Abstract
FIRST published in 1931, this book is by now sufficiently well known and appreciated to render a lengthy review unnecessary. A veritable encyclopaedia on fish-life, profusely illustrated by Lieut.-Col. W. P. C. Tenison, it is a most interesting and useful volume which most specialists and many laymen would like to have on their bookshelves. Hitherto, the published price of 285. net has prevented this, but the recent issue of a photo-lithographic reproduction of the original work, at the much more favourable price of 15s., will enable many more to purchase a copy. Comparing this second edition with the first, it must be admitted that the print has lost quality in the process of reproduction, although the general result is surprisingly good. The binding, however, would seem to leaVe something to be desired, since the plates (at least in the reviewer's copy) will soon become detached, including the most attractive photograph of the angel fish which forms the frontispiece.
A History of Fishes
Prof.
J. R.
Norman
By. Second edition. Pp. xv + 463 + 8 plates. (London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1936.) 15s. net.
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A History of Fishes. Nature 139, 654 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139654d0
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