Abstract
THIS well-produced volume, replete with information and references, is in some ways both unique and exhaustive. Within a compass of rather more than 1000 pages there is related practically everything that is worth recording, and also much that is trivial, respecting the rise and development of applied entomology in the State of California. The point of view of the book is, therefore, essentially western American. The author explains this in the preface, partly on the ground that the historical growth of the subject is much less known in the west than elsewhere in the United States. California has kept well to the fore in applied entomology, and is one of the most highly progressive States of the Union in this respect. This, however, scarcely justifies the disconcerting title borne by the book, and the absence of any sub-title which might proclaim its actual scope.
A History of Entomology.
By Prof. E. O. Essig. Pp. vii + 1029. (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1931.) 42s. net.
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I, A. A History of Entomology . Nature 128, 655–656 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128655a0
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