16 MAY 1908, page 23

The Origin Of Land Plants.*

THIS work, by the Professor of Botany in Glasgow University, is too technical for detailed notice in our pages, but it is such a remarkable contribution to botanical literature......

Bishop Ridding.* Not A, Few Readers Will Learn For The

first time from this volume how wise and strong a man Bishop Ridding was. Those who were near him knew something of it ; the outside George ?Adding : Schoolmaster and Bishop. By......

The Finances Of The Great Powers.* Not So Many Years

ago the independence of the professorial class in Germany was the cause of serious embarrassment to the Government. Times have changed. Nothing is more striking in modern......