Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo18amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Discovcriiif: Proiii('tlir;i cocoons where they swing from the bare twigs Quick Key to a Knowledge of Common Insects' A REVIEW OF THE FIRST GENUINE FIELD BOOK PUBLISHED ON THE FAMILIES OF INSECTS OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES 2 By WILLIAM M O R T O X W HEELER Dean of the Bussev Institution, Harvard University WHEX this charming little vohune, which fits the hand and the pocket so comfort- ahly, was sent me by the publisher, it set me to thinking rather enthusiasti- cally about the recent splendid progress of American entomology and somewhat regretfully about the state of the sci- ence when forty years ago I first be- came interested in the insects of my native state, Wisconsin. In those days what would I not have given to have possessed such a volume? But, of course, such a work could not have been written at a time when American entomologv was, if not in its infancy, at any rate in its childhood. Where now the public library shelves devoted to entomology are loaded with beauti- fully illustrated works on our moths, butterflies, beetles, flies, and spiders, there was then only a meager array of European volumes, with Packard's Guide and Harris' Injects Injurious to Vegetation, and the two latter works— especially Packard's Guide—seemed never to contain any information one happened to be seeking. Perhaps there were compensations in being compelled to rely on one's own efforts, but I re- member often repeating to myself an aphorism of Goethe, learned from one ' Tlie .JOTRXAL expresses gratitude to G. P. Putnam's Sons for tlieir courtesy in allowing vise of the eight color plates which follow the review. - Fifid Book of Insects, with Special liefprencp to those oi Xnrtltenstern I'ttited States, .Aimiii;/ to Answer Common Questions, by Frank K. T^utz. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London, 1918. 381

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