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The Fly- Fisher's Entomology; with coloured representations of the Natural 

 and Artificial Insect, and a few observations and instructions on Trout and 

 Grayling Fishing. By Alfred Ronalds. With Twenty Coloured Plates, 

 Fifth Edition, revised, with additions by Piscatou. London: Longman, 

 Brown, Grern, and Longmans. 1856. 



Though the present, the fifth edition let it be observed of this work, 

 is not put forth by Mr. Ronalds himself, yet it will be a satisfaction no 

 doubt to all readers of it to learn, as we do from the preface, that the 

 author is still living, and only separated from the scenes he describes by 

 the diameter of the globe, namely, that he is in Australia, and the work 

 has had there, moreover, his revision and correction. 



Myself a fly-fisher almost from my childhood, and moreover an ento- 

 mologist from the same date, I feel myself justified in passing a criticism 

 on a work like the present, and though I by no means hold that every 

 artificial fly described therein is risen at by the trout, because they take 

 it for the real species, also described by our author, yet I have no doubt 

 that they will take them each and every one, and justify the assertion that 

 the said work is one of exceeding value to every lover of the gentle art. 



The plates are beautifully executed; the whole work is well got up, and 

 there is no one but can learn much from it to the benefit of his fishing 

 basket. The only fault I can find with it is, that many more flies are 

 described than are really necessary, but this every one can easily rectify 

 for himself. 



A Natural History of the Animal Kingdom; being a systematic and popular 

 description of the Habits, Structure, and Classification of Animals, arranged 

 according to their organization. By W. S. Dallas, F.L.S., Member of the 

 Entomological Societies of London and Paris, and Corresponding Member 

 of the Linnaean Society of Lyons. London: Houlston and Stoxeman, 

 Go, Paternoster Row; W. S. Orr and Co., Amen Corner. 1856. 



In this most valuable work, a compendium of the whole range of Natural 

 History, the author begins with the lowest forms, and ascends, step by step, 

 to those of the highest organizations. It is illustrated by a profusion of 

 well-executed and characteristic woodcuts, one or more on nearly every leaf; 

 the whole volume, which is of octavo size, containing, with the index, 817 

 pages. It is utterly impossible in the limited space at my disposal, to say 

 what I would wish to say of this exceedingly useful production. I must 

 content myself with the remark that it is altogether of first-rate character, 

 and I have never seen any work approaching to it in excellence, as intended 

 to afford an epitomized and scientific description of the whole of animated 

 Nature. For the sake of finding fault, which seems to be essential to the 



