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The Cheltenham Annuaire, for 1837. London : Simpkin, Marshall, 

 & Co. — Cheltenham: H. Davies. pp. 173. 



The Cheltenham Annuaire ranks very far above the generality of 

 the local publications so frequently issued with a similar aim. 

 Excellent, however, as we willingly pronounce it to be in every 

 department, we are only able to give our readers a list of its con- 

 tents, which are as follows : — Notice of the Cheltenham Lite- 

 rary and Philosophical Institution ; on the Fossil Zoology of 

 Cheltenham ; Meteorology, by the Rev. Dr. Ritchie, F.R.S. ; Sketch 

 of the Principles of Railway Communication, &c., by Captain 

 Moorsom ; On the Application of Monastic Architecture to Modern 

 Mansions, with a Description of Toddington Hall, the seat of 

 C. Hanbury Tracy, Esq., M.P., by J. Britton, F.S.A. ; Notes on 

 the Climate of Cheltenham ; Chronological Notices of Cheltenham ; 

 Preliminary Notes of the Year, &c. &c. The Editor has evidently 

 bestowed great pains on the publication ; and the Annuaire of this 

 fashionable town altogether forms a most interesting and useful 

 little volume. 



Works of Lord Byron. New Edition. Childe Harold's Pilgrim- 

 age, and The Bvron Tales. Vols. I. II. and III. London : John 

 Murray. 18mo. 1837. 



Here we have the commencement of a cheap and extremely beau- 

 tiful edition of the works of this delightful poet (to be completed in 

 ten monthly volumes), which we earnestly recommend to the ad- 

 mirers of that immortal bard. The first volume contains Childe 

 Harold ; the second the Giaour, the Bride of Abydos, the Corsair, 

 and Lara ; the third. Siege of Corinth, Parisina, Prisoner of Chil- 

 lon, Beppo, Mazeppa, and The Island. This edition is published in 

 divisions, each complete in itself, and is enriched with the Notes 

 of the noble author, and the criticisms and opinions of the most able 

 writers, collated by Mr. Lockhart. The work is illustrated with 

 plates, exquisitely engraved, of Lord Byron, View of the Lake 

 of Geneva, Mount Parnassus, and the Acrocorinthus. 



Magazine of Zoohgy and Botany. Conducted by Sir W. Jar- 

 dine, Bart., P. J.'Selby, Esq., and Dr. Johnston. Feb., 1837, 

 No. V. Edinburgh : Lizars — London : Highley. 



It is with much pleasure we notice the rapid improvement 

 evinced in this scientific periodical. The fifth number is by far 

 the best which has appeared ; the articles are, without exception, 

 highly interesting and valuable ; the invidious task, therefore, 

 of drawing the attention of our readers to any particular paper is 

 unnecessary. Some of the subjects are illustrated by spirited 

 wood-cuts and highly-finished steel engravings. 



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