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Our space will not permit us to enter into this at any length, it gives a 

 narative of several deeds of difficulty, but particularly of the successful 

 ascent of the Jungfrau, and its result — the view of a stupendous cloud ! 

 The ascent of difficult mountains has been, and, probably, will always be, a 

 feat which many will desire to accomplish, yet it very rarely happens that 

 the end gained is anything equal to an equivalent for the great labour and 

 risk encountered. The ascent of the Jungfrau, it appears, had been doubted 

 before ; thus the eclat of a positive accomplishment of the deed was some- 

 thing to be gained, but one which we should not have thought our author 

 would have cared for — it not being the character of his countrymen to 

 labour without some good end in view. We began by admiring the 

 general appearance of his book, we have been instructed and entertained 

 by its perusal. 



Terra Lindisfarnensis. — The Natural History of the Eastern 

 Borders. By George Johnston, M.D. 8vo. Vol. i., Botany. London: 

 John Van Voorst. 1853. Price, 10s. 6d. 



In this volume, the first of a series, to be issued by Dr. Johnston, illus- 

 trative of the natural history of the Eastern Borders, we have a most 

 pleasing record of the botany of a large district, which comprehends within 

 its circuit the whole of Berwickshire, the Liberties of Berwick, North 

 Durham, and the immediately adjacent parts of Northumberland and Rox- 

 burghshire, forming together a district of a nearly circular figure, about 

 forty miles in diameter, and bounded by a tolerably distinct outline, which 

 the eye may trace from any commanding height within its area. The 

 district is one peculiarly fitted, from its varied character, for the researches 

 of the naturalist ; and, judging from the volume now before us, the history 

 of its natural treasures will be gladly welcomed by those who love to ob- 

 serve the works with which an all-wise Creator has surrounded then* daily 

 path, and the beauty of which is often not sufficiently appreciated, only 

 because of the frequency with which they meet the eye. Habits of obser- 

 vation cannot be too carefully inculcated ; independently of the vast im- 

 portance they exercise in every profession, their possessor enjoys within 

 himself a rich mine, " at once adorning and relieving the toils and vexations 

 of a busy life, and refining and exalting the enjoyments of a social one." 



Dr. Johnston is no mere recorder of habitats, nor is his present work 

 only suited to the border botanist ; its pages are plentifully and pleasantly 

 interspersed with notices of " The Club," and its worthy members — their 



