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THE “Text-book of Zoology,” by Dr. Boas, which is now presented to English students in this country in the form of a translation by Miss Kirkaldy and Miss Pollard, has this advantage over many similar books at present in use, that it is complete in one volume. The translators have done their work well in keeping closely to the German text, and in forming clear and concise English sentences made up of English words. Regarded simply as a translation of a German book, it is far better than most of its predecessors, and the translators may be congratulated upon their share of the work. But the book is not one which English teachers will be able to recommend to the “beginners in the study of zoology” who attend their classes, notwithstanding many excellent features which may be found in several chapters. It would be difficult for them to heartily recommend to their students, as a guide to their studies, a book which classifies Limulus with the Entomostraca, and Peripatus with the Annelida; nor can they consider it to be complete, even for elementary work, in the absence of any account of such important forms as Balanoglossus, Rhabdopleura and Phoronis.
Text-book of Zoology.
By Dr. J. E. V. Boas. Translated by J. W. Kirkaldy and E. C. Pollard. Pp. xviii + 558; with 427 figures. (London: Sampson Low, Marston, and Co., Ltd., 1896.)
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Text-book of Zoology. Nature 54, 491 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054491a0
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