By Francis George Heath. Sampson Low & Co., London.

We have already noticed this interesting and instructive volume. The work is well calculated to accomplish the end the author has in view - namely, to create an interest in, and love for, Ferns, and to teach how they should be cultivated. The volume is now being reissued as a serial in monthly parts; and we trust that in this form and manner of publication it may have a large increase of readers. The book is charmingly written, very instructive, and is profusely illustrated with coloured plates and engravings of photographs taken from nature. It should be in the libraries of all who are interested in the Fern World.

The Fern World #1

By Francis George Heath. Serial publication. Sampson Low & Co., London.

We have the eighth part of the serial issue of this charming book before us. It contains beautifully correct coloured plates of the soft prickly Shield Fern, the Holly Fern, and the hard prickly Shield Fern. The letterpress deals with the Parsley Fern, the Bristle Fern, the Moonwort, the little Adder's Tongue, and the Common and Mountain Polypodies. We have already referred to the pleasing and instructive character of this work. All lovers of Ferns, and every naturalist, should possess the work.