Nature All the Year Round. By J. Arthur Thomson. (Pilgrim
Press. 12a 6d. net.)—Professor Thomson, a learned naturalist who is also a most engaging writer, has prepared this book of " nature talks "—one for each week in the year—to interest young people in their living surroundings. Nothing could be better of its kind. The facts are accurately stated ; the style is simple and Vero. Moreover, the illustrations by Miss Alice M. Davidson are drawn with unusual care, and are large enough in scale to be intelligible to children. The subjects are arranged according to the seasons. We may instance the sections dealing with birds' nests, a country walk in May, spiders' webs, colours of animals, and tho body as an engine, as examples of Professor Thomson's rare skill in description and in the exposition of scientific principles.
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