ANIMALS OF AFRICA.
Animals of Africa. By H. A. Bryden. (Sands and Co. 4s.)— This is a book for young people, and the second volume of the "Library for Young Naturalists" which Mr. Afialo is engaged in editing. The first, which was by the editor, was called "Types of British Animals," and the series aims at placing in the hands of young readers books which shall be reliable in their statements and scientific in their classification, without being either too childish or too technical. This is an admirable pur- pose, and we may say at once that Mr. Bryden has well carried out the difficult task set before him. It is no easy matter to compress a readable and entertaining account of the whole African fauna into some two hundred pages. Yet this he has done; and by judicious selections and omissions he gives a survey which is not merely a catalogue. Mr. Bryden has travelled and hunted in Africa, and this lends an interest to his writing. His style is likely to be attractive to boys, and the volume is tolerably well illustrated by original drawings of Mr. E. Caldwell.
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