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Mammals are Blasius and Schinz ; on Birds, Temminck, Schlegel, 

 and Degland ; on Reptiles and Fishes, Schinz and Bonaparte. 



We begin to hope, however, that we are " progressing" (Ameri- 

 canice) a little in this as well as in other respects. Besides the pre- 

 sent work on the Mammals and Reptiles of Europe, the publication 

 and, we believe, extended sale of Mr. Bree's 'Birds of Europe not 

 observed in the British Isles,' show that our ornithologists are ex- 

 tending their views ; and the numerous papers contributed to ' The 

 Ibis ' on the ornithology of different portions of the European area 

 give further evidence in the same direction. 



Again, out of the crowds of English tourists who annually scatter 

 themselves over the face of Europe, many probably have a taste for 

 natural history, or some wish to gain a general knowledge of the 

 animals which they may meet with, provided the means be ready at 

 hand. Lord Clermont's little book, the title of which we give above, 

 offers them a clear and concise account of the species of two of the 

 generally recognized divisions of vertebrated animals met with within 

 the limits of our continent. The work is, as it is confessed to be in 

 the preface, a compilation ; but the descriptions are taken from the 

 best authorities on the subject, and useful notes on the habits, 

 localities, and distribution of the species in different countries are 

 added. It might be objected that the arrangement and nomenclature 

 are in some respects a little old-fashioned, and that it would have 

 been better if the author had followed Blasius rather more closely in 

 one division of his work, and Dumeril and Bibron less closely in 

 another. But such minor objections hardly detract from the general 

 merit of the book, and we hope that the noble author will meet with 

 such encouragement as may induce him to issue ' Guides ' to the 

 other divisions of European Vertebrates, compiled in a similar man- 

 ner, equally convenient as travelling companions for the tourist and 

 as handy books of reference for the student. 



A. Manual of the Subkingdom Protozoa, with a General Introduction 

 to the Principles of Zoology. By JOSEPH REAY GREENE, B.A., 

 Professor of Natural History in Queen's College, Cork. London, 

 1858. Longmans. 12mo. 



THIS little volume is the first of a series of manuals to be published 

 under the superintendence of Professors Galbraith and Haughton, 

 and intended for the use of students. There can be little doubt that 

 in Zoology, at any rate, an English Handbook for students is at 

 present a desideratum ; and if the remaining sections of the Animal 

 Kingdom are treated of by Professor Greene as ably as the very 

 difficult subject to which the volume before us is devoted, this series 

 of manuals will go far to supply this deficiency in our scientific lite- 

 rature. At the same time we fear that the conditions of a student's 

 text-book have hardly been realized with sufficient care in the publi- 

 cation of this manual. When we look forward over the space to be 

 covered by subsequent volumes, and compare it with that occupied by 



