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are extinguished with the life of the animal. This may be in a great degree 

 remedied by the skill of an artist like M. Gu^rin, thoroughly acquainted 

 with all the intricacies of his subject, but can never be entirely overcome ; 

 and in the monkeys especially, in consequence of the peculiar mobility of 

 countenance with which they are endowed, and the complete change pro- 

 duced in their features by death, forms a stumbling block scarcely to be 

 surmounted. On this account, in one or two of the figures before us, the 

 Mona for instance, although the zoological characters are well preserved, 

 the expression of the physiognomy is entirely lost. 



Of Birds there is only one plate, representing four of the groups of the 

 vulture family, with additional views of their beaks and talons. The 

 Reptiles, also in one plate, comprise the five genera of the tortoises ad- 

 mitted by M. Cuvier, with their details, extremely well figured. There 

 are no Fishes given in the present number, the artist intending, perhaps, to 

 defer the publication of the plates illustrative of that class, until M. Cuvier's 

 extensive work on the subject, carried on in conjunction with M. Valen- 

 ciennes, shall have more completely developed the views of that great 

 zoologist, with regard to this his favourite branch of the science. The 

 Mollusca figured are Cephalopodes, including the animals found in the 

 shell of Argonauta, the shell of iVautilus, and the animal and shell of 

 Spirorbis; and with their details are well represented. The Crustacea 

 too, four in number, and of the decapodous or crab-like form, are drawn 

 with the hand of a master, and furnish a very elegant plate. One of 

 ^rachnides (spiders), and three of Insects, exhibiting also dissections of the 

 mouths, complete the present number, and are finished in a style very 

 superior to that which we have been accustomed to in most of the works 

 on entomology published in France. If M. Guerin proceed as he has 

 begun, and find imitators in this department, the French school of ento- 

 mological artists will soon vie in accuracy and general effect, if not in 

 minuteness of finish, with the best productions of the German or the 

 English. 



In twenty-five such numbers as the one which we have just described, 

 M. Guerin calculates that he shall be able to furnish representations of 

 every genus contained in the recently published edition of the Regne Animal. 

 To that standard work his publication may properly be regarded as a com- 

 plete series of illustrations : but it is equally adapted to illustrate any other 

 general system of zoology, and will be found especially serviceable to those 

 who are desirous of obtaining correct views of the forms of the whole of 

 the animal kingdom, but who are precluded, by their distance from exten- 

 sive museums, from opportunities of frequently and freely examining the 

 objects in nature which they contain. — E. 



Faune Frangaise, ou Histoire Naturelle, Generale, et Particuliere, des Ani- 

 maux qui se trouvent en France, constamment ou passagerement, a la 

 Surface du Sol, dans les Eaux qui le baignent, et dans le Littoral des 

 Mers qui le bornent; par MM. L. P. Vieillot, A. G. Desmarest, H. M. 

 Ducrotay de Blainville, S. Audinet-Serville, Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 

 et C. A. Walckenaer. Paris. In Monthly Numbers, 8 vo. Uncoloured 

 plates, 4/r. ; coloured, lo/r. ; and 4to col. plates, 15/r.j proofs, 20/r. 

 The 22d Number was published in June last. 



Both in design and execution, this extensive and useful work is highly 

 deserving of commendation. Its object is to describe the whole of the 

 " animals found in France, constantly, or for a season only, whether on its 

 surface, in its waters, or on its coasts ;" and to accompany these descriptions 

 by '* original figures drawn, wherever it may be possible, from the living 

 specimen." In this manner it is proposed to represent every species of the 

 vertebrated division of the animal kingdom ; and, among the invertebrated, 

 all those which belong to groups of superior interest, as well as a large pro- 



