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ciety, to whom the duty of carrying out such intentions 

 was allotted, did, with, the assistance of the Archbishop 

 of Canterbury and the Bishop of London, select for 

 that purpose the very eminent men to whom the world 

 is indebted for the now well-known series of books en- 

 titled The Bridgewater Treatises. And there can be as 

 little doubt that the republication, in a more popular 

 form, of these Essays, written by men most eminent 

 for their scientific attainments, and for the noble pur- 

 pose of proving the consistency of the works with 

 the Word of God, is a still further carrying out of 

 the original intentions of the testator. We are there- 

 fore glad to see that they are to form a portion of 

 Bohn's Scientific Librartj. The first volume — being 

 the first also of the Rev. W. Kirby's Treatise On the 

 History, Habits, and Instincts of Animals, revised by 

 Professor Rymer Jones, who has added a few notes to 

 the text explanatory of omissions and errors incidental 

 to the condition of zoological knowledge at the time of 

 its publication, and with the addition of many new 

 ■woodcuts — has just been issued, and is destined, we 

 trust, to be circulated throughout the whole length and 

 breadth of the land. 



Our readers who take an interest in the literature of 

 <jermany will be pleased to hear that the Deutsches 

 Worterbuch of the Brothers Grimm, the announcement 

 of which fourteen years since created so much excite- 

 ment, is at press, and that the first portion of it may 

 Tery shortly be expected in this country. From, the 

 specimen which has been forwarded to us by Messrs. 

 Williams and Norgate, we think we may safely assure 

 our readers that, while on the one hand the work will 

 be found such as to do justice to the well-known ac- 

 quirements of its distinguished authors, it will not be 

 found to be so overlaid with learning as to be only fit 

 for the use of profound philologists. 



Messrs. Murray and Longman continue stedfast in 

 their good work of supplying the still increasing de- 

 mand for works of real value at moderate prices. The 

 Heading for the Rail has, since we last called attention 

 to the series, been enriched with James's Fables of 

 jSsop, with one hundred original and beautiful wood- 

 cuts designed by John Tenniel ; with the Sketch of 

 Theodore Hook, from which we quoted in our last 

 Number ; and with an admirable collection of stories 

 of naval heroism, under the title of Deeds of Naval 

 Daring. 



Messrs. Longman, on the other hand, have added 

 to their Traveller's Library one of the most interesting 

 and curious books of travels in Africa ever given to the 

 public, we allude to Ferdinand Werne's Feldzug nach 

 Taka, the merits of which were recently pointed out 

 in Blackwood's Magazine, and which Mr. Johnston has 

 well translated, under the title of African Wanderings ; 

 or an Expedition to Taka, Basa, and Beni-Amer, with a 

 Particular Glance at the Races of Bellad Sudan. A more 

 interesting book for the traveller, or the stayer at home, 

 we have not met with for some time. 



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Errata. — Page 361. col. 2. 1. 6. for " habit?<s," read "habitos ;" 

 p. 307. col. 2. 1.30. for "crest" read " coai; " p. 448. col. 1. 

 1.4., for •' campanMin," read "campanam." 



