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Wheldon : Key to the Harpidioid Hypna. 
13. (a) G. Sanio : ' Commentatio de Harpidiis europaeis inducta,’ in 
Bot. Centralbl., 1880. 
( b ) G. Sanio : ‘ Beschreibung der Harpidien ’ (Bihang till K. 
Svenska Vet-Akad. Handlingar. Bd. X., Nr. I.) 1885. 
(1 c ) G. Sanio : Bryologische Fragmente, I., II., and III., Hedwigia, 
87-109, 129-169, 191-214 : 1887. 
14. W. Monkemeyer : ‘ Kritische Bemurkungen zu Dr. G. Roth’s 
“ Ubersicht iiber die europ. Drepanocladen,” 
Hedwigia XLVIII., p. 309. 
15. J. A. Wheldon : ' Social Groups and Adaptive Characters in the 
Bryophyta.” The Lancashire Naturalist, 1911, p. 43. 
: o : 
Part II. of H. Kirk Swann’s new edition of Synopsis of the 
Accipitres (Diurnal Birds of Prey) ; Erythrotriorchis to Lophoaetus, 
has been issued (Wheldon & Wesley, pp. 65-122, 6s.). It comprises all 
the species and sub-species described up to 1920, with their characters 
and distribution. 
The Outline of Science (George Newnes, part 4, pp. 121-160, is. 2d.), 
edited by Prof. J. A. Thomson, deals with ‘ The Ascent of Man,’ ‘ Evolu- 
tion going on,’ and ‘ The Dawn of Mind.’ There are some remarkable 
plates (some coloured) and other illustrations, and even the recently 
discovered human skull in Rhodesia is figured and described. 
Weapons and Implements of Savage Races (Australasia, Oceania 
and Africa), by Lt.-Gol. L. A. D. Montague. London : Bazaar and 
Exchange and Mart Office, 239 pp., 10s. 6d. The author is an enthusiastic 
collector of ‘ savage weapons,’ and for some years has been contributing 
articles to the Bazaar, in description of his specimens. These are now 
reprinted in the present volume, which contains particulars of the more 
typical weapons, with 13 1 illustrations. He refers to the probable uses 
of the various objects described, and gives hints on collecting, preserving 
and exhibiting. He considers that the ethnographical room in a museum 
is always popular. 
Everyday Life in the Old Stone Age , by M . and G . H . B . Quenell . 
London : B. T. Batsford, 109 pp., 5s. By consulting various authorities, 
reading the numerous books recommended, and with faith in most that 
has been written, the authors have produced a book which, with its wealth 
of illustration, should help to increase the interest in archaeological 
matters by children, for whom the book is prepared. If occasionally the 
authors have accepted as facts statements which may be fiction, or have 
become entangled in the maze of theories of ice-ages, these should not 
interfere with the object of the volume. There are seventy illustra- 
tions, with many of which imagination has played its part, and the 
various types of palaeolithic man has a masterly ‘ family ’ resemblance. 
Last Days in New Guinea, by Captain G. A. W. Monckton. 
London : John Lane, 287 pp., 18s. net. We recently referred to this 
author’s book on ‘ Experiences of a New Guinea Magistrate.’ This is a 
record of ‘ further experiences,’ the appearance of which was threatened 
if the first volume met with success. It did. In the present work, 
•Capt. Monckton continues the story of this interesting part of the world, 
and his wealth of illustration considerably adds to the value of the work, 
as the author has been able to judge the value of his pictures to the 
ethnologist, geographer, and general reader. His narrative is a bit 
unusual, but apparently it has its charms. ‘ Think of the advertisement, ’ 
said a press representative who came to interview the author. ‘ Think 
■ of hell, blazes and damnation,’ he replied. And he left the pressman 
thinking. We like everything in the book but the photograph of ‘ the 
author ’ as frontispiece. We much prefer the niggers. 
Naturalist 
