. Science-gossip . d Difficult Uords from ExaminationPapers. Part 2, for Seniors. Selected by APractical Teacher. (London : Relfe Bros.) Price 3d. These thousand words are evidently selected, asstated in the title, and are by no means catchy,or the trick words often heard at spelling only disadvantage seems to be in theirarrangement, which would have been better ifalphabetical. 46 SCIEXCE-GOSSIF. The Hare. 263 pp. 8vo, with 9 illustrations byG. D. Giles, A. Thorbcrn and C. Whimper.(London, New York and Bombay; Longmans,Green and Co., Price 5s. This is the latest of Messrs. Long
. Science-gossip . d Difficult Uords from ExaminationPapers. Part 2, for Seniors. Selected by APractical Teacher. (London : Relfe Bros.) Price 3d. These thousand words are evidently selected, asstated in the title, and are by no means catchy,or the trick words often heard at spelling only disadvantage seems to be in theirarrangement, which would have been better ifalphabetical. 46 SCIEXCE-GOSSIF. The Hare. 263 pp. 8vo, with 9 illustrations byG. D. Giles, A. Thorbcrn and C. Whimper.(London, New York and Bombay; Longmans,Green and Co., Price 5s. This is the latest of Messrs. Longmans Fcrand Feather Series, edited by Mr. Alfred Watson. The Natural History of the Hare is little beck is to deal \vith the first section, in whichMr. Macpherson chattily compresses into aboutsixty pases a vast amount of carefully selected loreappertaining to the history of hares. This hegroups in chapters headed: Studies in HareLife, • Pages of Hare Lore, The Hare and theLawyers, and The Hare and her •A Thi Hare (Longmans Fur and Feather Series.) written by the Rev. H. A. Macpherson ; its Shoot-ing by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles : Coursing byCharles Richardson ; Hunting by J. S. Gibbonsand G. H. Longman ; and. nnaliy, its Cooker}- isexplained artistically by Cclcnel Kenney on all this eminent attention, thehare doubtless feels either important or business in noticing this beautifully produced Among the acre important and little-understoodfeatures connected with hares are their to them, the author remarks withgreat truth: Vve know xery httle about thediseases from wild animals suffer. Inconfinement their maladies are connected moreor less with improper feeding and want of adequateexercise and fresh air ; and these disorders can be SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 47 overcome by patience and trouble. But I never yetmet anyone who had devoted special attention to theinvestigation of the diseases which affect ou
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