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THE incidents and impressions of ţwo prolonged journeys through the northern and north-western provinces of Spain are brightly recorded in the volume before us. Personal experiences always have in them the making of an interesting book; and when things are seen with an intellectual eye, and the itinerary refers to places off the beaten track, the narrative is sure to engage attention. The present work, in which the wanderings of Dr. Gadow and his wife are described, possesses both these claims to recognition; moreover, it is well illustrated by camera and pencil. The accounts of the districts traversed, and the notes on the characteristics and customs of the inhabitants, will interest geographers; while archæologists will find a chapter on the Dolmen of Álava, and numerous short descriptions of other interesting antiquities. For students of biological science there are chapters on the fauna and flora of Northern Spain. The former chapter is a valuable analysis of the fauna of the Iberian peninsula.
In Northern Spain.
By Hans Gadow Pp. xvi + 421. With map and eighty-nine illustrations. (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1897.)
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In Northern Spain. Nature 56, 540 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/056540a0
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