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GIFT TO LEEDS UNIVERSITY. 
The herbarium of the University of Leeds has recently received a 
collection of Stoneworts (Charophyta) the gift of the Rev. G. R. 
Bullock -Webster, M.A., F.L.S., F.R.M.S., Hon. Canon of Ely Cathedral, 
who has for many years specialised in this most interesting group of 
submerged aquatic plants, and who, in collaboration with the late James 
Groves, wrote a monograph of the family, which was printed by the 
Ray Society in 1920-24. The collection includes 42 sheets issued as 
Fascicles I and II, 1924, and 200 additional sheets collected in Great 
Britain, Ireland, France and Switzerland with a number of authors’ 
proof plates of illustrations. 
The gift is highly appreciated in the Botanical Department of the 
University both for its technical excellence and as a work of reference 
in the study of a critical group of wdiich the donor and his friend Groves 
have been leading exponents. 
REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES. 
A Country Holiday , by Arthur Davenport . 320 pp . , 4 illustrations 
in colour, and 12 in black and white. Hodder and Stoughton, 8/6. 
A town boy of sixteen spends a long and delightful summer holiday 
with a squire’s son, who know’s his countryside very well indeed. The 
record of this holiday’s main events are set forth in dialogue form and 
the whole is very well done. A surprising amount of natural history 
and animal lore is worked into realistic conversations and the illustra- 
tions are good and help out the text admirably. 
Fishes : Their Journeys and Migrations, by Louis Roule. 
Translated from the French by Conrad Elphinstone. x+270 pp.-f- 
54 figures in the text. Routledge, 12/6. This is a most readable, 
informative, and reliable account of the migrations of such fish as the 
salmon, herring and eel. The author is Professor at the National Museum 
of Natural History in Paris, and has spent many years in the investiga- 
tion of the mysterious journeyings of fishes. The results of his researches 
are well set forth in this volume. The translation appears to be a very 
sound piece of work. 
British Beetles : Their Homes and Habits, by Norman H. 
Joy, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., F.R.E.S., M.B.O.U. xii+T44 pp. 
Warne, 5/-. This is an ideal introductory memoir and is just the book 
to put into the hands of the naturalist who wishes to commence the 
study of Coleoptera. Clearly written chapters deal with the finding and 
capture of beetles, their treatment after capture, the life history of a 
beetle and the naming of beetles. Then follows brief but adequate 
descriptions of the more important species. About 250 very clear outline 
drawings and 17 photographic illustrations form a most efficient accom- 
paniment to the text. Those who begin the study of Coleoptera with 
this book will find it to be an admirable introduction to Dr. Joy’s more 
ambitious work entitled, ‘ A Practical Handbook of British Beetles.’ 
Elements of Botany, by R. M. Holman and W. W. Robbins, 
pp. 404, figs. 267, price 16/6 (Chapman and Hall). Of the making of 
text books there is no end and on account of their general similarity most 
of these productions quickly sink into obscurity. This should not, how- 
ever, be the fate of the book written by Professors Holman and Robbins. 
It must be easily one of the best text books which has appeared for some 
years. While it surveys the whole field of botany, the treatment of 
structure in relation to function is particularly well done and the examples 
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