A Naturalist in Borneo. By the late R. W. G.
Mefferd. (r. Fisher Unwin. 15s. net.)— The author, who died young in 1912, was Cu= tor of the Sarawak Museum before settling down at the Oxford Museum as Assistant-Curator under the guidance of Professor Poulton, who edits hit book. It is apparent from the wide scope of his work, ranging from men and mammals to beetles, and from the vividness and exactitude of his observations, that Mr. Shelford was a born naturalist, and would have done great things had he lived. As it is, the book is curiously interesting. We may draw attention, for example, to the account of the little Sarawak monkeys, and to the note on egrets, which " are very strictly preserved in Sarawak on account of the benefits they confer on cattle by clearing them of ticks." The anther's numerous photographs are excellent.
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