Studies in Insect Life. By A. E. Shipley. (T. Fisher
Unwin. 10s. 6d. net.)—The Master of Christ's is a most entertaining writer, and does not, as the title suggests, confine his attention to insects. Besides articles on insects and war, bees and wasps, he sketches " The Romance of the Depths of the Sea " in connexion with the work of the ' Michael Bars,' a Norwegian vessel fitted out for the study of deep-sea problems ; he recalls the state of zoology in Shakespeare's day ; and he winds up with an amusing essay on " Hate," which on physiological grounds appears to involve a sad waste of physical energy. We like his quota- tion from Dr. Donne :- " Marko but this flea, and marke in this, How little that which thou deny'st me is ; It euck'd me first, and now sucks thee, And in this flea our two bloods mingled bee."
Donne, as he says, did not know that these bloodthirsty insects spread the plague and other dreadful diseases.
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