Abstract
T0-DAY the junior student of biology has his attention directed to function and behaviour, rather than to those structural features which claimed almost exclusively the interest of his predecessors of thirty years ago. This modern tendency is shown in the batch of books now before us.
(1) A First Course in Plant and Animal Biology.
By W. S. Furneaux. Pp. viii + 232. (London: University Tutorial Press, Ltd., 1914.) Price 2s.
(2) A First School Botany.
By E. M. Goddard. Pp. xiii + 191. (London: Mills and Boon, Ltd., 1914.) Price 2s. 6d.
(3) Pond Problems.
By E. E. Unwin. Pp. xvi + I 19. (Cambridge: University Press, 1914.) Price 2s. net.
(4) Wild Life in the Woods and Streams
By C. A. Palmer. Pp. xv + 206. (London: A. and C. Black, 1914.) Price 3s. 6d.
(5) The English Year: Summer.
By W. B. Thomas A. K. Collett. Pp. viii + 341. (London: T. C. and E. C. Jack, 1914.) Price 10s. 6d. net.
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C., G. (1) A First Course in Plant and Animal Biology (2) A First School Botany (3) Pond Problems (4) Wild Life in the Woods and Streams (5) The English Year: Summer. Nature 94, 305–307 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/094305a0
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