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Zoology. A Textbook for Colleges and Uni- 
versities. By T. D. A. Cockerell, Professor 
of Zoology, University of Colorado. Yonkers 
-on-Hudson, New York : W orld Book Com- 
pany. 
This treatise is peculiarly well adapted to 
Members of The Agassiz Association as it is 
intended primarily for the average individual 
who does not care to specialize in the subject. 
It does not enter into the details of structure 
and classification, yet it conveys to the student 
aspects of the subject that are valuable. The 
manner in which the topics are developed re- 
sults in delightful as well as instructive read- 
ing. Many of the illustrations are from photo- 
graphs taken at the New York Zoological Gar- 
den. There is also a great variety of original 
illustrations. The book is not only instructive 
but pleasingly readable. It is also well adapted 
to class use. 
Alaska Our Beautiful Northland of Op- 
portunity. By Agnes Rush Burr. Boston, 
Massachusetts : The Page Company. 
Miss Burr is at her best in this beautiful 
■description of Alaska. She tells in a charm- 
ing way of the delightful scenery and the 
rare opportunities which the Northland of- 
fers. This book is a description of its 
rivers, mountains, glaciers, volcanos and 
other beautiful and unusual scenic features 
and of the rare delights it offers travelers, 
big game hunters, mountain climbers, ex- 
plorers; its towns and pioneer settlements; 
the government railroad and Mount McKin- 
ley National Park; its rich resources; its 
opening for new business enterprises; its 
Indians, their primitive customs and present 
development; its romantic early history 
when Russian, Spanish and other nations 
sought its wealth; gold-rush days; its pres- 
ent progress and bright future. 
The author has produced a book that 
should be a matter of personal pride to 
every American citizen. The publishers 
have issued the volume in a substantial form 
and with beautifully colored illustrations. 
Puppies and Kittens and Other Stories. 
By Carine Cadby. Illustrated with 
Thirty-nine Photographs by Will 
Cadby. New York City: E. P. Dutton 
& Company. 
This book is built around the illustra- 
tions. It is evident that Mr. Cadby likes 
the camera and that his wife likes cats. 
What better could they do than to try the 
camera on the cats? Next he utilized pup- 
pies and dogs. But Mr. Cadbj' could not 
be kept in the house. He escaped to the 
fields and there studied spiders and their 
webs, and then back home to tell Mrs. 
A FLY STRUGGLING IN A SPIDER WEB. 
