Introduction to the Systematic Zoology and Morphology of Vertebrate Animals.
By A. Macalister, M.D. (Hodges, Dublin. 1878.)—This work forms part of the Dublin University Press Series. No brief :notice of it could adequately represent its mope and merit. It is essen- tially a book for advanced students, and teems, as is quite right, with scientific terms, hopelessly unintelligible to the lay reader. Groat condensation of matter is, however, thus effected ; for the. terms, once explained fully, are freely used in lieu of lengthy periphrases. This • volume really constitutes a moans whereby a student, who has mastered the elements of zoology and classification, may pass on to the completer studies of vertebrate forms, monographed in special memoirs. The illustrations, though not numerous, form a useful ad- 'talon to the text, those which assume a diagrammatic, character being particularly clear. The results of much actual, direct, practical observation and work are comprised in this volume.
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