But They Certainly Help to Keep Down Mosquitoes "Bats, Mosquitors axe Data Stiattrd Company, Bestest Price $8.g01d, ut Soe From time to time great men appear in the realm of preventive medicine and confer great benefits on humanity—Jenner, Laveran, the
others, brothers Ross, Pasteur, Koch' and Their labours and discoveries have anicloraed che Met of suf: ing humanity and saved—ma from sickness and possibly death, Gratitude to pioneers in such work is not often openly and loud> ly expressed by humanity, A. review of this work on bats as destroyers of mosquitoes and con sequently as preventers of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases affords an opportunity to express appreciation of the work of the author, Dr. Chas A. R, Campbell of San Antonio, Texas, U. 8. A. Twenty-four years of his life hav been devoted to the study of th common bat and to proving the Value of that. ugly little creature mosquito destruction and it ig with pleasure one notes that Drs Campbell's Inbours have been ap= preciated by Governments of, foreign countries and, best of all that he is not a prophet without Honour in his own country for his work has received the endorsement and hearty support of the medical men of his own State and of many, ther States in the Union.
His work is an apotheosis of this ugly but harmless and useful little creature, so often the cause of feminine fright, and a perusal of it is calculated to make one go out Into the open In, morgue-tien areas, sounding the trumpet, ing. the drum-and crying "Dead to the Mosquito! Let us build bat-roosts, many bat-roosts and more bat-roosts!"
In judging the quality of Dr. Campbell's work the writer of this review has the advantage of over 20 years experience of endeavour ig to reduce the number of mo quitees in a certain city in Chin That experience enables him con scientiously to recommend a close study of Dr. Campbell's fascinating book to all who are interested in this. serious question, The interest of the book is not by any means confined to the prom fessional man. It may be read, and chauid be read, by all good citizens of Shanghai and other ports and places of the Far Enst where the mosquito annoyance and danger exist, for the description of Dr. Campbell's struggles against ignorance of the habits of the bat, me Gluding his own ignorance, against joule, Inck of funds and some+ times a' question of his own sanity, form a romance that will entertain even the lay reader from cover to cover, Is there not in this work a lesson for Shanghai and for all placed on earth where that flying pest, the mosquito, makes life not only Jess enjoyable but often dangerous?
"Rambles and Reflections," a volume of essays upon which A. Benson was engaged when he died has now recently been published by, Mr, Murray, In a foreword E. F, Benson says that the essay his brother's favourite form of literary expression, which is amply borne out by this pleasant book, full of the charm of the man who wrote it.
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