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volume through a lens of moderate power, with a good light. He will 

 hardly know whether most to admire the brilliancy of colour, the graceful 

 symmetry of form, or that delicate yet perfect organization which gives 

 such a charm to these creatures in the eyes of those who study Nature 

 to satisfy the intellect, as well as to gratify the senses. 



We heartily recommend this volume to our readers. Vol. 3, partly 

 already in the press, will contain twenty-one species of the grass-feeding 

 Elachistae; Vol. 4, the genus Coleophora; and Vol. 5, either the genus 

 Depressariae or a further portion of the Nepticulae, with some of the genus 

 Bucculatrix. 



The work is exceedingly well printed, and ample attention has been 

 afforded to details. 



Nine Botanical Diagrams, Prepared for the Department of Science and 

 Art. By the Bev. Professor Henslow. Size, 40|- by 29, fully coloured. 

 Drawn from Nature, and on zinc, by Mr. W. Fitch. 



This series of Diagrams, following in the wake of those by Marshall 

 on Physiology, Patterson on Zoology, Drew on Astronomy, etc., will prove 

 a most useful addition to our means of making science a portion of popular 

 education. Each of the Diagrams before us contains beautifully coloured 

 sections and dissections of the typical species; illustrating each genus of 

 Phasnogamous plants, and the various parts of the flower, stem, seed, or 

 root, are distinctly shown. Each Diagram contains marginal references 

 to the letters and numbers, indicating the minute anatomical parts of the 

 plant. They are executed in the first style of modern art, and will 

 prove most useful to the student in botany, as well as in their intended 

 more general application to the teachers of this delightful branch of natural 

 science in our village and other schools. 



We understand the Professor intends to publish a small work to explain 

 them to the student more thoroughly, and to illustrate his system of 

 "Village School Botany." 



"On Monday morning last, a young Whale, of the species JBalcenoptera 

 Rorqual, was discovered on the rocks behind the outer pier. It is sup- 

 posed to have been left there by the tide of the previous night, as it 

 was quite dead when found. This monster of the deep was upwards of 

 thirty feet in length, and nearly fourteen feet in circumference at the 

 thickest part of the body. A party of fishermen who found the prize, soon 

 commenced the work of dissection. The outer skin was exceedingly tough, 



