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NEW BOOKS. 
A Naturalists’ Calendar, kept at Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridge- 
shire, by Leonard Blomefield (formerly Jenkyns) ; edited by Sir Francis 
Darwin (Cambridge University Press, 84 pp., 3/6 net). We are glad to 
find that the publication of this old-time Calendar by the Cambridge 
Press in 1903 has been so popular that a further edition has been called 
for. There are many points of considerable interest brought out by the 
editor. 
The Cuckoo’s Secret, by Edgar Chance. London : Sidgwick & 
Jackson, Ltd., xiv.4-239 pp., 7s. 6d. net. It rarely happens that a book 
dealing with natural history is heralded so much by press notices, 
kinematograph exhibitions, etc., as has been the case with Mr. Chance’s 
volume on ‘ The Cuckoo’s Secret.’ By now, doubtless the author’s 
extraordinary story of the way in which he watched and photographed 
the Cuckoo’s actions from the first to the last is well known to our readers, 
but many will like to have greater details, together with reproductions 
of the photographs, and these can now be secured. 
Handbook for Field Geologists, by C. W. Hayes. London : 
Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 166 pp., 15s. net. This compact little volume, 
notwithstanding its high price, is evidently in demand, seeing that the 
third edition has been called for, which has been revised and re-arranged 
by Sidney Paige of the United States Geological Survey. The work is 
essentially written for the practical Field Geologist, of which there are 
greatly increasing numbers in the States, to whom, no doubt, the work 
will be of particular value, though English geologists will find much of 
interest in the tables and in many of the methods of surveying described. 
The British Nature Book, by S. N. Sedgwick. London : T. C. 
& E. C. Jack, 495 pp., 12s . 6d. net. The appearance of an illustration 
of a Boy Scout on the title page is probably the key to the nature of the 
well-illustrated and remarkably cheap volume before us. In 500 closely 
printed pages, and by the aid of numerous coloured plates and scores of 
illustrations in the text, almost every possible aspect of natural history 
is dealt with, there being photographs, sketches, diagrams and coloured 
illustrations of mammals, birds, fishes, insects, shells and flowers. The 
book is admittedly a compilation, and the author seems to have consulted 
many of the standard works on the subjects dealt with. 
The Edge of the Jungle, by William Beebe. London : H. F. & 
G. Witherby, 237 pp., 12s. 6d. net. The author describes the Fauna and 
Flora of a part of British Guiana in quite a pleasant and chatty style, 
although this does not necessarily imply that the volume is not soundly 
scientific. A perusal indicates that he has much that is new to tell us 
of this fascinating country. An indication of the character of the man 
is shown by his dedication ‘ To the Birds and the Butterflies, the Ants 
and the Tree-frogs, who have tolerated me in their ante -chambers, I 
dedicate this volume of friendly words.’ The book is produced in Messrs. 
Witherby’s familiar style, and, as prices are at present, is a remarkably 
cheap volume. 
Fungi, by Dame H. Gwynne -Vaughan. Cambridge University 
Press, xi.4-232 pp., 35s. net. In the present well-illustrated volume 
the author gives a general introduction to Fungi in general, but specially 
devotes her energies to the consideration of the Ascomycetes, Ustilaginales 
and Uredinales. The scope of the volume is principally Morphological, 
but in dealing with objects so minute, morphology passes insensibly into 
cytology. Recently there has been a tremendous increase in the number 
of students of Fungi, many of whom hitherto have been hampered in 
their researches in consequence of their inability to obtain a reliable 
text -book dealing with the more difficult aspects of that science. The 
author in this case has carried out a piece of work which very few in the 
country could have prepared, and its thoroughness has been well backed 
up by the Cambridge University Press which has illustrated this mag- 
nificent volume by no fewer than 200 blocks. 
Naturalist 
