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THE two books "Animal Wonderland" and "Animals Alive", the first by Frank W. Lane and the second by Austin H. Clark, are not only alike in their titles but also in the wide field they cover. Both are of the type termed ‘popular', that is to say they present the layman with a variety of interesting facts concerning creatures great and small in nontechnical language. Dr. Clark sets out to survey the animal kingdom from mammals (including man) to insects, spiders and more lowly beings. He points out that some of the smallest creatures are not the least in importance to us, for example, such domesticated insects as the honeybee and the silkworm. His book is very readable, and full of reliable information.

Animal Wonderland

Essays in Natural History. By Frank W. Lane. Pp. xii + 232 + 80 plates. (London : Country Life, Ltd., 1948.) 15s. net.

Animals Alive

By Austin N. Clark. Pp. viii + 472. (New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc.; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1948.) 22s. net.

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PITT, F. ‘Popular' Animal Books. Nature 163, 80 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163080b0

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