Contents
Vol. I. Protozoa, by M. Hartog; Porifera, by Igerna Sollas; Coelenterata and Ctenophora, by S. J. Hickson; Echinodermata, by E. W. MacBride.
Flatworms and Mesozoa, by F. W. Gamble; Nemertines, by L. Sheldon; Threadworms and Sagitta, by A. E. Shipley; Rotifers, by M. Hartog; Polychaet Worms, by W. B. Benham; Earthworms and Leeches, by F. E. Beddard; Gephyrea, etc., by A. E. Shipley; Polyzoa, by S. F. Harmer.
Vol. III. Molluscs, by H. A. Cooke; Recent Brachiopods, by A. E. Shipley; Fossil Brachiopods, by F. R. C. Reed.
Spiders, Mites, Scorpions, etc., by C. Warburton; Trilobites, etc., by M. Laurie; Pycnogonids, by D’Arcy W. Thompson; Lingulatulidæ and Tardigrada, by A. E. Shipley; Crustacea, by Geoffrey Smith.
Vol. V. Peripatus, by A. Sedgwick; Myriopods, by F. G. Sinclair; Insects, Part I, by D. Sharp.
Vol. VI. Insects, Part II, by D. Sharp.
Hemichordata, by S. F. Harmer; Ascidians and Amphioxus, by W. A. Herdman; Fishes (exclusive of systematic account of Teleostei), by T. W. Bridge; Fishes (systematic account of Peleostei), by G. A. Boulanger.
Vol. VIII. Amphibia and Reptiles, by Hans Gadow.
Vol. IX. Birds, by A. H. Evans.
Vol. X. Mammalia, by F. E. Beddard.
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY OF
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CAMBRIDGE NATURAL HISTORY
New York Evening Post.
Its editors may well be congratulated upon the completion of such an undertaking, whose vastness and difficulty can be adequately appreciated only by the skilled zoölogist. The student of biology who turns to this volume (Vol. iv) will not be disappointed in its value as a serviceable handbook. It is pleasant to observe how numerous, clear, and satisfactory are the drawings that illustrate the text.
American Journal of Science.
The most convenient and generally useful work of reference on the subject that has appeared in the English language in recent years.
Book Review Digest.
The zealous student, anxious to bring his knowledge up to date, will find here a compendium on which he can rely.
Field.
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Times.
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Daily News in a Review of Vol. X.
A volume which, for the interest of its contents and for its style and method of treatment, is not only worthy of its predecessors, but may be regarded as one of the most successful of a brilliant series.
A GREAT EXPLORER’S STORY
My Life With the Eskimo
By VILHJÁLMUR STEFÁNSSON
ILLUSTRATED WITH HALF-TONE REPRODUCTIONS OF
PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY THE AUTHOR AND OTHERS
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A fascinating book of description and adventure has been written by the famous traveler and explorer, who has passed years of his life within the Arctic Circle. Mr. Stefánsson has had a vast amount of material from which to draw and he has made his selection wisely. He has lived with the Eskimo for long periods; he knows their language; he has subsisted on their food; he has heard their legends; he has seen them in their daily lives as have few explorers. Consequently his remarks about this primitive and matter-of-fact people are shrewd, true, and frequently amusing. The experiences and tales which he recounts, mirroring the hardships and the inspirations of life in a fearful but wonderful country, compose a work quite the most absorbing on it that has ever been published.
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