The Fields of Great Britain. By Hugh Clements. (Crosby Lock-
wood and Co.)—The author of this volume has taken considerable pains in gathering together from well-known works on agriculture, on agricultural chemistry, and on food, a formidable array of figures and of statements. But his arrangement of them; materials is not happy; while in those places where he has introduced variations of the original texts, he has made unwarranted changes which are far from being improvements. Were it worth while, it would be easy to cite scores of instances of the lack of sound judgment and exact knowledge which this book exhibits. It will suffice to say here that it cannot be recommended to agricultural students as a safe and clear- manual. The present reviewer may, however, confess that he has not been able to extract so muoh amusement from The Fieldo of Great Britain as from Mr. Hugh Cletnents's "Organic Chemistry."
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