2 JANUARY 1897, Page 36

Messrs. Frederick Wayne and Co. have published the sixth volume

of their large, handsome, and profusely illustrated Royal Natural History, edited by Mr. Richard Lydekker. This volume treats of invertebrate animals, including jointed animals such as ants, bees, beetles, centipedes and crustaceans, and mollusc's, worms, jellyfish, corals, sponges, and protozoans.