Reviews aiid Book Notices. 



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Li max maxiniiis 

 A griolimax agrestis 

 Milax sowerbyi 

 Vitrina pellncida 

 Vitria crystallimis 

 cellaria 



,, allay ia 



,, nitidula 



,, pur a 

 Euconulus jiilviis 

 Avion ater 



,, siibfuc^ts 

 intermedins 



,, hortensis 

 Pyramidnla rotnndata 

 Hygromia hispida 



,, rufescens 

 Helix hortensis 



Cochlicopa lubrica 

 Claiisilia bidentata 

 Limnaea auriciilaria 

 pereger 

 ,, stagnalis 

 Planorbis albus 



carinatiis 

 ,, contortns 

 Physa fontinalis 

 Paludestrina jenkinsi 

 Bythinia tentacidata 

 Valvata piscinalis 

 - Unio pictoriim 

 Anodonta cygnaea 

 Spherium corneum 



,, lactistre 

 Pisidiitm amnicum 

 piisillum 



Harrison Hutton writes that he found 



Mr. W. Harrison Hutton writes that he found a typical 

 half-grown specimen of Milax sowerbyi near the museum at 

 Cawthorne. It was about two inches down, amongst the roots 

 of vegetation — a quite characteristic habitat. T. S. 



HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY. 



Liverpool Castle and its Builders, b}- C. H. Hand. Liverpool : Hand & 

 Co. 37 pp., 2/6 net. 



Having regard to its apparent size, it is astonishing with what rapidity 

 one can read through this httle book. But it is printed on one side of 

 thick paper only, in large type, and has a wealth of margin. Still it is 

 none the worse for that, and as it is fortunately lettered on the back (a 

 rare feature in thin books now-a-days) it can be at once detected on the 

 bookshelf. Mr. Hind gives an entertaining account of the vicissitudes of 

 the Castle from the time of King John, points out its present site in Liver- 

 pool, gives an illustration of the last remnant of the Castle, and refers to 

 the confusion which has taken place in the past between the ' Castle ' 

 and ' Manor House.' He also draws attention to an error in the pageant 

 of 1907 — a not very difficult matter, unfortunately ! 



York in English History, by J. L. Brockbank and W. M. Holmes. Lon- 

 don : A. Brown & Sons. 292 pp. 



The publishers of this work have been fortunate in issuing it at a time 

 when York is so prominently before the public. Though much has been 

 written about our northern capital, we must say after a careful perusal, 

 that the present volume is as refreshing to read and as well and accurately 

 written as any that have appeared in recent years. The authors have 

 traced the history of the place from pre-historic times ; and have taken 

 full advantage of the unrivalled series of episodes that have there occurred. 

 Inter alia it is interesting to find how helpful is a local museum in illustrating 

 the history of its district ; the specimens now in the York Museum, which 

 are figured, being of great value in this connection. A quite unusual 

 feature in tlie volume is the way in which the chapters are sub-divided into 

 paragraphs, each averaging half a page in length, the contents being indi- 

 cated in clarendon type. In this way the interest is kept up, and reference 

 can be made to any particular point at a glance. We don't believe the 

 ' Celt and his Coracle,' or the River Ouse, ever looked like the representa- 

 tion on page 8, not even in the ' Times of Eburach ' Having been printed 

 at the Savile Press, the typography, of course, is all that can be desired. 



1909 Nov. I. 



