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THIS sometime promised work has now advanced so far in its publication as the third part; when completed it will merit a somewhat lengthened notice, as the most important work on the subject which has issued from the British press. It is intended to include a description of all known flagellate, ciliate, and tentaculiferous Protozoa, British and foreign, and an account of the organisation and affinities of the Sponges. Each part (roy. 8vo in size) contains over 140 pages and eight plates. The general get-up of the work is magnificent, rather too much so for the poor student, already weighed down by the burden of the parts of Stein's “Infusionsthiere,” but very pleasant for the book fancier, and forming an imposing shrine wherein to inclose the records of these early-life forms.
A Manual of the Infusoria.
By W. Saville Kent. (London: David Bogue, 1880.)
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A Manual of the Infusoria . Nature 23, 264 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/023264b0
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