Contrary to what may be erroneously inferred from all the entomologically incorrect Halloween displays being more and more commonly seen these days, spiders do not possess internal calcified skeletons.
Common Spiders of North America
Newly Noted Books
New and forthcoming books that are worthy of attention but that have not yet been fully reviewed.
The Seafarers and Wintering
I’m beginning to suspect that Stephen Rutt dislikes book reviewers.
Not so very long ago, I opened a parcel from Elliott & Thompson that contained a lovely copy of Mr. Rutt’s new “The Seafarers; a Journey Among Birds.” An examination of the history and ecological significance of seabirds in Britain, as well as something of a love letter to them and the remove lives they lead, it looked very much like just the sort of book that I would fancy.
Dinosaur Facts and Figures
As I opened the large, flat package from Princeton University Press and drew out the book it contained, for a few fleeting but very intense moments I was eight-years-old once again, sitting on the floor in my family’s living room, surrounded by a herd of small, green and brown plastic dinosaurs.
On the Origin of Species (Natural History Museum Facsimile Edition)
If you’re like me, you may very well have more than one copy of some of your favorite books. Perhaps they are different editions, perhaps one is a loaner and the other your prized copy. In the case of Charles Darwin’s On the “Origin of Species,” my own total presently stands at four – or rather, with the arrival of the new special edition published by the Natural History Museum, five.