. The naturalist in Australia. Natural history. THE GREAT BARRIER REEF OF Sazillc k'tut. Photo. Illusteation from "The Great Barriek "Reef op Australia.' Extracts from Opinions of the Press ON MR. SAVILLE-KENT'S RECENT BOOK "THE GREAT BARRIER REEF OF AUSTRALIA" (Published by Messks. "W. H. Allen & Co., Limited, London). Super-royal Quarto (13-J^ x 10), containing 16 Chroyno and 48 Whole-page Plates in Photo-ynezzotype. Net Price £4a 4s« TIMES. The sumptuous yolume entitled, " The Great Barrier Reef of AustraUa : Its Products and PotentiaUties,"
. The naturalist in Australia. Natural history. THE GREAT BARRIER REEF OF Sazillc k'tut. Photo. Illusteation from "The Great Barriek "Reef op Australia.' Extracts from Opinions of the Press ON MR. SAVILLE-KENT'S RECENT BOOK "THE GREAT BARRIER REEF OF AUSTRALIA" (Published by Messks. "W. H. Allen & Co., Limited, London). Super-royal Quarto (13-J^ x 10), containing 16 Chroyno and 48 Whole-page Plates in Photo-ynezzotype. Net Price £4a 4s« TIMES. The sumptuous yolume entitled, " The Great Barrier Reef of AustraUa : Its Products and PotentiaUties," by W. Saville-Kent, , , &c., will be interesting primarily to zoologists and naturalists in general, but it is not with- out attractions for those who concern themselves with the commercial interests of Australia. It contains an exliaustive " account with copious coloured and photographic illustrations of the corals and coral reefs, pearl and pearl shell, beche-de-mer, and other fishing industries and the marine fauna of the Australian Great Barrier ; The illustrations are very skilfully executed and very interesting in themselves, and the letterpress consists of a series of elaliorate monographs on the natural features and products of this wonderful region. , . Mr. Saville-Kent's chapter on the commercial potentialities of the reef is a veritable romance of the sea, and his whole work is a lal)our of love and enthusiasm. SATURDAY REVIEW. This is a sumptuous book : a large quarto volume, illustrated by no less than forty-eight plates in photo-mezzotype and sixteen in chromo-lithog-raphy. Such a complete study of a coral reef has never before been published. It deals not only with the natural history of the Great Barrier Reef, but also with the marine industries of that region, which are of no small importance to the colony of Queensland, . . Mr. Saville-Kent's photogi-aphs and descriptions g-ive a wonderfully vivid idea of these strange &quo
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