“A great number of facts are here brought together concerning the skin structure of the hands and feet of mammals. The chief forms of epidermic modification are shown to assume eleven leading types in eighty-six mammals that are dealt with. Eleven birds examined show only one type of epidermic modification, though the degree of this varies much. After describing the papillary ridges in a variety of animals, Dr. Kidd discusses the physiology of the sense of touch.”—Spec.
“It is not at all concise, it is not very clear, and it has no index. It seems to us that a great deal of labor has been misspent.”
| − + | Ath. 1907, 1: 764. Je. 22. 90w. | |
| Nation. 85: 334. O. 10, ’07. 240w. |
“Although the subject is by no means new, the author has studied it in a fuller manner than at least most of his predecessors.” R. L.
| + | Nature. 76: 101. My. 30, ’07. 240w. |
“Dr. Kidd’s book is the most important contribution to the matter since Miss Whipple’s paper was published.”
| + + | Spec. 99: 367. S. 14, ’07. 170w. |
Kildare, Owen Frawley. My old Bailiwick. †$1.50. Revell.
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