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A Text-Book of Zoogeography. By Frank E. Beddard, 
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The Elements of Botany. By Francis Darwin, M.A., 
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Journal of Education . A noteworthy addition to our botanical 
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Practical Physiology of Plants. By Francis Darwin,. 
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Nature. The authors are much to be congratulated on their work* 
which fills a serious gap in the botanical literature of this country. 
Lectures on the History of Physiology during the 
Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. By Sir M. Foster, 
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Nature. There is no more fascinating chapter in the history of science 
than that which deals with physiology, but a concise and at the same time 
compendious account of the early history of the subject has never before 
been presented to the English reader. Physiologists therefore owe a debt 
of gratitude to Sir Michael Foster for supplying a want which was widely 
felt.... No higher praise can be given to the book than to say that it is 
worthy of the reputation of its author.... It is by no means an easy task to 
do adequate justice to the mine of literary and historic research which the 
author has laid open to view. 
Guardian. We must urge not merely students of physiology, but all 
those interested in the history of modern thought, to buy and read the 
book The present volume has a charm and fascination which is too often 
wanting in historical studies. His portraits live, and live in a live world ; 
they are not mere dead pictures set in a stereotyped, historical framework. 
Spectator. We can recommend this admirable and suggestive book 
with confidence to all, laymen or doctors, who wish to trace the gradual 
growth of man’s knowledge of the physical basis of his life. 
