6 DECEMBER 1913, Page 12

Insect Life in Pond and Stream ; Butterflies and Moths

; Beetles and Flies ; Spiders and Scorpions; Some Curious Insects. By F. M. Duncan and L. T. Duncan. (Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton. is. net each.)—Here are

five small volumes of a series called "Wonders of Insect Life," which should attract children to Nature-study. They have

bright coloured illustrations as well as black-and-white figures. The titles of four explain their scope. The least scientific and perhaps the most likely to allure children is Some Curious Insects, which classifies insects as "actors," "musical," "unpopular," and so on.—With these may be mentioned A .Little Book about Rocks, by Annie Reid (same publishers and