The Origin and Influence of the Thorough-bred Horse. By W. Ridgeway, Sc.D., F.B.A., Disney Professor of Archæology and Fellow of Gonville and Caius College. Demy 8vo. With 143 illustrations. 12s. 6d. net.
Westminster Gazette. There has never been a more learned contribution to equine literature than Professor Ridgeway’s comprehensive and exhaustive book.
Spectator. It would be difficult for Professor Ridgeway to write a book which did not contain at least one wholly novel thesis, and the present work is no exception to his practice. It is also an encyclopaedia of information on the history of the Equidae, collected from every source, from post-Pleiocene deposits to modern sporting newspapers. No detail escapes the author’s industry, and ... the result is a monument of sound learning, unique of its kind.
Manual of Practical Morbid Anatomy, being a Handbook for the Post-mortem Room. By H. D. Rolleston, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P., and A. A. Kanthack, M.D., M.R.C.P. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Fossil Plants: a text-book for students of Botany and Geology. By A. C. Seward, M.A., F.R.S., Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge. In 3 vols. Demy 8vo. Vol. I. with a frontispiece and 111 illustrations, 10s. net. Vol. II. with a frontispiece and 265 illustrations. 15s. net.
[Vol. III in the Press.
Revue Scientifique. Nous ne pouvons entrer dans le détail; mais il est évident que M. Seward, praticien distingué lui-même, est très au courant des travaux des autres, il les cite et utilise abondamment; et ceci est fait pour inspirer confiance. Au total, son œuvre est appuyée sur des bases solides, et elle restera sans doute longtemps le bréviaire, le manuel de ceux qui veulent, non pas seulement s’initier à la paléobotanique, mais retrouver les renseignements qui sont épars dans des centaines de monographies qu’on a souvent peine à se procurer. Le livre de M. Seward fait partie des Cambridge Natural Science Manuals, et il est digne de cette collection, qui est elle-même digne du foyer scientifique universellement réputé, où il a vu le jour.
Zoology. An Elementary Text-Book. By A. E. Shipley, Sc.D., F.R.S., and E. W. MacBride, M.A. (Cantab.), D.Sc. (London). Second edition. Demy 8vo. With 349 illustrations. 10s. 6d. net.
Pall Mall Gazette. Precisely the sort of book which, if it came into a thoughtful boy’s hands, would turn him from a smatterer into a student.... One of the most instructive and attractive books that could be put into the hands of a young naturalist.