656 Literary Notices. 



ations on the Natural History and Habits of Bees. First 

 introduced to public notice in 1657, by Samuel Purchas, 

 A.M. ; now modified and republished by Samuel Bagster, 

 junior. Small 8vo, 176 pages. London, 1834-. Ss, 



Phillips, Professor : A Guide to Geology. 5s, 

 Higgi?is, W. M., F.G.S., Lecturer on Natural Philosophy at 

 Guy's Hospital, Author of " The Mineral and Mosaical 

 Geologies," &c. : Alphabet of Electricity, for the Use of 

 Beginners. 12mo, 116 pages, and 47 engravings on wood. 

 London, 1834. tis. 6d, 



Art. II. Literary Notices, 



The Report of the British Association for the Advancement 

 of Science, on the contributions to science made at the late 

 meeting at Edinburgh, is to be put to press immediately. 



A Volume on Comparative Anatomy, by Dr. Grant, is to be 

 published early in 1835, by M. Bailliere: in 8vo, with nume- 

 rous wood engravings. 



Swainson^s Zoological Illustrations, Second Series, We are 

 requested to state that not any single numbers of this work 

 can be had after January 1. 1835. 



Of the Zoological Journal, part xx. (the 4th of vol. v.) is 

 very nearly ready. This part will contain several plates ; 

 and there will be published, at the same time, a part consisting 

 of supplementary plates. 



Of Gould's Birds of Europe, part x. is published, and it is 

 a most interesting one : the figures of the penduline tit, the 

 marsh sandpiper, the kite, and the little bittern, are especially 

 commendable. 



The Natural History of Dogs is the subject of the next 

 volume of the Naturalist's Library, by Sir William Jardine : 

 the volume is nearly ready. The Deer and Antelopes are to 

 be the subjects of the successive volume. 



Of Thompson's Zoological Researches a fifth Memoir has 

 been just published; its subject is: — " Developement of 

 Artemis salinus, or brine shrimp, demonstrative of its re- 

 lationship to Branchipus and the other Crustaceous Phyllo- 

 poda, and to those enigmatical fossils the eyeless Trilobites ; 

 with a new species of Artemis and of Apus. With six plates." 



In No. iv. of the Analyst, November, is an entertaining 

 article on the nidification of the wren, and another on the 

 plumage, nest, and eggs of the long-tailed titmouse. 



