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and one is not surprised to find in what is, we believe, the first volume of a young 
writer, much that is reminiscent ; nor indeed is one altogether sorry when, as 
here, the suggestions are those of Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. We 
hope at some future time to give some specimen of Miss Read’s verse in these 
pages ; but in the meanwhile our one word of fault-finding shall be that here and 
there we find a line deficient in music or rhythm, and suggesting that a truer ear or 
everer self-criticism would have hit upon some slight verbal alteration which 
might have prevented what is now a jarring note. 
Amatetir Fish Culture. By Charles Edward Walker. Archibald Constable 
and Co. Price 2s. fid. net. 
This little book of 100 pages is a reprint of a series of articles contributed by 
a well-known sportsman to Laud and Water, devoted mainly to the rearing of 
trout, though touching on that of other Salmonidce and on that of coarse fish. It 
is a subject on which the existing literature is not very extensive; but we notice 
that in the chapter dealing with the enemies of young trout there is no mention 
of leeches or of Mi. Daubeny’s article on this topic in Nature Notes. The 
hints given are practical and good as far as they go and there is no pretence at 
scientific knowledge in the book. 
Taxidermy: comprising the skinning, stuffing, and mounting of birds, mam- 
mals, and fish. Edited by Paul N. Hasluck. Cassell and Co. Price is. 
This handbook consists mainly of articles by Mr. J. Fielding-Cottrill con- 
tributed to Work, supplemented with other matter from that periodical, of which 
Mr. Hasluck is editor. We have but little interest in amateur taxidermy, which 
want of interest is likely to be converted into very active dislike by instructions 
as to how to convert a beautiful bird into a hand-screen, or by advertisements, 
such as that which faces the title-page of this book, of “special terms for 
quantities” of “sea birds, fresh and clean shot.” Though he will not want to 
make a mole’s skin into a purse, the professional museum curator may find some 
useful hints in this volume, which actually fulfils more than the promise of its 
title, as it deals also with the preparation and dyeing of skins, the mounting of 
insects and the making of glass cases and cabinets. 
Bulletin de F Association pour la protection des Plantes. No. 19. Geneva, 1901. 
As in previous years, M. Correvon is left to bear a disproportionate share of 
the burden of this important publication. Besides the records of his own .“Asso- 
ciation and its gardens and several charming little poems, he recounts the progress 
of Pro Montibus Italicis and the formation of a kindred German society with its 
headquarters for three years at Bamberg under the presidency of M. C. Schmolz. 
M. Correvon includes three beautiful views of English yews and one of the great 
sycamore at Melchthal, and he has some very flattering words to say about 
ourselves. 
Catalogue des Plasites contenues dans le Jardin botanique alpin de la Linncea a, 
Bourg-St. Pierre, Valais. By Henry Correvon, Geneva, 1901. 
This succinct florula, illustrated by a plan and two views, contains two lists, 
one of the wild and the other of the cultivated plants of the garden. The latter 
states the indigenous habitat of each species, the nomenclature being mainly that 
of the Index Kewensis. The garden having been originally founded on a gift from 
the late Dr. Romanes and named partly in honour of our Linnsean Society, its 
progress should specially interest English botanists. 
The Naturalists' Journal {ox July contains, inter alia, a seven-page report of 
the recent Congress of the South-Eastern Union of Natural History Societies at 
Haslemere. 
Proceedings of the South London Entomological and Natural History Society, 1900. 
Price 2s fid. 
This excellent report contains the address of the retiring President, Mr. 
W. J. Lucas, a paper on the pupation of Cossus ligniperda, by Mr. R. Adkin, 
one on Wing-structures in Lepidoptera, by Dr. T. A. Chapman, and one on the 
Ova of Lepidoptera, by F. N. Clark, the two latter illustrated, besides full 
reports of meetings and a list of members. 
Received: — The Victorian Naturalist for May and June; The Naturalist, 
Irish Naturalist, Science Gossip, Our Animal Friends, Humanity, and 
Agricultural Economist for July. 
