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would, we believe, find that it rests upon daring and gratmtous assumptions. The present writer distinctly affirms that this is true of the table of articulates on p. 575, and of the table of insects on p. 595· Unfor- tunately, the criticism by which this opinion might be justified would be too technical, and especially too lengthy, for the columns of NATURE. L. C. M. NATURE Giordano, there is no special attention bestowed on the scientific aspects of nature-study. The illustrations are examples of Mr. \Vhymper's own art, and no more requires to be said concerning them. Practical Forestry. By C. E. Curtis. Second edition revised. Pp. viii + 124. (London: Crosby Lock· wood and Son, r898.) No doubt a forester might gain some advantage from a perusal of this book, pro\ ided he read it with caution. (New York: The Macmillan Company. London: But he would encounter several statements with which Macmillan and Co., Ltd.). he would have a difficulty in agreeing. For instance, THE great prominence given in the earlier chapters to the author deliberately says, "T o purchase trees, or to curve·tracing, and the fact that the plotting of both plant by contract, are also means to ensure failure." If other students whose main object is to obtain a thorough drilling in graphic methods. Such a student would do count of the properties usually treated in books on of a student who made use of the book in preparing for "Analytical Conics," together with the graphic repre- an examination. Analytic Geometry for Technical Schools and Colleges. By P. A. Lambert, M.A. Crown Svo. Pp. xii + 216. algebraic and transcendental curves takes precedence of that were true, it would be small wonder that the results more purely mathematical treatments of the line, circle, of forestry are not in all cases satisfactory in England, and conic, renders this text-book peculiarly adapted in where quite 90 per cent. of the plantations have been many respects to the requirements of engineering and formed in the ways that the book condemns. A most well to be guided by a teacher, as some early sections serious slip occurs in the statement of the rule for as- certaining the cubical contents of a tree, where "square of the girth " appears instead of" square of the quarter and examples are rather hard for first reading. In the girth." This would not mislead a practical man, but it later chapters the author has attempted to give an ac- might lead to most unpleasant consequences in the case sentation of imaginaries, and an introduction to analytical geometry of three dimensions. With this portion, he can hardly be said to have been so successful. His treatment of such matters as tangents, diameters, asym- ptotes, and poles and polars, is very incomplete, and not calculated to bring into prominence those general pro- perties which render such lines of importance in the years, and has grown from two to three volumes, there geometry of conics ; indeed, we might go further and can be no doubt that it has been appreciated. This too little attempt is made at "graduating" the course, easy and difficult s·ections alternating with each other, and there being rather a lack of that sequence and arrange- say that even where no actual inaccuracies exist in the bulky work deals in a discursive way with the subjects text, it would require a previous knowledge of the sub- of soil, manures, and crops, and with many things con- ject in order to enable a student to read between the nected with the management of land ; the feeding of lines sufficiently to avoid falling into error. Moreover, ment which is so helpful to the beginner. Those who any really scientific grasp of the subject. The matter find life too short to learn conics up to examination placed before the reader has, in fact, not been digested standard will, however, be able, by the aid of the ex- or the experimental results correlated ; the book is a amples and a little outside help, to obtain a very fair miscellany by a very well-informed man. One good superficial knowledge of the subject. The Valley of Zennatt and the Matterhorn. A Guide. By Edward Whymper. With illustrations and maps. Pp. xvi + 212. (London: John Murray, 1897.) feature of the book is its practical character; the intelligent farmer will probably enjoy it better than the man of science. R. \V. THIS is a ]Jleasant little book, and will be read with interest by many who enjoy a country ramble or rural life from the naturalist's point of view. The authoress displays a first- hand acquaintance with the plants concerning which she discourses ; and if there are occasional slips when she THIS compact little volume in paper covers is designed on the same plan as the author's Guide to Chamonix, which was recently published. From so prominent a mountaineer much may legitimately be expected in a guide to one of the greatest climbing-centres in the Alps, but it is almost a surprise to find so very much which is avail- able for the tourist whose bent does not incline towards feats of physical endurance. The first chapter is devoted deals with matters physiological, they will be readily to the early history and rise of Zermatt, then comes a history of the Matterhorn in four chapters, in which Mr. Whymper nerves himself to tell once more the terrible tragedy of his first ascent. The practical part of the p. 62. Some of the photographs of trees and bark are Guide follows ; hints as to the best way of reaching decidedly good. Zermatt, particulars regarding the valley and the village, Premature Burial: Fact or Fiction.? By Dr. David and a carefully arranged series of excursions from that Walsh. Pp. 49. (London : Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox, favounte centre. Excursions from the Riffelalp and 1897.) other places are also described, and the opportunity is taken of sketching the mountaineering history of Monte So much news is published with the idea of creating a Rosa. This blending of historical associations and sensation, that Dr. Walsh's critical examination of some anecdotes with practical hints and instructions is perhaps the most interesting feature of the Guide. of the stories of premature burials is very welcome. The general conclusion arrived at is that "the theory of fre- quent premature burial is unsupported by exact eYidence ; in other words, it occupies the position of a mere popular With the exception of some lists of altitudes of peaks and passes, and a geological section of the Matterhorn with an explanatory note in French by Signor F. belief or fable." NO 1 VOL. 57] Agriculture in some of its Relations with Chemistry. By F. H. Storer, Professor of Agricultural Chemistry in Harvard University. 3 vols. Pp. iv + 6zo, iv + 6oz, and vi + 679. (London: Sampson Low and Co., Ltd., I 897.) \VHEN a book has passed through seven editions in ten animals is not discussed. A great deal of information is brought together : one admires the extent of the author's reading ; but after a lengthy perusal of his diffuse state· ments we rise with the feeling that we have not gained Glimpses into Plant.Lzfe. An Easy Guide to the Study of Botany. By Mrs. Brightwen, F.E.S. Pp. 351. (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1897.) pardoned for the sake of the generally excellent character of the book. There are some errors, however, which might easily have been avoided, e.g. aifroid for aroid, on © 1898 Nature Publishing GroupPDF Image | Riffelalp Resort Summer 2015
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