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Cover: Nature as a Jeweller: Actissa Princeps, One of the Protozoa, Resembling a Jewelled Decoration. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Reflections in a Mirror: Second Series" by Charles Morgan; Aftermath of War: Record of the Seventy-Ninth Armoured Division; Books of the Day; and The World of Science: The Problem of the Edible Frog. Pictorial Journals include: A Drop of Water as Nature's "Jewel-Case": The Strange Beauty of Microscopic Living "Gems" Modelled in Glass; An Echo of Our Greatest Blow at the Ruhr: The Mohne Dam Today; Lord (Harold) Alexander's Installation as Governor-General of Canada; MacKenzie King, Prime Minister, Addressing a Welcome to the Lord (Harold) Alexander, the New Governor-General of Canada; "The Grace of Humility": His Majesty Dispensing Alms in the Royal Maundy Ceremony at Westminster Abbey (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); When Gold is Found: The Ancient Art of Assaying; The New Home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory: Historic Hurstmonceux Castle, in the Sussex Weald; The American Scene: News Pictures From the States; The Ionosphere Rocket: A New Projectile to be Used For Meteorological Purposes; Camouflage on the Grand Scale: A "Housing Estate" on Netting Above a Vast American Aircraft Plant; The British Scene: News Events in London, Yorkshire and Oxfordshire; The Ingenuity of Prisoners-Of-War: Mechanical Gadgets Made of Junk; News Items at Home and Abroad; Classified By Hoefnagel with Insects: The Mysterious Hairy Folk; Pages From Artists' Sketchbook: A Novel Exhibition; and Masterpieces of British Water-Colour at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Binding sound. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book