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Mr. Davenport has made an application of Mendelian principles to inheritance similar to that carried out by Saunders, Hurst and Bateson in England. “In part, however, he has studied different characters and races, and has been able to add many new and important facts to those already known. The present work is, however, to be looked upon rather as a preliminary—a first installment of the extensive experiments under way at Cold Spring Harbor.” (Science.)
“This is a valuable addition to the rapidly-increasing literature dealing with the subject of inheritance. There are a few marks of carelessness in the text.” F. A. D.
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“The facts are presented with admirable clearness and conciseness, and despite the large number of details that the subject demands the matter is handled in a very attractive way.” T. H. Morgan.
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Davenport, Frances Gardiner. Economic development of a Norfolk manor, 1086–1565. *$3. Putnam.
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The subject of Miss Davenport’s study has been the court rolls of the manor of Forncett, near Norwich, which formed a part of the estate of the Earls of Norfolk. She carries it thru five centuries, and affords her readers an opportunity to follow in Forncett’s complex history the agricultural history of a great part of England.