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NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



1. A Treatise on Primary Geology. By Henry S. Boase, M. D., 

 Secretary to the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, &c. &c. 

 8vo. Pp. 399. Longman and Co. 1834. 



This interesting work, which excited so much attention in the 

 Geological Section of the British Association, lately held in 

 Edinburgh, ought to be in the hands of every geologist. Al- 

 though some of the positions of the author have been contested, 

 we are of opinion that much of the reasoning, and many of the 

 curious and important statements of Dr Boase, remain unaffected 

 by any thing that was said in the British Association at Edin- 

 burgh, or has been written on the subject of primitive geology. 



2. Elemehts of Practical Agriculture^ comprehending the Cultivation 

 of Plants, the Husbandry of the Domestic Animals^ and the Eco- 

 nomy of the Farm. By David Low, Esq., F. R. S. E., Professor of 

 Agriculture in the University of Edinburgh. 8vo. Pp.695. Bell 

 and Bradfute, Edinburgh. 1834. 



No work on agriculture has appeared in our lime which will 

 bear a comparison with this excellent, and we would say classi- 

 cal, work of Professor Low. It will become the manual of 

 practical agriculture for the British empire ; and the judicious 

 practical rules and sound views of our author, will unquestion- 

 ably prove beneficial to the agriculturists of other countries. 



3. Guide to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, includiny Orkney 

 and Shetland, descriptive of their Scenery, Statistics, Antiquities, 

 and Natural History ; witJt numerous Historical Notices. By 

 Messrs George and Peter Anderson, of Inverness. With a 

 Map engraved by Arrowsmith. Small 8vo, pp. 760. Murray, 

 London. 1834. 



We know the Highlands and Islands of Scotland well ; we 

 have walked through them repeatedly, not for a week or two, 

 but for months at a time, and for years in succession, and are 

 therefore prepared to give our opinion on any work illustrative 

 of that interesting portion of Great Britain. We now do so, 

 and hesitate not to say that the Guide of the Messrs Andersons 

 contains a greater variety of accurate and well arranged informa- 

 tion, illustrative of Highland scenery, history, adventure, na- 

 tural history, routes, and all the varieties of information expected 



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