The Sea Shore. By W. S. Furneaux. (Longmans and Co.
6s. net.) —Mr. Furneaux deals with his subject in a businesslike manner. After some preliminary remarks on the field of operations, he proceeds to describe the methods which the young student must use,—how he is to search the rocks, &c. ; how he is to use the angling rod—there is some good advice as to making friends with the trawlers—how he is to construct and manage his marine aquarium. He then proceeds in the seventh and following chapters to deal in succession with the principal forms of life, beginning with the Protozoa. After the Protozoa come the Sponges, then the Ccelenterates (jelly-fishes, anemones, &c.) Chap. 10 is given to star-fishes, sea-urchins, &e. ; and chap. 11 to sea-worms. It is needless, however, to follow every step. It will suffice to say that in chap. 14 we reach the" Marine Vertebrates." Chaps. 15 and 16 deal respectively with "Sea Weeds" and "Flowering Plants of the Seaside." This is a very rough outline of a most painstaking and useful book.
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