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REVIEWS. 



Art. I. Catalogue of Works on Natural History ^ lately published^ 

 •with some Notice of those considered the most interesting to British 

 Naturalists, 



BusHNANi J, 5.,'fF.L.S., &c. : An Introduction to the Study 

 of Nature ; illustrative of the Attributes of the Almighty, 

 as displayed in the Creation. 8vo, 310 pages. London, 

 1834. 95. in boards. 



A work of dignified purpose, as is shown in its title ; and 

 this the author has striven to execute in what he has con- 

 ceived to be a consistent manner, namely, a vigorous and 

 lofty one. We honour his purpose ; we applaud his efforts, 

 that is, his facts, his arguments, his illustrations, his eloquence 

 in many places, adduced in the elucidation, relevance, and 

 production of this purpose ; but we do not quite agree with 

 him in the manner in which many of these are presented, nor 

 in all the conclusions to which he has directed them. In the 

 former there is not enough, to our liking, of the suaviter in 

 modo ; in the latter, quite enough of the Jbrtiter in re ; the re^ 

 in this case, we employ to signify the author's foregone con- 

 clusions. 



The work should, however, be possessed by every natu- 

 ralist: it includes a very rich collection of scientific facts; 

 many instructive ones derived from comparative anatomy. 



Ha*w1dns, T., F.G.S. : Memoirs of Ichthyosauri and Plesio- 

 sauri, extinct Monsters of the ancient Earth ; with 28 Plates, 

 copied from Specimens in the Author's Collection of Fossil 

 Organic Remains. One volume, folio. London, 1834. 

 '21. 105. 



The extraordinary remains of enormous animals, nearly 

 allied to the lizard and crocodile, that occur in the secondary 

 strata of England, above the coal measures, may be regarded 

 as the peculiar treasures of English fossil geology ; as these 

 remains occur more abundantly, and in better preservation, 

 in England than in any other country hitherto examined. It 

 was in this country, also, that the true character of the animals 

 to which these fossil remains belong was first ascertained. 

 The beds of dark stratified limestone intermixed with strata 

 of dark clay, called lias limestone and clay, which extend into 



