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THE little volume before us affords an excellent example of the thorough-going and careful manner in which every detail connected with the late meeting of the British Association at Cambridge was thought out and worked out by the responsible executive. As a matter of fact, the volume in question is likely to be much more than a mere ephemeral production, and will probably take its place as one of the standard text-books in the scientific teaching of the university; for it will scarcely be disputed that a thorough knowledge of the natural history of the district in which the student resides is one of the very best aids towards attaining a comprehensive grasp of biology and geology in general. The term natural history, it should be mentioned, is employed in this work in its very widest and most extensive sense, embracing not only zoology and botany, but likewise geology and palæontology; while the scope of the undertaking is still further increased by an excellent chapter on prehistoric archæology.
Handbook to the Natural History of Cambridgeshire.
Edited by J. E. Marr A. E. Shipley. Pp. viii + 260: (Cambridge: University Press, 1904.) Price 4s. net.
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L., R. Handbook to the Natural History of Cambridgeshire . Nature 70, 452 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/070452a0
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