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IT is with regret that one learns of the sudden death of the author of this book almost immediately after its publication. But though the author has passed away, his book remains, and sentimental considerations must not prevent a reviewer from giving a plain statement of his impression of it. The book is meant primarily to assist the beginner and to instil into him some enthusiasm for that most fascinating of hobbies, the study of pond life. In his desire to popularise this subject, the author has certainly written a very attractive and interesting book. He had considerable experience of the subject, and has therefore been able to give much valuable information on the habitat and the best method of collecting fresh-water organisms. Both animals and plants are treated very fully. Most of the illustrations are admirable, and there are a great many remarkably fine photo-micrographs, the majority of which are taken with dark-ground illumination.
Microscopic Fresh Water Life.
ByF. J. W. Plaskitt. Pp. xi + 278 + 14 plates. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1926.) 13s. 6d. net.
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L., A. Microscopic Fresh Water Life . Nature 119, 117 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119117b0
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