+ + R. of Rs. 34: 640. N. ’06. 90w.
Knuth, Paul. Handbook of flower pollination; based upon Hermann Müller’s work, The fertilization of flowers by insects; tr. by J. R. Ainsworth Davis, v. I. Introduction and literature. *$5.75. Oxford.
“This is a text-book not for students, but for professors.... The original first volume consisted entirely of an introduction and bibliography; the introduction, however, is complete in itself, and gives a mass of ordered detail about the highly complex relations between insects and flowers.... In the translation ... the bibliography of flower pollination forms one useful list, of which the references have been specially revised by Dr. Fritsch to ensure accuracy. To the text the editor has added several useful notes indicating matters of importance that have arisen since Knuth’s work was completed. In the arrangement of the text as well as the many text figures the original is followed.”—Ath.
“The present volume is the first of the three comprising Knuth’s masterly work, which is by far the most comprehensive on its subject, and of world-wide renown. Not only is the text index omitted, but also the equally essential index of subjects appended to the bibliography in the original.”
+ + – Ath. 1906, 2: 305. S. 15. 680w. (Review of v. 1.) + + – Bot. G. 42: 494. D. ’06. 360w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The compendious treatise entitled ‘Introduction’ in this first volume, is beyond question, the best presentation of the matter of flower-pollination by insects yet given in an English dress.”
+ + + Nation. 83: 270. S. 27, ’06. 1680w. (Review of v. 1.)
“English readers will welcome the present work, incorporating as it does the great mass of research on floral biology which has been carried out in recent years. The translator has done his work well on the whole. We must, however, direct attention to a few instances of faulty rendering.” F. D.
+ + – Nature. 74: 605. O. 18, ’06. 720w. (Review of v. 1.)