192 REVIEWS. 



Every practical naturalist will find this a most useful book in which to 

 make daily observations. There is a page for every day of the year. Each 

 page is divided into two columns, one being printed and the other left blank 

 for new entries, and the blank spaces between the different sections or headings 

 are for entries of new observations. At the date of the earliest appearance of 

 flowers, insects, etc., the naturalist is told to LOOK FOR such. Naturalists will 

 be glad to avail themselves of so complete a diary. 



Evolution versus Involution : A Popular Exposition of 



the Doctrine of True Evolution, a Refutation of the Theories of Herbert 

 Spencer, and a Vindication of Theism. By Arze F. Reed. 8vo, pp. xii. — 275. 

 (New York : Jas. Pott and Co. 1885.) Price $2-50. 



The chief object of the author of this work is to stem the torrent of 

 sceptical or Agnostic belief which is sweeping away old land-marks and essay- 

 ing to undermine the very foundations upon which religion and morality are 

 based. The first chapter is devoted to a brief historical sketch of the subject, 

 the second defines what is to be understood by Evolution, and in succeeding 

 chapters the subject of Cosmogenesis, or the Evolution of the Universe, is 

 ably discussed under various heads, e.g.^ Astrogenesis, Biogenesis, etc. etc. 



Where are We and Whither Tending ? Three Lectures 



on the Reality and Worth of Human Progress. By the Rev. M. Harvey. 

 8vo, pp. 134. (Boston, U.S.A. : Doyle and Whittle. 1886.) Price 75c. 



The question of human progress is unquestionably one of very considerable 

 importance. In the pages before us the whole subject is carefully reviewed, 

 and whilst the difficulties and objections suggested by Pessimists are freely 

 stated and carefully considered, the author builds his strong arguments in the 

 reality of progress on the slow and gradual accretions of good which the past 

 has witnessed, and the steady diminution of evil which is clearly discernible. 

 The book will repay a careful perusal. 



Evolution and Religion. Part II. Eighteen Sermons 



discussing the Application of the Evolutionary Principles and Theories to the 

 Practical Aspects of Religious Life. By Henry Ward Beecher. Pp. 440. 

 (London : Janes, Clarke, and Co. 1885,) Price 5s. 



On a former occasion it was our pleasure to notice the first part of this 

 series of sermons. They are all written with Mr. Ward Beecher's usual 

 eloquence, and deal more especially with the application of evolutionary 

 principles and theories to the practical aspects of religious life, and their effect 

 upon its duties, hopes, fears, and tendencies at the present time. 



Gardens of Light and Shade. By G. S. C. Crown 4to, 



pp. 70. (London : Elliot Stock. 1886.) Price los. 



A handsome volume ; well printed, and illustrated with a number of fine 

 photos. The writer endeavours to show how insignificant plots of ground 

 may be made to yield something in perennial beauty ; and with the information 

 he has here given, supplemented perhaps in regard to details of planting and 

 treatment by some good work on gardening, it is possible that many suburban 

 plots, now given over to nine months' barrenness, may be made pleasing all the 

 year round at small cost. 



Euclid Revised. Part I. Containing the Essentials of the 

 Elements of Plane Geometry as given by Euclid in his First P'our Books. 

 With additional Propositions and Exercises. Edited by R. C. J. Nixon, M.A. 

 CrownSvo, pp. viii.— 222. (Oxford: The Clarendon Press. 1886.) Price 3s. 6d, 



