278 Penny Cyclopaedia. 



pages:" the first volume, however, contains but 812, in- 

 cluding the introduction. The paper, likewise, in some of the 

 later numbers (especially that for December), is of very in- 

 ferior quality to the preceding. It is much to be regretted 

 that the editor restricted himself to three volumes ; a very 

 small allowance for a work which is to take in the whole of 

 nature. Some of the plates, as the giraffe and the brahminy 

 ox, are worthy Landseer's name; but the greater portion 

 (except the insects, trees, and flowers) are mere scrawls : 

 some additional woodcuts would have been far preferable. 

 Had it not been for the high talent observable throughout 

 the publication, I should not have thought it worth while to 

 make these remarks ; which, it is to be hoped, will have their 

 intended effect in the proper quarter. — C. 2\ Wood. Foston 

 Hall, Derbyshire, Jan. 15. 1836, 



[In VII. 382. 605, 606.; VIII. 247.; are notices of this 

 work.] 



The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge : The Penny 

 Cyclopaedia; in Numbers, Id. each. 



In VIII. 680. is an indication of subjects in natural history 

 that have been treated on in the Penny Cyclopaedia : the fol- 

 lowing are more. jBoa, Boarmia, Boat-bill (Cancromia), 

 Bob-o-link or rice bunting (Dolichonyx oryzivorus Swains.), 

 in No. 275.; Bog, 278.; .Boletus, 281.; Bohenia, 283.; Bom- 

 bus, Ztombycidse, 285.; Bombycilla, 285,286.; itombylidae, 

 286.; Bonasia, 289, 290.; Bone, Bonellia, 290.; Booby, 290, 

 291.; Ztoragineae, Borassus, 293.; Boswelh'a, 302. ; botany, 

 302, 303. ; Bothynoderes, Botryllus, bots, 304. ; Brachyelytra, 

 Brachinus, Brachionus, Brachiopoda, 310; Brachycerus, Bra- 

 chypodinse, Brachypteryx, 311.; brain, brain of animals, 313.; 

 Branchiopoda, 314. ; Brentides, 320. ; British Museum, 328. 



Zornlin, Bosina Maria, Author of " What is a Comet, Papa ?" 

 The Solar Eclipse, or the Two Almanacks, containing 

 more Enquiries in Astronomy. Small 8vo, 98 pages, with 

 some woodcuts. 1836. Is. 

 One would deem it a very eligible work for the youth of 



families in which they have been accustomed to designate and 



view objects in a scientific manner. 



Art. II. Literary Notices. 



A Magazine to be devoted exclusively to Zoology and Botany 

 has been proposed, of the character and plan as follows : — It 



