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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. 



Pjsquier, Le Baron M. : E'loge de M. le Baron Georges 

 Cuvier, prononce a la Chambre des Pairs, par M. le Baron 

 Pasquier, President de la Chambre des Pairs, seance du 

 17 Decembre, 1832. Pamphlet, 8vo, of 55 pages. 



Every British naturalist feels the most cordial respect for 

 the memory of Cuvier, the indefatigable and matchless illus- 

 trator of the objects in creation. The sentiment of such 

 respect is, in the feeling of Britons, the highest eulogy, and, 

 we may say elegy, that can be aecorded to any man ; and 

 when Britons, who are strongly imbued with national prepos- 

 sessions, unreservedly and unanimously accord this respect to 

 one of another country, as they do to M. Cuvier, it indicates 

 that the merits of that individual transcend comparison and all 

 detraction. As such is the feeling of Britons towards the 

 memory of M. Cuvier, what must be that of his countrymen, 

 the French ? The mere title, as we have given it above, of a 

 pamphlet which has been published in Paris, sufficiently an- 

 swers this question. 



Turner, Sharon, F. S. A. : The Sacred History of the World, 

 as displayed in the Creation and subsequent Events to the 

 Deluge, philosophically considered. 8vo, 554 pages. Lon- 

 don, Longman. 



The main object of this work is, " to exhibit the Divine 

 Mind in connection with the production and preservation, 

 and with the laws and agencies, of visible nature, and to lead 

 the youthful enquirer to perceive the clear and universal dis- 

 tinction which prevails between the material and immaterial 

 substances in our world, both in their phenomena and in 

 their principles.' , This is a very laudable object; and it is 

 truly delightful to see the happy combination of strict philo- 

 sophical scrutiny with sincere religious feeling which the 

 work presents. Of its object, therefore, no complaint is to 

 be made, although, in the execution of that object, there are 

 several points connected with natural history sufficiently 

 faulty to require correction. 



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