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large fortunes were rapidly realized. A paper on the consolidated and united 

 mines in Cornwall is accompanied by several plates of surveys which must 

 be as useful to the adventurers as interesting to geologists. The latter indeed 

 will find an immense quantity of information condensed in the various tables of 

 celebrated mines in Europe and America. The Mining Review is an indis- 

 pensable appendage to a philosophical library. 



Observations on certain Curious Indentations in the Old Red Sand- 

 stone of Worcestershire and Herefordshire, considered as the 

 Tracts of Antediluvian Animals, &c. By JABEZ ALLIES, Esq. 

 With engravings. London, Edwards. 



AN exceedingly interesting work, which will not fail to attract the attention 

 of the Geologist, and indeed every lover of science. The author, who is 

 evidently an enthusiast, treats his subject with a master mind, which proves 

 him to be something beyond a mere theorist. The illustrations are good. 

 There is an appendix of other facts in geology, meteorology, astronomy, 

 natural history, topography, &c. 



A History of British Fishes, by William Yarrell, F. L. S. Part VI. 



Van Voorst. 1835. 



THIS part will advance the high reputation which the History of British 

 Fishes has already and deservedly acquired. It is, in fact, the only scientific 

 work on the subject that we possess. Mr. YarrelPs name is a sufficient 

 guarantee for the correctness of his descriptions, and we perceive that he 

 avails himself of the MS. notes of gentlemen who are well known by their 

 attainments in ichthyology. Cuvier's arrangement, which is that adopted, is 

 certainly the best calculated to convey the precise information required by 

 the student of this branch of natural history. Independently of the scientific 

 and literary execution of the work, the printer and engraver claim a share of 

 the praise, which cannot honestly be withheld. It might seem to disparage 

 other cuts, to select one as a specimen, yet we cannot but point out the 

 Black Goby, p. 251, the Fishing Frog, p. 261, and the Green- streaked 

 Wrasse, p. 271, as trophies of the art of wood-engraving. The vignettes 

 are admirable, and are in fact worth the whole price of the book. The Irish 

 Oysterman, the Fisherman with his Net, a river scene, and a Fisherman on 

 the Look-out, are exquisite productions. Neither naturalist nor sportsman 

 can have a complete library which does not contain this history of our finny 

 tribes. A slight defect is apparent at p. 246, where we are told that the 

 German and Danish names of the Sea- wolf or Swine-fish have a reference to 

 a supposed power of crushing even stones in its mouth ; but these names are 

 wholly omitted. 



A Manual of Entomology, from the German of Dr. Hermann Bur- 

 meister. By W. E. SHUCKARD, M. E. S., with additions by the 

 Author, and Original Notes and Plates by the Translator. Nos. 

 VII. and VIII. Churton, 1835. 



THIS valuable manual is now published in double numbers, with a view 

 to bring it to a conclusion in time for the next entomological season. The 

 principal subjects of the present issue are the organs of generation and mo- 

 tion, the horny skeleton, and the muscular system, which are treated with 

 the minute accuracy and research which have rendered Dr. Burmeister so 

 popular among continental philosophers. It would be but small praise to 

 say that Mr. Shuckard's translation is exact ; it has all the freedom of an 

 original composition, and is enriched by the author's MS. notes. 

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