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THIS little book represents an attempt to deal, within the limits of some 250 pages, with the study of biology as exemplified primarily by the organisms prescribed in the syllabus of the Oxford and Cambridge Schools' Examination Board. The authors have, however, realised the deficiencies of the type system and endeavoured to “bridge over the gulfs” by brief accounts of, or references to, a considerable number of forms “allied” to the selected types. Thus Monocystis, Haemamœba, Bacillus, Chromulina, Actinosphærium, Globigerina, Rhaphidococcus, Arcella, Euglena, Noctiluca, Stylonichia, Acineta, Desmids and Diatoms are all introduced as allies of the more familiar Protozoa, viz. Amœba, Saccharomyces, Sphasrella, Vorticella and Paramœcium.
An Introduction to the Study of Biology.
By J. W. Kirkaldy I. M. Drummond. Pp. iv + 259. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909.) Price 6s. 6d.
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An Introduction to the Study of Biology . Nature 82, 156 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/082156a0
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