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Nature's Wonder - Workers. By Kate R. Lovell. (Cassell and Co.)—This is

a book of popularised natural history. The writer tells us many notable facts about spiders, boos, wasps, gnats, ear- wigs, and a variety of other creatures which most of us see every day without giving a thought to the marvellous economy of their lives. The volume is plentifully illustrated, and is altogether worth attention,