[Book Reviews]

Abstract

THE proof of the first half of this new edition was corrected when the sudden death of the senior author, Prof. H. E. Ziegler, occurred on June 1, 1925. Prof. Bresslau has therefore been responsible for the revision of the second half of the volume. The aim of the book is to give a definition or brief explanation of the terms used in zoology, of the classes and orders of animals, of the most important families, and of those genera which are of special significance from a theoretical or from an economic point of view. The classical origins of the terms and of the generic names are given, and in many cases the author of a term is cited, e.g. “Gastrula (Haeckel, 1872).”

Zoologisches Wörterbuch: Erklärung der zoologischen Fachausdrücke; zum Gebrauch beim Studium zoologischer, anatomischer, entwicklungsgeschichtlicher und naturphilosophischer Werke.

Verfasst von Prof. Dr. E. Bresslau und Prof. Dr. H. E. Ziegler. Unter Mitwirkung von Prof. J. Eichler, Prof. Dr. E. Fraas, Prof. Dr. K. Lampert, Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schmidt, und Prof. Dr. J. Wilhelmi. Revidiert und herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. H. E. Ziegler und Prof. Dr. E. Bresslau. Dritte vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage. Pp. viii + 786. (Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1927.) 28 gold marks.