470 ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL LITERATURE: 



any of the works before mentioned ; in Ichthyology Yahrell's British Fishes, 

 and the works of Cuvier and Valenciennes, will be found sufficient ; and, lastly, 

 that of Latreille for the insect tribes. 



Whatever department of Natural Science the student intends to pursue in 

 detail, we would recommend him to obtain, in the first instance, a general know- 

 ledge of the whole subject ; and even if he wishes to turn his especial attention 

 to any one order or genus of animals, let him still first, in some degree, acquaint 

 himself with the class to which that order or genus appertains. As it is our firm 

 conviction that this is the safest, and, in the end, the speediest method, we have 

 purposely omitted, in almost every case, noticing monographs or separate treatises. 

 If, however, either Mr. Hanway or any other reader of The Naturalist be 

 desirous of learning further particulars relative to the books we have briefly 

 noticed, or concerning those which we have not introduced, it will give us sincere 

 pleasure, as far as in us lieth, to comply with their wishes. 



CampaaUHall, Nov. 1, 1837- 



Section II. Botany. 



By Edwin Lankester, M.R.C.S. 



If the following notes on a few botanical works will be of any assistance to 

 you in making up a list of books, in answer to your correspondent Mr. Hanway, 

 they are much at your service. With regard to structural and physiological 

 Botany, Professor Lindley's Introduction to Botany stands decidedly first. In 

 this work the most recent views of German and French botanists are given, and 

 the author, by developing the theories of the structure of the parts of the plant, 

 and introducing a strictly correct and scientific nomenclature, has enabled the 

 British student of Botany to keep pace with the progress of that science on the 

 Continent, which, till the publication of this work, was absolutely impossible. 



Professor Henslow has also published a small treatise on the same subject, 

 forming one of the volumes of the Cabinet Cyclopaedia. This book is very well 

 adapted for commencing the study of Botany, and, as far as it goes, is in accord- 

 ance with the advanced state of the science. The Society for the diffusion of 

 Useful Knowledge has also published a treatise on Botany. This work contains 

 all the herniation necessary for commencing the study of the science, and in 

 addition co\ ^ains remarks on the classification and nomenclature of plants which 

 are to be founi in no other work, and which, from their value, lead to the con- 

 clusion, that this vVatise is the production of the most advanced botanist of the 

 present day. 



Several other works on this department of Botany might be mentioned, but for 

 the student no other can be so safely recommended. As for monographs on this 



