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SYSTEMATIC: TUE LArTEn l'onTlos nEIYH
fEssr: AHn 7T oRDS1 k1s
Auav*r KoI!!IxN,, M. l.. i'1"fss.er q iio!aayy
Yask:. s:op!ausiy ILLUSTRATED. l.no., ~. 100.
Sew fnrk Henry Holt & Co. Chicago: Jnnscn
Acclus.: Il 20. Price, ~.
Tic avowcd object Of this work ia to provide
thu beginner With facilities for acquiring rapid
p:uctleal knowledge Of Botany; but n brief or.
animation Of itS scscu'c does not tlisclosu nny
advantages superior, or even equal, to those nf-
fcEcd by thu manuals n1rcady In i,ac. The por-
tfon devoted to Structural Botany ia highly cor-
dcuscd; hpt tits adds nothing to tho
casu VI aequ'siion,-on t.,u contrary,
1t enhances thu difficulty mud dryncss Of
the subject, by the supprees!on Of all
explanatory md intcfcatIng Details Thu KEYS
provided for distinguishing tho furns Of leaves
Rrc ingenious md ,scful. The analytical koy,
witch ID the nsan feature Of thu bo6k, IL good
az far as It gors; hut, IN most cases, It enables
ono to refer i Hover merely to it, genus Nc
atu!cnt worthy of th. llaslac would bc satisfied
to stop here. plant ia not classified until Its
species f. determined; md n. l;cy which does
Anothcr objection to this method oi anaiyals Is
tho vague sdsa 1t gtycs tho learner ot the al
ctes ol Ills systctl the author refers tile pllptl
to tlr textbooks of Wood or Gray; but, when
these 4re III llnlIu, tho work Ut Dr. Koe1I!cr Is
supcrlluous Il Is III '.o respect enstcr to mas
purtant matter "hlc1l thy contain.
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American ColonIat., asl Of the l,arlsilips Of tic tic
Iatrints .lurtnT their severe struggle for Iude.
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ilctiot..
I1sro aro gone M psSes h te latter pnrt q att
Court which, discussing With cultivated In
tsilEHee aHMhc, EloclI$t a'i4 klhdfen lhatter8 III
tho aonlaln Of csthctcs awaltcn gentle utter
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ness tie remainder Ut the story, III which tl,1,!y-
defined and commonplace characters cn,nloy |
themselves In quite ball and insignificant i,af-
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the years 1855 and 1871. Its author Is Polish |
refugee whose synpathes aro With Austria, and
Whose nre1ud!ges against Prussia arc violent autl
unytclulng. Ills study Of European poitics llns
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P " hMafpsa hs fosnga en arred
DlsnareK is extremely bitter, and IN uot ati act
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onc 80 evidently tho victim OF untaIr Treatment.
Its parttsanship, tho work, on
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Since the publication Of the first volume,
Prof Pickering has enlarged the scope Of thls
able work, In order to embrace, In addition to
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