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THIS is the first of a series of booklets giving an account of the general biology, physiology, life history, and ecology of the animals comprising the German fauna. Marine forms are omitted from considerations of space. No systematic treatment is attempted, and only so much of the anatomy, histology, and embryology of the animals is included as is necessary for a proper understanding of their biology. It is essentially a book of Nature study, wholly excellent in conception, popular in intention and strictly scientific in treatment. It will be issued in a series of pocket Volumes, on the lines of Brauer's “Siisswasserfauna,” and when completed will form a companion work to Brohmer's “Fauna von Deutschland,” in which the systematics of the groups are dealt with. The work is intended for use in the field by students, teachers, and field naturalists generally, and should be of the greatest value in stimulating the study of Nature on a scientific basis. There is room for a similar work on the British land and freshwater fauna; but until such appears this book will, at any rate partially, fill the need.
Biologie der Tiere Deutschlands.
Bearbeitet unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachleute und herausgegeben von Dr. Paul Schulze. Lieferung 1. Teil 2: Spongiaria. Von P. Schulze. Teil 3: Cnidaria. Von P. Schulze. (Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1922.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 112, 161 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112161c0
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