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tation of that accomplished lady'*s writings. The author, in our 

 opinion, has succeeded in producing for the instruction of the 

 general reader, and even the learned, an accurate, interesting, 

 and highly amusing account of the animal economy. 



3. Memoir on the Pentacrinus europceus ; a recent Species 

 discovered in the Cave of' Cork, July 1. 1823 ; with Two il- 

 lustrative Plates. By John V. Thompson, Esq. F. L. S., 

 Surgeon to the Forces. King and Ridings, Cork ; and Treut- 

 tel and Wurtz, London. 1827, 



Until the publication of this valuable memoir, naturalists 

 were acquainted with only one living species of this very rare 

 and curious tribe of invertebrate animals. The P. europaus^ 

 described by Mr Thompson, is about three quarters of an inch 

 in height, slender in proportion, and has been hitherto found 

 attached to the various species of Sertularia and Flustra, 

 which occur in the deeper parts of the harbour of Cork, viz. in 

 from eight to ten fathoms. He is of opinion, and we think he is 

 right, that the Pentacrinus is a stipitate Asterias, most nearly 

 allied to the genus Comatida. The remarks in the memoir, in 

 reference to the fossil animals of this group, are deserving the 

 attention of the geologist; and the neatly executed accompanying 

 plates add to the value of these and other observations of our 

 author. We are happy to find Mr Thompson is about to pub- 

 lish, in a series of numbers, accompanied with figures, a work, 

 entitled, ^' Zoological Researches and Illustrations;" which, 

 judging from the present memoir, promises to add much to our 

 knowledge of the natural history of the tribes of animals to 

 which Mr Thompson has devoted his attention. 



4. Anatomical Description of the Human Eye. By Alexander 

 Watson, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, &c. 

 Illustrated by a Coloured Plate. Maclachlan and Stewart, 

 Edinburgh. 1827. 



The description of the human eye in this memoir is accu- 

 rately and neatly executed. The accompanying coloured plate 

 contains a series of views, illustrative of the structure of the eye, 

 drawn with great accuracy, and beautifully coloured. This 

 little work will be useful to the student of anatomy and surgery; 



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