6 JULY 1889, Page 31

Elementary Biology. By R. J. Harvey-Gibson, M.A. (Long- mans and

Co.)—Botany takes up half the space of this work, an arrangement quite in accordance with the attitude of the teach- ing biologists of to-day. We have no fault to find with this volume, except that perhaps the style is more technical than is consistent with the cminected interest which Mr. Gibson talks about in his preface. Still, the biologist of the day has so much to say, that he has to do it briefly, and therefore technically. Mr. Harvey-Gibson has, however, illustrated his manual plenti- fully, for which the student will be duly grateful