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Fischer de Waldheim, Gotthelf: Bibliographia Palfeontho- 

 logica Animal ium Systematica. Editio altera, aucta, jussu 

 Societatis Csesareae Naturae Scrutatorum impressa. 8vo, 

 414* pages. Moscow, 1834 (July 25.). 



The author has produced a surprisingly extensive cata- 

 logue of works ; and has arranged them under the following 

 heads : — Bibliographi, Diaria, Ortus petrefactorum, Pro- 

 typa petrefactorum, Examen eorum chemicum, Musea petrefac- 

 torum, Systemata petrefactorum, Descriptiones petrefactorum 

 et Observationes miscellaneae de petrificatis ; Scriptores topo- 

 graph^ in genere ; in specie : in the latter class are included 

 those of the following countries of Europe, — Great Britain 

 and Ireland, Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland, Ger- 

 many (in ten of the states), Belgium, Denmark, Norway and 

 Sweden, Russia (including Poland), Greece ; and then Asia, 

 Africa, America, and Australia. Scriptores de cavernis ossi- 

 feris ; Scriptores monographi ossium fossilium, in genere; 

 and then, in specie. The enumeration of the works of the last 

 class occupies the greater portion of the work : they are 

 arranged in the order of a descending series of classes identical 

 with the zoological classes to which the animals treated of 

 have belonged; and the works are farther assorted into 

 groups under each genus of animals of which fossil remains 

 have been discovered. We are surprised at the extent to 

 which geological zoology has been investigated by geologists, 

 as shown by this work. Under the names of the genera of 

 shells the author has stated the number of the species, both 

 fossil and recent, known ; and given the names of some of 

 them, with references to figures of them ; and has mostly 

 mentioned the strata in which the fossil species have been 

 found. He regrets that his arrangement of the topographical 

 works has not been rather stratigraphical than geographical ; 

 but his materials have been insufficient to enable him to effect 

 the preferable one. He commends, as works excellent in 

 this kind, Brongniart's Tables and Dechen's (German) edition 

 of De la Beche's Manual, The author has given three in- 

 dexes to the work ; one of authors, one of places, and one of 

 objects. He has expressed his hope that readers, on per- 

 ceiving the defects in it, will kindly impart to him the means 

 to amend it. 



Mantell, Gideon, LL.D. F.R.S. : A Descriptive Catalogue of 

 the Collection, illustrative of Geology and Fossil Compara- 

 tive Anatomy, in the Museum of. 8vo, 28 pages, 3d edit. 

 London, Relfe and Fletcher, 17. Cornhill, 1834. 

 See VII. 49. Mr. (now Dr.) Mantell has at length located 



in " 20. Steyne, Brighton;" has arranged his most emphati- 



