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tion by E. Donovan, F.L.S. and W.S. They are to be pub- 

 lished in 12 monthly parts ; each, quarto, 45. 6d. ; large paper, 

 7s.; the whole number of the plates, 58. The arrangement is 

 to be Linnaean, with references to the writings of modern 

 authors. No species of opposite genera are admitted on the 

 same plate. 



Figures and Descriptions of Species of singular and beau- 

 tiful Insects of China. A work to consist of these, by the 

 author of the preceding work, of the same character as that, 

 and nearly of the same extent, has been announced. 



Dr. Hooker's Companion to Curtis's Botanical Magazine. 

 Dr. Hooker has discontinued his Botanical Journal^ under 

 this name, and has begun to communicate the kind of inform- 

 ation which has been supplied in the Botanical Journal, in 

 the Companion to Curtis 9 s Botanical Magazine, which ma- 

 gazine Dr. Hooker edits. The first number of the Com- 

 panion was published on August 1. : it is to be continued 

 monthly, in numbers, each of 2 sheets and 2 partially coloured 

 plates, Is. 6d. ; if taken stitched with the Magazine, Is. 



Of Macgillivray's Withering's Systematic Arrangement of 

 British Plants, a third edition has been recently announced 

 as "just published." With the announcement was this state- 

 ment : — "In this edition the introduction has been consider- 

 ably enlarged ; and nearly a hundred species of plants have 

 been added, chiefly of such as are peculiar to Ireland, to 

 render the work applicable to that country as well as to Great 

 Britain. Publishers ; Scott, Webster, and Geary. 36 Charter 

 House Square. 



Of Baxter's Illustrations of the Genera of British Flower- 

 ing Plants, a second edition of the first volume has been 

 announced. In some instances that we have seen the text 

 in this second edition is richer than that in the first. 



Geology of the Counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor, Mont- 

 gomery, Brecknock, Caermarthen, Monmouth, Worcester, and 

 Gloucester ; with large Geological Maps, numerous coloured 

 Sections, and many Plates of unpublished Organic Remains. By 

 It. I. Murchison, F.R.S., Vice President of the Geological 

 and Royal Geographical Society. Published. 



Phillips's (Professor) Guide to Geology, edition the second, 

 12mo. with plates, 5s. Published. 



What is a Comet, Papa ? — A familiar description of comets, 

 more particularly of Halley's comet ; to which is prefixed a 

 slight account of the other heavenly bodies : by Rosina 

 Maria Zornlin. "In the press, and nearly ready ; price Is." 



