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known experience in planting and the great success which has at- 

 tended his plans are so well known, that we need scarcely say that 

 great attention has been paid to that portion of this work. On the 

 whole, we consider the present volume as well deserving of its place 

 in the well-known series of works on British Natural History, of 

 which Mr. Van Voorst has procured the publication, but cannot 

 conclude without expressing a hope that a little more attention will 

 be paid to the botanical part in the preparation of a second edition. 



Travels in New Zealand. By E. DiefFenbach, M.D., late Naturalist 

 to the New Zealand Company. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1843. 



We consider this work as the most valuable addition that has been 

 made of late to our knowledge of this highly interesting country. In 

 connexion with a very full account of the topography of the north- 

 ern island, of which the author traversed nearly all parts, it con- 

 tains very full and interesting notices of its botany, zoology, and 

 geological character. But what appears to us to be by far the most 

 valuable portion of the book, is the insight which is derived from 

 it into the manners, customs, state and prospects of the Aborigines. 

 The high opinion that we had previously formed of these people is 

 fully confirmed by the observations of Dr. DiefFenbach, than whom 

 no person has had better opportunities of coming to a just conclusion 

 on the subject. From his remarks, there can be no doubt that by 

 judicious treatment they may soon become a highly civilized people 

 and a most valuable body of British subjects, and that ultimately an 

 admixture of their race with that of the English colonists will be an 

 advantageous occurrence. We have not space for further remarks, 

 but strongly recommend the book to our readers. Mr. J. E. Gray 

 has furnished the author with a full list of the mammalia, reptiles, 

 amphibia and moUusca ; Mr. G. R. Gray of the birds ; Dr. Richard- 

 son of the fishes ; and Messrs. A. White and E. Doubleday of the 

 annulose animals, which have been hitherto recorded as found in 

 New Zealand, including many new species. 



Repertorium Botanices Systematicce. Auctore G. G. Walpers. 

 Vol. i. and vol. ii. Part. I. 8vo. Leipsic, 1842-43. 



This is a work which is quite essential to all botanists, and we can 

 recommend it to them in the strongest terms. It is intended to form 

 a Supplement to the invaluable * Prodromus' of DeCandoUe, and con- 

 tains the characters of nearly all the new species that have been pub- 

 lished since the appearance of the several volumes of that work. 



Pkeparing for Publication. 



The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. By John James Au- 

 dubon, F.R.S. &c., and the Rev. John Bachman, D.D. &c. 



The plan adopted by the authors, for the publication of this work, 

 in a great degree corresponds with that pursued by Mr. Audubon in 

 his large work on the ' Birds of America.' Many of the species are 

 given of their natural size, and in most cases, several figures, with 



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