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pages, and accompanied by a geological chart of Europe, 

 has been already published; and, by the table of contents, it 

 would appear to contain articles of interest. M. Boue con- 

 siders that, independently of seven excellent French publica- 

 tions devoted to geology, there is an eligible opening for this 

 work, which is published at irregular intervals, as the accu- 

 mulation of matter may require, and appears in 8vo volumes 

 of from 20 to 25 sheets, or in half volumes of from 10 to 12 

 sheets, with an indefinite supply of plates of charts and of 

 sections and figures of fossils. The price is stated to be the 

 lowest possible, to remove an objection which many have felt, 

 viz. that hitherto the most important of geological memoirs 

 have appeared in various publications, whose aggregate expense 

 was such that but few individuals could have access to them 

 all. M. Boue, therefore, besides presenting all the original 

 memoirs he can procure, and with which he solicits his nu- 

 merous friends, residing in all parts of Europe, to favour 

 him, designs also to present translations of all memoirs or 

 works, in whatever European language they may have been 

 written or published, which treat of the general points of the 

 science, and also to add such local descriptions and useful 

 indications as may be but little known : the whole of the 

 memoirs and the translations are, it appears, to be accom- 

 panied by notes explanatory or critical, as the subjects may 

 require, M. Boue takes on himself the translation of 

 memoirs written in every language of Europe, except, per- 

 haps, the Hungarian ; and remarks, that, as the promotion of 

 the progress of the sciences of geology and paleontology are his 

 only object, and not the establishment of this or that system, 

 he shall be happy to admit all views, however much opposed 

 to his own they may be, provided they are characterised by 

 consideration, and are not too paradoxical. M. Boue advises 

 those who are disposed to send manuscripts, not to omit such 

 as are voluminous and accompanied by a great number of 

 designs, provided the facts they contain are important, and 

 have been well observed ; because, if the publication of the 

 communications so characterised should, on examination, not 

 fall within the scope of his work, they will be received with 

 welcome by the Geological Society of France. 



Art. V. Literary Notices. 



Swainson's Oimithological Drawings illustrating the System 

 of Nature. — Mr. Swainson, in a work of this title, is about to 

 give to the world the result of many years' study and prepa- 



