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blind attachment to theories, however plausible. His foundations of facts 

 must be solid, if his inductions are to be correct. It is by a patient and 

 laborious search after truth, by a diligent and enlightened questioning of 

 nature, and, above all, by an humble dependence upon Him ' who is before 

 all things, and by whom all things consist,' that the botanical inquirer can 

 expect to arrive at satisfactory results." 



The Sea-side Book ; being an Introduction to the Natural History of the 

 British Coasts. By William Henry Harvey, M.D., M.E.I.A., Professor 

 of Botany to the Boyal Dublin Society, Director of the Herbarium, 

 Trinity College, Dublin. Third Edition. With a Chapter on Fish and 

 Fish-diet, by W. Yarrell, F.L.S., &c. London : John Van Voorst. 

 Price 5s. 



We are glad to have the pleasure of telling our readers that this little 

 work has reached a third edition ; and shall, in the fewest words possible, 

 point out to them the improvements they may, on perusal, expect to find. 

 First, we have a very interesting chapter on the " World of Waters." 

 This gives us an account of the various depths of the ocean, of the con- 

 stituent parts of salt water, of the effect of the moon in producing the 

 change of tides — this portion, as Dr. Harvey informs us, being supplied 

 by the learned Professor of Geology in Trinity College, Dublin — and of 

 the colour of the sea. 



We have, also, a chapter on fish, and fish-diet, by Mr. Yarrell, the well- 

 known author of that popular work, " The Fishes of Great Britain." This 

 chapter contains an account of the various devices used for the capture of 

 the finny race, and of the modes of curing the more valuable of them when 

 caught. It also gives us very good medical authority for the use of fish 

 as diet, and a table showing the relative quantity of nutritive matter con- 

 tained in beef, mutton, veal, and pork, as well as the several fish, most 

 in use among the inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland. Also, the 

 months of the year when these fish are in season — i.e., when they are es- 

 teemed as most palatable aud wholesome. We regard these two chapters 

 as a very pleasing addition to this companion to the sea-side. It were 

 almost useless in us to recommend this volume, as we know it is 

 universally appreciated ; and we have seldom seen a person — who cared 

 anything about nature — stopping at the sea-side without having a copy 

 of this fascinating, well got up, and highly-instructive little work. 



