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able, by the courtesy of the publishers, to produce three examples. We have 
only detected one little mistake, the attribution of a work on the folk-lore of 
plants to Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, instead of his brother, the Rev. T. Thiselton 
Dyer. ,, 
The Common Snail (Helix aspersd). (From £ton Nature-Study 
A Gallery in an Ants’ Nest, with their “Cows.” 
(From Eton Nature-Study.) 
Natural History Essays. Hy Graham Renshaw, M.B. Sherratt and Hughes. 
Price 6s. net. 
We cannot help thinking that Dr. Renshaw would have done better if he 
had chosen a more precise title for his work. He gives us very full descriptions 
of sixteen typical examples of the Mammalia of Africa, the results of much 
personal study and research. His book will prove attractive reading to the 
habituds of the “Zoo,” or the Mammalia galleries of our Natural History 
Museums ; and, in this connection, we may suggest to any student a careful 
examination of the recently arranged specimens of the giraffes and their ally, the 
