Biology

Abstract

OF all extinct animals, the land reptiles named Dinosaurs are the most widely familiar and most frequently mentioned. The gigantic and bizarre proportions of many of them appeal to the popular imagination, and they often lend themselves to effective use in humorous pictures. Dr. Swinton has therefore done good service by writing and publishing an authentic account of our present knowledge of these animals, to which easy reference can be made. He has treated the subject from every point of view, and the attractiveness of his book is much enhanced by several beautiful photographs of new restorations of Dinosaurs made under his direction by Mr. Vernon Edwards.

The Dinosaurs: a Short History of a Great Group of Extinct Reptiles.

By Dr. W. E. Swinton. Pp. xii + 233 + 25 plates. (London: Thomas Murby and Co., 1934.) 15s. net.