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1 placed the warty creature on the ground beside the saucer from which the cub 
was taking his food. Being quite hungry, at first he paid no attention to the 
intruder; but presently, as the saucer became empty, he caught sight of his curious 
visitor. With a jerk he raised his head, and for a moment, without moving a 
muscle, gazed in astonishment and with some misgiving at the strange monstrosity 
in front of him. His natural curiosity, however, soon overcame his doubtful 
frame of mind; he was a born investigator and this thing must be looked into. 
Very cautiously he reached forward his paw and ever so gently he touched the 
curious thing on the back. 
The toad did as toads usually do when tickled from behind. It hopped, and 
with such force that it went quite over the saucer. Simultaneously the bear stood 
erect. He had a puzzled look of amazement and dismay on his hairy visage; he 
appeared to be utterly overcome with astonishment. It didn’t seem reasonable 
that an insignificant misshapen creature like that could, with no apparent effort, 
cover so much ground in one leap. Bruno’s paws hung inertly in front of him 
and his tongue lolled stupidly from his mouth . His breath came in short explosive 
gasps. 
Suddenly the toad hopped again, iind with a ^Whoof, whoof, whoof,’ away ran the 
bear round the corner and out of sight. No more toads for him; one was enough 
for a lifetime!” 
The book ranks among the best nature stories published in recent years. It 
is trustworthy, unexaggerated, and well written. The press work is excellent, 
the paper of good quality, typography clear, illustrations numerous and attractive, 
and the binding neat and durable. It is a book that might well be read by anyone 
interested in nature, mammalian behavior, or good literature. 
— Hartley H. T. Jackson. 
Allen, J. A. The American Museum Congo Expedition collection of Insectivora. 
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 47, art. 1, pp. 1-38, 4 plates and 1 text fig. 
July 20, 1922. (New species: Atelerix faradjius and A. langi, both from 
Faradje, Belgian Congo.) 
Andrews, Roy Chapman. The quest of the golden fleece. I. The wilds of 
Shensi. Asia, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 440-446, June; II. Takin on their rugged 
peaks. Asia, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 515-520, 568, July, 1922. 
Dixon, Joseph. Control of the pocket gopher in California. Univ. Calif., 
College of Agric., Bull. 340, pp. 337-349, 4 figs. February, 1922. 
— Directions for the tanning and dressing of furs. Univ. Calif., College 
of Agric., Circ. 237, pp. 1-5, 3 figs. April, 1922. 
Evermann, Barton Warren. Why not save the marine mammals of the Pacific? 
Bull. Pan-Pacific Union, n. s., no. 34, pp. 12-16. August, 1922. (Contains 
list of Cetacea and Pinnipedia of the Pacific Ocean, with American records 
for Balcenoptera borealis.) 
Flynn, T. Thomson. Notes on certain reproductive phenomena in some Tas- 
manian marsupials. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, vol. 10, pp. 225-231, 
1 fig. August, 1922. • 
Grinnell, Joseph. The museum conscience. Museum Work, vol. 4, pp. 62-63. 
March, 1922. 
