2 OCTOBER 1886, Page 25

Fresh-Water Fishes of Europe. By H. G. Seeley. (Cassell and

Co.) —Messrs. Cassell make in this volume an interesting and valuable addition to the series of works on natural history published by them. British fishes are pretty well known to most of us, but there is much yet strange in the fish-lore of other countries. All this is fully supplied, and Professor Seeley claims with justice that in this volume "the fresh-water fishes of Europe are systematically described for the first time." The work is copiously and excellently illustrated.