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IN this book, reprinted from the Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Sciences, Prof. Verrill gives an account of the Bermuda group which is intended to subserve four distinct purposes; first, that of a general guide-book on the history, structure, and productions of the islands, for the use of visitors; second, o′ an introductory text-book to the study of the natural history of the archipelago; third, of a record of the more important changes in the flora and fauna already caused by man; and, lastly, that of a general introduction to a series of more technical memoirs, by the author and other naturalists, on the natural history and geology of the islands, now in course of publication. The present volume includes a general description of the islands, an account of their physical geography and meteorology, a sketch of their discovery and early history, and an account of the animals and plants introduced or exterminated since their discovery by the Spaniards about 1510. The last part of Prof. Verrill's work is of special value, for, so far as appears, no human being had set foot on the islands before that date. Accounts of the geology and marine zoology of the group are promised in a later volume. The book is illustrated by thirty-eight excellent plates, and a large number of cuts, and a valuable bibliography is appended.
The Bermuda Islands.
By A. E. Verrill, Yale University. (Published by the Author, New Haven, Conn., U.S.A., 1902.)
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The Bermuda Islands . Nature 68, 53 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/068053a0
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