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works. Now nothing could be more useful than to disseminate Dr. 

 C.'s admirable views ; but if Mr. IMorey was desirous of enlighten- 

 ing the inhabitants of Doncaster and the neighbourhood by reading 

 them a chapter from that work, surely some kind of acknowledg- 

 ment was due to the author. We are willing to testify to the skill 

 of 3Ir. Morey as a surgeon ; but when he descends to such barefaced 

 plagiarism, he may rest assured we shall not spare him. In fine, 

 we wish the Lyceum every success, and whether or not our hints 

 are acted upon, we hope they will be taken in the same kindly spirit 

 in which they are written. 



CHESTER MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. 



The Rev. Edward Stanley, Rector of Alderley, Cheshire, recent- 

 ly delivered a lecture, at this Institution, on the Uses of Studying 

 Natural History, in the Royal Hotel Assembly-room. The Rev. 

 Gentleman, in dilating on Natural History, pointed out in the most 

 glowing colours, and with his accustomed energetic eloquence, the 

 vast advantages to be derived in the increase of moral and religious 

 feeling, as well as general knowledge, from the study of this sub- 

 ject. The whole of his discourse was listened to with the utmost 

 attention, and at the close the Bishop of Chester rose and thanked 

 Mr. Stanley for his admirable and very instructive lecture. — A lec- 

 ture on Geography has been delivered to the Institution by Henry 

 Raikes, Esq., Member of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 



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The Rofnance of' Nature, or the Flower Seasons Illustrated. By 

 Louisa Anne Twamley. With twenty-eight Plates, engraved 

 after original Drawings from Nature by the Author. Second 

 Edition. London : Tilt. 1836. 



Beauties of the Country, or Descriptions of Rural Customs, Objects, 

 Scenery, and the Seasons. By Thomas Miller, Author of A 

 Day in the Woods. London : Van Voorst. 1837. 



We are induced to group these two works together, not only be- 

 cause they have much in common (though ostensibly the one refers 

 to specialities, and only occasionally touches on generalities, while 

 the other refers to generalities, and rarely concerns itself with spe- 



