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and profuse colour-illustration as this. There are nearly 700 coloured figures, 
mostly of the perfect insects, besides uncoloured plates of the larvse, pupae and 
food-plants, the reproduction of which is very good. \Ve cannot help thinking 
the word “ complete” on the cover somewhat misleading, the careless purchaser, 
thinking, perhaps, of a valuable present for a young entomologist, being apt to 
overlook the words “ Series I.” on the back, which imply the expenditure of 
another 7s. 6d. and the filling of two coat-pockets in the field. 
Elephant Hawk-Moth. 
Eggi natural size and enlarged ; caterpillar and chrysalis. 
From “The Moths of the British Isles” (by kind permission of Messrs. 
F. Warne and Co.). 
In the Land of the Beautiful Trout. By Arthur Tysilio Johnson. 7 in. x'4i in. 
Pp. 169. T. N. Foulis. Price 2s. 6d. net. 
“ I love any discourse of rivers and fishing,” says Izaak Walton, and many 
a brother of the angle will assuredly take pleasure in whiling away an evening or 
two, after the day’s fishing, with Mr. Johnson’s essays. The head and tail pieces 
and general get-up of his little pocket volume are delightful. 
Trees and their Life-Histories. By Percy Groom. Illustrated from Photographs 
by Henry Irving. 12 in. X 8^ in. Pp. 407. Messrs. Cassell and Co. 
Price 25s. net. 
The lover of trees cannot now complain of the want of books to help him in 
his study, whatever the length of his purse. The list of trees selected for treat- 
