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slate of Nature in the Argentine as he has done, that has made “ The Naturalist 
in La Plata ” take rank as a Natural History classic from its first appearance in 
1892. Mr. Hudson has changed his publishers, and the present cheap but 
excellently got-up edition of his magnum opus has new plates by the skilful pencil 
of Mr. Smit, of which, by Messrs. Dent and Co.’s courtesy, we are able to 
reproduce a specimen, together with one of the smaller drawings illustrating the 
celebrated chapter on Music and Dancing in Nature, in which the author is seen 
at his best. 
Animal Life and the World of Nature. Vol. i., July, 1902 — June, 1903. 
With 718 illustrations (including 18 coloured plates) direct from photo- 
graphs. Hutchinson and Co. Price 10s. 6d. net. 
This sumptuous volume is described as the first supplemental volume to 
“ The Living Animals of the World,” with which it is uniform, and as “ a 
pictorial record of the world’s progress in Zoology and Natural History.” With 
nearly twice as many illustrations as it contains pages, and almost all these from 
photographs taken direct from life, we can hardly be unjust in saying that the illus- 
trations are the special feature of the work, though with such contributors of literary 
matter as our President, Sir Harry Johnston, Mr. Lydekker, Mr. Hudson, Mr. 
Warde Fowler, Mr. Saville-Kent and Mr. Enock, it is obvious that the excellence 
of the letterpress has not been neglected. We do not remember ever to have 
seen a better specimen of colour-printing than the Brahma Fowls, from a drawing 
by Harrison Weir, and many will be glad to have the frontispiece of Okapis from 
bir Harry Johnston’s brush. If the value of photography for illustrating bird and 
mammalian life required demonstration it has it in this volume ; but though there 
are brilliant exceptions, we are not so uniformly impressed with its success when 
applied to insects. The anecdotes with their “ fancy ” illustrations seem to us 
unworthy of the longer articles. We could not, however, wish for a handsomer 
Christmas gift-book for any young naturalist, and we trust this may be only the 
first of many such volumes. 
Field- Path Rambles , Series 25, comprising Routes round Dorking , Boxhill, Gom- 
shall, Horsley, Ranmore, Abinger , Lealherheaa, arc. By Walker Miles. 
With 27 Illustrations. R. E. Taylor and Son. Price is. net. 
This re-issue of the first section of the Mid-Surrey series of rambles contains 
twenty-seven in lieu of the former five illustrations, and a sketch map of the 
Surrey Hills. Those who have rambled with our Abinger Branch over the 
“ Roughs” will be glad to have the reminder of the Wilberforce Memorial Cross, 
WILBERFORCE MEMORIAL CROSS. 
which, by permission of Messrs. Taylor, we are able to give here. OuFopinion of 
the perfection of these little guide-books must by now be well known to our 
readers. ■ 
