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be made generally known ^ (see 
page 36 sq,) ; and lastly that the 
government should assist and promote 
these efforts by establishing a special 
office for the care of natural monu- 
ments, and by instructing the officials 
of all departments actively to co- 
operate. The protection itself might 
be realised either by voluntary, by 
administrative, or by legislative help^ 
After this short historical intro- 
duction, a review of the chief measures 
^ Recently two publications of illustrations of 
natural monuments have been issued : Meerwarth, 
H. Lebensbilder aus der Tierwelt. Leipzig, 1908 ; — 
Schultz, G. E. F. Natur-Urkunden. Berlin, 1908. 
The latter book contains excellent photographs of 
plant associations, and of animals, taken from life. 
2 The British periodical Nature has already 
several times directed attention to the care of 
natural monuments in Prussia (see nos. 1830, 1926, 
1962, 1978), and commented on those proposals as 
follows : " The various details in this proposed 
organisation for the protection of nature's monu- 
ments seem quite reasonable and eminently 
practical.'' 
