

 which, oddly enough, was printed in the ' Proceedings of the 

 Geologists' Association ' for May 1889. 



Mr. Hudleston was the subject of one of the well-known 

 ' E.ninent Living Geologists ' series, which appeared in the 

 ' Geological Magazine ' for 1904. This is accompanied by an 

 excellent portrait and list of his papers up to that date. 



On Plate VIII. is a reproduction of the portrait, which 

 appears to be the only one of Hudleston extant. 



T. S. 



Vol. II. of The Book of Nature Study, edited by Prof. J. B. Farmer 

 (London, Caxton Publishing Co., price 7/6 net), is to liand. It is quite 

 equal to its predecessor, already noticed in these columns. It is well 

 illustrated by reproductions from photographs, diagrams, etc., in the text, 

 and coloured plates. Mr. O. H. Latter has several chapters on Insects, 

 Spiders, Worms, etc. ; Dr. Marion J. Newbigin describes the animals and 

 plants of fresh-water and marine aquaria; and Prof. J. Arthur Thompson 

 describes the chief haunts of animals, in a very instructive and entertaining 

 manner. The volume is tastefully bound in green cloth. 



Bird=Hunting: through Wild Europe, by R. B. Lodge. London: 

 Robert Culley. 333 pp., 7/6 net. 



The author of this book has been fortunate in visiting several of the 

 most inaccessible parts of Europe, in search of birds and eggs and photo- 

 graphs, all of which he has ' taken,' and his exploits are unblushingly 

 detailed in this volume. And they are very entertaining, though not 

 many writers now-a-days so openly refer to their many achievements 

 amongst rare birds and eggs. Probably, however, Mr. Lodge contributes 

 to various funds for the protection of rare birds and their eggs ! Some of his 

 help-mates on his expeditions he forbears to name, at their own request, 

 which we can qu^te understand. Judging from the ' List of Species met 

 with,' the author has had ' bags ' such as many might envy, and his book 

 contains particulars of the travels and hardships and trials in securing 

 these. As with most authors of his kind, there is just a little bit too much 

 of the difficulties he has experienced, which renders a perusal of the book 

 rather irritating at times. That he is an exceptionally well-equipped 

 person for the purpose is apparent from his own concluding paragraph 

 ' Thus ended our expedition full of interest, in spite of some occasional 

 hardship and discomfort and constant and continual hard work. For bird 

 and egg collecting, combined with photography, in wild countries, is no 

 child's play, and requires absolute fitness in condition and general health, 

 and plenty of enthusiasm for the work, without which it is impossible to 

 stand the strain and bodily and mental fatigue.' The book is illustrated 

 by a large number of fine photographs of birds, nests and eggs, scenery, 

 and occasionally samples of the female population, with which latter we 

 cannot congratulate him on the choice of his subjects, though possibly it 

 was policy to select these for reproduction ! In speaking of the nest of the 

 Bittern, we notice he suggests that a photograph has not yet been taken. 

 We would point out, however, that such a photograph, by a well-known 

 Hull ornithologist, was published in a contemporary some little time ago. 



Naturalist, 



