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teins, and transformations of nitrogen compounds in plants. One is thereby provided with "Prianishnikov's point of view in a form that English-speaking scientists can appreciate."

The scope of the book is indicated by the following titles of the seven chapters: From the History of the Nitrogen Problem; The Forms of Nitrogen Available to Plants; Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants and the Role of Ammonia and Amides; Synthesis of Organic Nitro- genous Compounds from Nitrates and Nitrites; The Assimilation of Free Nitrogen by Plants; Relation of Plants to Ammonia and Nitrate Nutrition Depending upon the Reaction of the Medium, Concentration of Solution, and Supply of Carbohydrates; Significance of Accompanying Cations and Anions in Ammonia and Nitrate Nutrition.

The translator and the collaborators that contributed notes and interpretation of the text are to be com- mended for their service in making an English version of this treatise available to plant physiologists.

ROBERT L. STARKEY Department of Microbiology Rutgers University

Ecological Animal Geography. (2nd ed.) Based on Tiergeographie auf Oekologischer Grundlage, by the late Richard Hesse. Second edition prepared by W. C. Allee and Karl P. Schmidt. xii + 715 pp. Illus, $9.50. Wiley, New York. 1951. D ESPITE the rearrangement of the title page which

places the nam.e of Richard Hesse in second billing, so to speak, this book will continue to be known as "Hesse, Allee, and Schmidt." It has been refurbished, rearranged a bit, and augmented with new material in many places. The bibliographies have not only been brought up to date, but they have also been presented in more extended form to include the titles as well. This alone accounts for a substantial portion of the 118 new pages of this edition. New material has been added to the discussions of barriers, bipolarity, intertidal zona- tion and limnology, and many other subjects. This has all been worked into the original text rather than ap- pended to various chapters. A few illustrations have been added, but the figures are for the most part the familiar friends of the previous edition. There have been a few oversights-recent work on the Black Sea and estuaries has been overlooked, for example-but the book as a whole remains one of the few indispensable contributions to the subject of biogeography.

La Jolla, Californra JOEL W. HEDGPETH

New Books The Genera of South African Flowering Plants. (Rev.

2nd ed.) Botanical Survey of South Africa, Memoir No. 25. E. Percy Phillips. 923 pp. ?2. Government Printer, Pretoria, Union of South Africa. 1951.

The Temporomandibular Joint. Bernard G. Sarnat, Ed. A monograph in "American Lectures in Dentistry," Edward J. Ryan, Ed. (American Lecture Series No. 134.) xviii + 148 pp. Illus. $4.75. Thomas, Springfield, Ill.; Ryerson Press, Toronto; Blackwell Scientific Pub- lications, Oxford, Eng. 1951.

Hormones: A Survey of their Properties and Uses. Council of the Pharmaccutical Society of Great Britain. xii + 220 pp. Illus. 35s. Pharmaceutical Press, London. 1951.

The Study of Instinct. N. Tinbergen. xii + 228 pp. Illus. $7.00. Clarendon Press, Oxford, Eng. 1951.

Principles of Radio. (6th ed.) Keith Henney and Glen A. Richardson. vii + 655 pp. $5.50. Wiley, New York; Chapman & Hall, London. 1952.

Amphibians of Western North America. Robert C. Steb- bins. 539 pp. Illus. $7.50. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. 1951.

Textbook of Organic Chemistry. (3rd ed.) George Holmes Richter. vii + 762 pp. $6.75. Wiley, New York; Chap- man & lIall, London. 1952.

Plastics Molding. John Delmonte. vii + 493 pp. Illus. $9.00. Wiley, New York; Chapman & Hall, London. 1952.

High Polymers, Vol. VIII. Copolymerization. Turner Alfrey, Jr., John J. Bohrer, and H. Mark. x + 269 pp. $6.80. Interscience, New York and London. 1952.

Substances Naturelles de Synthese, Vol. III. Leon Velluz, Ed. 156 pp. Illus. 1750 Fr. Masson, Paris. 1951.

Elements of Ceramics. F. H. Norton. xiv + 246 pp. Illus. $6.50. Addison-Wesley, Cambridge, Mass. 1952.

The Enzymes, Chemistry and Mechanism of Action, Vol. 2, Pt. 2. James B. Sumner and Karl Myrback, Eds. xi+pp. 791-1440. Illus. $14.00. Academic Press, New York. 1952.

The Chemistry of Synthetic Dyes, Vol. I. K. Venkatara- man. xvi + 704 pp. Illus. $14.50. Academic Press, New York. 1952.

The Explanation of Human Behaviour. F. V. Smith. 276 pp. $2.75. Macmillan, New York. 1952.

A Sex Guide to Happy Marriage. Edward F. Griffith. 352 pp. Illus. $3.00. Emerson, New York. 1952.

Range Management, Principles and Practices. Arthur W. Sampson. xiv + 570 pp. Illus. $7.50. Wiley, New York; Chapman & Hall, London, 1952.

The Integration of Behavior, Vol. I. Basic Postulates. Thomas M. French. xi + 272 pp. $5.00. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 1952.

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