Lankester, Edwin Ray. Extinct animals. [*]$1.75. Holt.
“A peep at the strange and wonderful history of extinct animals” thru which the author hopes to awaken in young people an interest in its further study. The volume embodies a corrected shorthand report of a course of lectures adapted to a juvenile audience given by the author during the Christmas holidays, 1903-4 at the Royal institution, London. The lantern slides used in the lectures have been converted into process blocks to illustrate the volume, there are over two hundred illustrations and drawings, many of which are from photographs of specimens in the Natural history museum.
[*] “It may safely be said that since the days of that ‘most delightful collector and explorer of the earth’s crust, Dr. Gideon Mantell,’ there has been published no book on this subject combining so successfully the virtues of accuracy and attractiveness.”
| + + | Lond. Times. 4: 357. O. 27, ‘05. 1010w. |
“We give the book a hearty welcome, feeling sure that its perusal will draw many young recruits to the army of naturalists and many readers to its pages.”
| + + + | Nature. 73: 6. N. 2, ‘05. 1140w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 657. O. 7, ‘05. 320w. | ||
| * | N. Y. Times. 10: 833. D. 2, ‘05. 100w. |
“It is well adapted to arouse the interest of adult as well as youthful minds in a fascinating branch of study.”
| + + + | Outlook. 81: 681. N. 18, ‘05. 180w. |
“Appealing chiefly to young people ... the author adopts an easy, somewhat conversational style, as free as possible from unnecessary technicalities. But simple and elementary though the book is, it is by no means confined to matter already well known even to scientific readers.”
| + + + | Sat. R. 100: 597. N. 4, ‘05. 1680w. |