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WE welcome with great satisfaction the publication of Parts ii., iii. and iv. of this important work. Originally issued in German in three parts, the first two of which were reviewed in these columns in 1891 (vol. xlv. p. 145), the English translation was issued in four parts, the first of which was published in 1896, the second and third in 1899, and the fourth part in 1900. In the somewhat considerable interval which has elapsed between the issue of the original work and that of its English translation, extensive additions have been made to our knowledge in several departments of embryology. These have been met by editorial footnotes and supplementary lists of literature. The latter appear to have been carefully compiled and will be found by students to have great utility. Indeed, it may be said that, so far as the literature is concerned, Parts ii., iii. and iv. are up to date, and there can be no question that they will be of the greatest value to English zoologists. All that was said in praise of the work in the review of Part i. (NATURE, 1896, vol. liii. p. 361) applies with almost greater force to the volumes before us. They constitute an accurate and comprehensive treatise on invertebrate embryology, and no zoologist's library can be considered complete without them.
Text-Book of the Embryology of Invertebrates.
By Profs. Korschelt Heider. Translated by M. Bernard. Vol. ii., 1899 (pp. xv + 375); Vol. iii., 1899 (pp. xii + 441); Vol. iv., 1900 (pp. xi + 594). (London: Swan Sonnenschein and Co., Ltd.)
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Text-Book of the Embryology of Invertebrates . Nature 63, 605 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/063605a0
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