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tion ; and there is scarcely a single sentence in the justice of which 

 we do not most heartily agree with the author. The Appendix 

 contains much interesting information relative to infant schools 

 and other educational establishments. The only thing in which 

 we conceive Mr. Simpson to have failed, is in the classification 

 of the mental faculties ; and we perfectly concur with our respected 

 cotemporary, the Phrenological Journal, in wishing that he had not 

 included the organs of Hope, Firmness, Wonder, Ideality, Wit, and 

 Imitation, amongst the moral sentiments. Wit is, we think, rather 

 a reflecting than a moral faculty, though we are doubtful of its 

 right to a place in either class. 



I. — The Harmony of Phrenology with Scripture: shewn in a refu- 

 tation of the Philosophical Errors contained in Combe's Consti- 

 tution of Man. By William Scott, Esq. Edinburgh: Eraser & 

 Co.— London : Smith and Elder. 1836. Small 8vo., pp. 332. 



II. — Afi Examination of Mr. Scott's Attack on Combe's " Constitu- 

 tion of Man." By Hewett C. Watson. London : Longman & 

 Co. 1836. pp.38. 



Mr. Scott is a phrenologist, though it may well be doubted whe- 

 ther his knowledge of the true science of mind has been of much 

 service to him. As his volume is so glaringly invidious, and con- 

 tains in each page such a host of "philosophical errors," we shall 

 not condescend to give it a detailed analysis. We must, however, 

 do Mr. Scott the justice to say that one or two of the speculations 

 he has touched upon are curious, and not altogether unworthy the 

 attention of the immortal writer whose admirable work he has so 

 unsparingly criticised. Those who are disposed to place any reli- 

 ance on the pages of Mr. Scott will find their fallacy cleverly and 

 amply refuted in the pamphlet of Mr. Watson, the title of which 

 we have extracted above. Mr. W. has only deemed it incumbent 

 on him to analyze a small portion of the book, and we are by no 

 means inclined to censure him for his forbearance. 



A Nomenclature of British Birds ; being a Systematic Catalogue of 

 all the Species hitherto discovered in Britain and Ireland, intend- 

 ed for Labelling Collections of British Birds and their Eggs. By 

 Henry Doubleday. London : Westley & Davis. 1836. 



Mr. Doubleday commences his preface by endeavouring to prove 

 the catalogue of the Rev. F. O. ]\Iorris to be comparatively useless. 

 Without, however, following him in this discussion, we must say 

 the present pamphlet falls very far short of our expectations. The 

 author has judiciously employed the classification adopted by Je- 

 nyns ; but the English nomenclature is, in our opinion, defective, 

 and we cannot, therefore, recommend the publication to our readers, 

 although we must admit that it contains no very glaring errors. The 

 names are neatly and clearly printed, but we miss the double lines 



