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PROF. FOLSOM'S well-known text-book gives a clear and concise accountof the various aspects of entomology, and is written with the object of meeting the growing demand for a biological treatment of the subject. The present (third) edition includes a considerable amount of new letterpress, with the addition of an opportune chapter on insect ecology, and some 250 titles have been added to the bibliography. Considering the limited size of the book (500 pp.), the author has been remarkably successful in dealing with his subject in a comprehensive manner. An elementary treatment is, of course, only possible within this compass. Entomology, like other branches of science, has made such rapid strides during the last twelve years or so, that it is almost impossible to compress a really adequate work into less than 800 or 900 closely printed pages. There is a great need at the present time for a more advanced book, since works of an elementary nature are tolerably numerous. Among the latter, Prof. Folsom's book is undoubtably one of the best. The author's admirably terse and lucid style is of great value to the beginner, while the up-to-date bibliography, that is appended at the end, serves as a guide to the sources where fuller information is obtainable.
Entomology: with Special Reference to its Ecological Aspects.
By Prof. J. W. Folsom. Third revised edition. Pp. vii + 502. (London: John Murray, 1923.) 21s. net.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 112, 757 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112757a0
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