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Complete in Two Vols., Super Koyal 8vo., with 228 Plates, price 
£11. 2s. 6d. coloured ; £7. 10s. 6d. uncoloured, net. 
T he hepatic^ of the British 
ISLES, 
By WM. HY. PEARSON. 
“ The descriptions of the species are clear and full, and the shorter 
notes which accompany many of them are interesting and often of 
critical value. . . . The geographical distribution of each species 
is mentioned, and frequently the actual localities also. ... A 
glossary, table of literature, and a good index complete the volume. 
. . . The 228 plates form a splendid adjunct to The text, and will 
prove of material service in the proper Identification of the various 
species, each generally includes a life size representation of the 
species, as well as drawings on a large scalo, of dissections, fructifica¬ 
tions, &c. Tho cellular structure of the leaves is also depleted, and 
this will often bo found of much value in deciding between doubtful 
cases. . . . Mr. Pearson has laid British botanists under great 
obligations, and has succeeded In producing a book that ought to 
serve to rescue from comparative, though altogether unmerited 
oblivion, a family bv no means the least interesting of the vegetable 
kingdom."—J. B. FARMER. M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., l’rof. Bot. Royal 
College of Science. South Kensington, in ‘ Nature.” 
“ The admirable descriptions drawn up by one who Is familiar with 
the plants in the field, and fully illustrated as they are on the plates, 
together with the observations in which similar species are con¬ 
trasted and separated, will he of the greatest service for the identifi¬ 
cation of the species of tills difficult family of plants.”—C. H. 
WADDELL, lu the “ Irish Naturalist ’’ 
Mr. Pearson's elaborate monograph is mainly devoted to the 
description and arrangement of the species. It is difficult to say too 
much in praise of the way in which this monograph has been com¬ 
piled. Experts alone can test the value end accuracy of the book as 
to details, but every naturalist can admire the patient labour and 
skilful method which have been applied to ils arrangement. The 
descriptive matter occupies some live bundled pages, to which are 
added a complete bibliography and a copious index. The 228 litho¬ 
graphed plates which constitute the second volume furnish an even 
greater testimony to the skill and patience of the author. Bv 
“systematic” students such a book was greatly wanted.—“ The 
Athenasum.” 
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