54' 4 Litei-ary Notices. * 



Mr. G. Sinclciir, in a detail of some experiments on the habits 

 of the beetle, made by himself, published in 27?^ British 

 Farmer's Magazine, vii. 496 — 498. Mr. Sinclair had never 

 witnessed the flight of the insect. Mr. Main has : see his 

 Illustrations of Vegetable Physiology, p. 297. The Don caster 

 Agricultural Society deserves, we think, great credit for one 

 thing, and that is, instituting so comprehensive a method of 

 learning what was known on this subject : it is useful to have 

 shown what is not known. 



Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. 

 8vo. Vol. III. Part I., July, 1832; Vol. 111. Part IL, 

 April, 1833. 



The treatises contained are, Dr. Kelly on Mirage; Dr. 

 Kelly on the Climate of Canada ; Rev. Dr. Wilkie on Paral- 

 lel Lines ; Wm. Shepherd Esq., on some of the Plants of 

 Lower Canada ; Reports on the Magdalen Islands, by Lieut. 

 Baddeley, with a chart, and a geological outline ; W. Green, 

 on the Pigments of Canada. 



Art. II. Literary Notices. 



A Manual of Mineralogy, by Robert Allan, F.R.S.E., 

 F.G.S.L., &c., comprehending the more recent discoveries in 

 the mineral kingdom, was announced on Sept. 1., to be that 

 day published : its price 105. 6d. : illustrated by 174 figures. 



Of LyeWs Principles of Geology, a new (the third) and 

 cheap edition is announced for publication. It is to consist 

 of 4 vols. 12mo., illustrated with 147 woodcuts, and 13 plates 

 and maps : price 245. 



*' Since the publication of the former editions of this work, 

 the author has travelled over a large part of the Continent of 

 Europe, for the purpose of verifying facts, and collecting new 

 materials. In the present edition he has embodied all his 

 own observations, together with a vast quantity of new facts, 

 brought to light since the first appearance of the work, which 

 has been most materially improved by these corrections and 

 additions. Several new illustrations have been added, and 

 the glossary at the end of the fourth volume will considerably 

 assist those readers who are unacquainted with the elements 

 of geology." 



An Alphabet of Electricity, by our correspondent W. M. 

 Higgins, F.G.S., Lecturer on Natural Philosophy to Guy's 

 Hospital, is announced as in the press : it is to be pubUshed 

 by Orr and Smith. 



