Literary Notices. 67 



Treatment of Rabies in the Dog, and other Domestic Animals ; being a 

 Series of Papers published in The Veterinarian^ in 1828, 1829, and 1830. 

 London, 1830. Pamph. 8vo. 3*. 



This little work is very highly spoken ofj hut its object being rather foreign 

 from the nature of our work, we can onlj^par^ TQOVi to upticis it, accom- 

 panied by our best wishes for its success. ,. . . , ., ., , , ■ 



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Letters to a Young Naturalist, by Dr. Drummond of Belfast, are nearly 

 ready for publication .; ■■ The> great objcct^fithesfe' letters is the recommend- 

 ation ofthe study of 'iiatural history j» i- ,u3.-.li' (uJ/.n ,>ii')i/>iii'.ai ,r\ ^i ' 



^ Scientific Annual, Imwhfich'naturalt'histef^v^iilribhn'il piiofttfiiient fea- 

 ture, is m pxepaxa^on.bYMf^■.^k^p^*.^J^.S'i pf. Wifthqm. , .,7||ier^ > no 

 annual, or rather per^nr^ial,, ]tha,t vyp jfoo\y./)/> that ,hi^s^ (^ojp.,e .^p-ipi^ph for 

 natural history as the 'Young f^(;idij}3 Jioo^^^ by JBranston and; .Go- ' .W'^e 

 could wish it in the hand^ of ^yery ^(eiaip Wder tbii'ty ; i;ide^4,iW.e cannot 

 sufE^ciently pecommejid It. , We sht^ll alsqbe happy tp reco^nmend Mr.Hig- 

 gins'sl wiprk if. wp think it deserve it ; but though we have had the titles of 

 a part of the proposed, 9p^tent^^ent,,>^e,^iu^t.wa^ttilJ,^e ,?^^. tj>.e book 

 complete. —r Co?zc/. ,,;.^. ,, t u.\ e-h. -r />'/}> •' fl'^ J<i :> •••• 



A Gardening and JSfatilrqlisf s An^^al,^,.^te4•,,}>y ^"il^y^^ 

 thoress of TJie Mummy, Conversations, on Chronology fBi£,^\Nu\,2i,^^ 

 November, 1831, and will be continued annually. 



This work will consist of select, practical and theoretical articles on all 

 the 4epartments of gardening, and on vegetable physiology, botany, ^nd all 

 those branches of patural history connected with agriculture,, gardening, or 

 the rural life of female society in climates corresponding with those pfEng- 

 gland apd North America. It ;will also contain a garden aad field calendar 

 of operatipns to be performed ;. and of fmits, flowers, and garden and field 

 products in perfection ; apd also a calendar of nature. The object will be 

 to combine science with practical knowledge, and to add to the interest and 

 enjoj-mentg of country life; mPre' especially to those of women, and of 

 young persons of both sexes. Communications to this work are earnestly 

 requested, addressed to the care of the Conductor of the Magazine of Na- 

 tural History; and the contributors of such as are used will be /compli- 

 mented with one or moi-e copies of the Annual, elegantly bound. '' 



No article will appear in this work whfcTi has been published in the Ma- 

 gazine of Nati\ral .History or the Gardiner's M^g^zipe j nor will a^y article 

 which may app(ear^^^'tl^e^'i(|ardening, A.^9ualJ?^^ repeaje^'i^^'eith,ef ^^ 



periodicals. ";':.':"'!„.'•:" '/.v ^ ■ .^.>' - '!jJ? ;- u. / --^ , 



]\^07itagu*s Ornithological JDictioimry, with . iiumerous ulpstmtive wood- 

 cuts and additions, edited by J. Rennie, Esq. A.M. F.L.S. Prof, of Nat. 

 Hist, in King's College, London, is announced. To Colonel Montagu the 

 British Fauna is indebted for most important discoveries ; and a new' edi- 

 tion of his excellent work has long been much Wanted. 



Wilson's American Ornithology.— Sir William Jardine, Bart. F.R.S.E. 

 F. L. S., &c., AuthPr of Illustrations of Ornithology, has in the press an edi- 

 tion of Wilson's American Ornithology, with the continuation by Charles 

 Lucieri Bonaparte; the former published in Philadelphia in 1802, the latter 

 in 1825 and 1826. The whole will be contained in tliree volumes, demy 

 octavo, with upwards of 100 engravings, and copious notes by the editor; 

 together with an enumeration and description of the newly discovered spe- 

 cies not included in the original work. 



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