(1) Anleitung zum praktischen Studium niederer Tiere: Protozoa, Coelenterata, Vermes, Echinodermata (2) First Book of Zoology (3) More Animal Romances (4) Lehrbuch der Biologie für Hochschulen

Abstract

THERE is something in these new biological books for every class of reader, except for those whose interest is bounded by the study of genetics in the narrower sense of the word. The amateur microscopist will find in the first volume helpful practical instruction. The organiser of education in country areas will do well to recommend the second to the teachers of nature study in his district. Those who seek a melodramatic presentation of episodes in the wilds can have their fill of excitement by reading Dr. Renshaw's latest volume; and lastly, there is the magistral essay with full references for the specialist and university worker in the remarkable work that stands last on this list, for, as is explained below, the book is quite unsuitable in its present form to be adopted as a text-book in high schools, and we are anxious that its great merits should not be overlooked, as indeed may easily happen if the inadequacy of the title is not emphasised.

(1) Anleitung zum praktischen Studium niederer Tiere: Protozoa, Coelenterata, Vermes, Echinodermata.

By Dr. W. Schleip. Pp. vii + 154. (Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1911.) Price 3 marks 50 pfennig. (Bibliothek für naturwissenschaftliche Praxis.)

(2) First Book of Zoology.

By T. H. Burlend. Pp. viii + 159. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1911.) Price 1s. 6d. (First Books of Science.)

(3) More Animal Romances.

By Graham Renshaw. Pp. x + 252. (London and Manchester: Sherratt and Hughes, 1911.) Price 7s. 6d. net.

(4) Lehrbuch der Biologie für Hochschulen.

By M. Nussbaum G. Karsten M. Weber. Pp. xi + 529. (Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1911.) Price 12 marks.