Abstract
THE encouragement given to scientific instruction and research by the Indian Government is known to all who see the many interesting and important publications which issue from the different departments. Most branches of natural knowledge are fostered in India with a care which could be followed with advantage in the British Isles. The work before us is not a voluminous report, nor is it a richly illustrated monograph of the kind that often emanates from the various departments of the Government. In its way, however, it will do excellent service by providing a course of zoology suitable for the use of students at the Imperial Forest School, Dehra Dun. The author, who is lecturer on zoology in that school, and deputy superintendent of the Indian Museum, points out that the particular animals with which the Indian Forest officer is concerned are not treated in sufficient detail in the general text-books. His manual admirably supplies the-requisite information, and furnishes a sound elementary course on the classification and habits of the commoner Indian animals. The work is divided into two parts, the first of which is a systematic course, while the second consists of directions for the dissection and examination of specimens. Theory and practice are thus each given a proper share of consideration. The book is a practical one, and the theoretical matter included in it is only such as is likely to be of use to the students for whom it has been designed. Little reference is therefore made to the fundamental theories of modern biology.
An Elementary Manual of Zoology.
By E. C. Cotes. Pp. 119. (Calcutta: Government Printing Office, 1893.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 50, 616 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/050616b0
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