Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Histologie der Tiere

Abstract

WE have only one serious fault to find with this book and it reflects no discredit on the author. That any book should be issued to the public in such a form that the mere operation of cutting the leaves-to say nothing of perusing the pages-involves its falling to pieces can only be characterised as a grave fault, although it is common in scientific books which are “made in Germany” Another fault usual in books hailing from the same quarter,“and against which we have frequently protested, is absent in this one, for it contains an index, although not a very complete or well-arranged index. For example, we find “mehrreihiges Epithel,” “mehrschichtiges Epithel,” indexed, not with “Epithel” the substantive, but in the alphabetical situation of the adjective, where no one would think of looking for them. The art arid science of index making has not, it must be confessed, up to the present made much progress in Germany, a fact the more remarkable since it is the country which beyond all others is a producer of books imperatively demanding efficient indices.

Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Histologie der Tiere.

By Dr. Karl Camillo Schneider. Pp. xiv + 988. (Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1902.) Price 24 marks.