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THE AMERICAN BOTANIST, 
and impartially discussed. Each chapter also contairts a 
pretty full bibliography of the subject of which it treats. 
In the chapters devoted to zoology there is much helpful 
matter for any teacher of the science, but in view of the 
vastness of both zoology and botany we cannot agree 
with the author's evident opinion that a half year each of 
botany and zoology is a desirable high school course. We 
are, however, in hearty accord with the statements in the 
chapter on human physiology and "temperance" instruct- 
ion. In the botanical part of the book Professor Lloyd 
recommends essentially what all teachers of botany now- 
adays are coming to recognize as a proper botanical 
course — a blending of physiology, morphology, ecology 
and classification, and he would begin the course with a 
study of the seed, tracing the developing plant from root 
to stem, leaves, flowers and fruit and following this with 
studies of plants typical of the larger groups before much 
is done with ecology or classification. The bibliography 
of this part of the work is here and there marred by an 
absurd and whimsical omission of books or publications 
that the author apparently does not like, though in many 
cases they are more important than any ol their kind 
included. On the whole the book is one that it is worth 
every science teacher's while to possess. It will give him 
many new ideas and much food for cogitation. (Long- 
man's, Green & Co., New York, 1904.) 
The publishers of Britton and Brown's "Illustrated 
Flora" announce that the price of the work has been ad- 
vanced one dollar a volume making the set now cost $12. 
The reason for the advance is reported to be that the work 
was not electrotyped and therefore cannot be reprinted 
when the present stock is exhausted. 
The Iowa Naturalist has made its initial appearance. 
It is edited and published by T. J. Fitzpatrick, Iowa City,, 
Iowa, and intended primarily for exchange. Four num- 
bers are to be issued each year. 
