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Thomas H. Huxley (English Men of Science Series's. By T. K. Ainsworth Davis. 
5 inches x yi inches. 288 pages. J. M. Dent. Price 2s. 6d. net. 
This well-consideredjmemoir gives a most valu.ible, if brief, bistory of a very 
great Englishman, whose influence, and the extent of its effect on modern thought, 
can hardly be over-estimated. We learn the steps in Huxley’s eaily career, his 
opinion as to the value of biology in education ; we are reminded of his strenuous 
advocacy of the Darwinian theory ; of his pronouncements with regard to the 
higher training of women. Moreover, we are given an account of the contro- 
versies in which he engaged, and of the scientific and public work which he so 
thoroughly carried out. In every way, the ([uotations and comments bear out the 
contention that “ Huxley’s most salient mental characteristics were absolute 
sincerity and straightforwardness, unrivalled powers of criticism and generalisation, 
and an equally remarkable faculty of rapid intuition.” 
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Figure 34. — Witches’ Broom on Hornbe.am. 
(From the Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society, 
by the courtesy of Mr. John Hopkinson.) 
The book includes a discussion as to the position which Huxley held among 
his contemporaries, and it is concluded by a list of his published works. 
A List of British Seed Plants and Ferns. Printed by order of the Trustees of 
the British Museum. 1907. Price 4d. 
The British Museum (Natural History) has published a list of British Seed 
Plants and Ferns, which has been compiled by Dr. Rendle and Mr. Britten. 
In all, 529 genera are enumerated. The international rules of Botanical nomen- 
clature, adopted by the Botanical Congress at Vienna in 1905, have been followed. 
