Borrow, George. [Romano lavo-lil]; word book of the Romany or English-Gypsy language. $2. Putnam.
“Altogether it is an entertaining book, full of the spirit that makes ‘Lavengro’ so attractive, and with a bit more of a serious definite character.”
+ Dial. 40: 23. Ja. 1, ’06. 200w.
Bose, Jagadis Chunder. Plant response as a means of physiological investigation. *$7. Longmans.
“A substantial octavo volume of more than 700 pages, devoted to the elucidation and illustration of a single thesis. Although this thesis is here given in many forms and stated in connection with numerous associated topics, it is essentially simple in its outline. It is this: the plant is a machine; its movements in response to external stimuli, though apparently various, are ultimately reducible to a fundamental unity of reaction.... By means of ingenious delicate instruments which exaggerate the slightest motion at any spot, he has long been able to demonstrate that even the oldest tissues of a plant, so long as they are living are capable of responding in a marked degree to certain external stimuli. A special feature distinguishing this treatise from many of its class is the presentation, at the end of every chapter, of a summary which gives in a few short sentences the substance of the chapter.”—Nation.
“One which no plant physiologist, however much he may combat details in it, can afford to ignore.”
+ + Ath. 1906, 1: 768. Je. 23. 2530w.
“The account itself is too detailed and too diffuse to be read straight through by any but a lover of plants or a student of the problem. It is however, simple and straightforward.” E. T. Brewster.
+ – Atlan. 98: 419. S. ’06. 560w.