195 Literary Notices. 



graphical list and review of all books written either for the 

 improvement in, or that are descriptive of, the art of angling, 

 commencing with the Treatise of Fysshynge "myth an Angle ^ 

 originally printed in the ' Boke ' of St. Alban's, and attri- 

 buted to Dame Juliana Berners, and continued to the last 

 work which has appeared on the subject ; combining criticism 

 with copious and characteristic extracts and analyses, and 

 biographical sketches of authors and editors." In the mode 

 of publishing the proposed work, " the form of a magazine 

 has been decided upon." 



As worthy the remembrance of our junior readers, and as 

 instancing the editor's style of treating his subject, we present 

 an extract : — " Every one who is acquainted with the habits 

 of fish is sensible of the extreme acuteness of their vision, and 

 well knows how easily they are scared by shadows in motion, 

 or even at rest, projected from the bank ; and often has the 

 angler to regret the suspension of a successful fly-fishing by 

 the accidental passage of a person along the opposite bank of 

 the stream : yet, by noting the apparently trivial habits of one 

 of nature's anglers, not only is our difficulty obviated, but 

 our success insured. The heron, guided by a wonderful in- 

 stinct, preys chiefly in the absence of the sun ; fishing in the 

 dusk of the morning and evening, on cloudy days and moon- 

 light nights. But should the river become flooded to dis- 

 coloration, then does the ' long-necked felon ' fish indiscrimi- 

 nately in sun and shade ; and in a recorded instance of his 

 fishing on a bright day, it is related of him, that, like a skilful 

 angler, he occupied the shore opposite the sun." 



De Ferussac, Baron : Histoire Nat:irelle generale et parti- 

 culiere des MoUusques, tant des especes qu'on trouve au- 

 jourd'hui vivantes que des depouilles fossiles de celles qui 

 n'existent plus ; classes d'apres les caracteres essentiels que 

 presentent ces animaux et leurs coquilles. This work is 

 resumed ; and the author, during the period of suspension, 

 which, he represents, has been most diligently occupied, has 

 prepared livraisons on the Cephalopodes, Pteropodes, and 

 Gasteropodes, several of which are ready for delivery. 



Of the Histoire Naturelle des MoUusques terrestres etfluvia- 

 tiles seven livraisons are ready to appear, and will be published 

 in the course of 1832. All who have seen this most valuable 

 and useful work will feel as much pleasure in receiving this 

 information as we feel in communicating it. 



