Berge's Complete Natural History. Edited by R. F. Crawford, F.S.S.
(Dean and Son.)—This is an excellent book to place in the hands of a boy who has not only shown himself to possess an interest in natural history, but has made a reasonable amount of progress in it ; for it is not so much a primer or text-book, as it is a very readable dictionary. A great deal of knowledge is given in small space, and—for there is nothing very sensational or even unconventional about the book—under the headings familiar to students of natural history. The book is also enlivened by stories of various animals, some of which are, perhaps, a trifle old-fashioned, as the book itself would have been, but, in all probability, for the careful editing of Mr. Crawford. We have never seen better or in every sense more life-like representations of natural history objects—alike plain and coloured—than are to be found in this volume.
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