“Altogether, it will be seen that I regard the plan of the ‘Cambridge modern history’ as unsatisfactory. It is a compromise between the needs of the general reader and the special student.” Joseph Jacobs.
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Cambridge natural history, v. 1. *$4.25. Macmillan.
Ten large volumes will be included in this work which will cover the natural history of the animal kingdom.
v. 1. “The present volume includes four of the lowest groups. The protozoa are treated by Prof. M. M. Hartog of Queen’s college, Cork.... The sponges are described by Miss Igerna Sollars, lecturer at Newnham college.... The extensive and important group of jelly-fishes, sea-anemones, and hydroids is dealt with by Prof. S. J. Hickson of the Victoria university of Manchester.... The last group, including star-fishes, sea-urchins, and their allies, is described by Prof. E. W. McBride of McGill university, Montreal.”—Nation.