3 MARCH 1923, Page 21

Animals of all Countries. Part I. (Hutchinsons. Is. 3d. net.)

Outlines of science, art and literature are rife, but this copiously illustrated account of the living animals of the world should hold its own among them. Its interest is genuine if popular. The present instalment contains among other features a photograph of a hermit-crab with its Nereis, a small seaworm that inhabits the hinder part of the shell and shares the crab's meals, in return for which it is said to keep the house clean.