REVIEWS. 59 



Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. By (the 

 late) Robert Chambers, L.L.D. Twelfth edition, with an Intro- 

 duction by Alexander Ireland. {^London and Edinburgh : W. and 

 R. Chambers. 1884.) 



It is now forty years since the first edition of this work 

 appeared. The alarm and hostility which it then occasioned have 

 died away, and in the interval a great change has taken place in 

 the public mind, and the book will doubtless find a place in every 

 well-selected library. 



Elements of Surgical Diagnosis. By A. Pearce Gould, 

 M.S., M.B.Lon., etc. Pp. viii. — 584. {Lo?idon : Cassell and Co., 

 Limited. 1884.) 



An excellent manual for the medical student. 



Aids to Practical Physiology. By J. Brindley James, 

 M.R.C.S. Pp. viii. — 60. {London: Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox. 

 1884.) 



This is also intended for the use of the medical student, it 

 being one of the " Students' Aids Series." At the end will be 

 found a few pages for MS. notes. 



Dental Caries, a Critical Summary ; and the Prevention of 

 Dental Caries. By Henry Sewill, M.R.C.S., L.D.S.Eng. Pp. 66. 

 {London: Bailliere, Tindall, a?id Cox. 1884.) 



This book consists of a series of papers reprinted from the 

 " Journal of the British Dental Association," " in the hope that 

 they may facilitate the study of the most important of Dental 

 Diseases." 



The Brain and the Nerves : Their Ailments and their 

 Exhaustion. By Thomas Stretch Dowse, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. Pp. 

 136. {Lofidon : Bailliere, Ti?idall, afid Cox.) 



The work treats in a great degree of Nervous Energy, Exhaus- 

 tion, and Fatigue. 



A First Book in Geology, designed for the Use of Begin- 

 ners. By N. S. Shaler, S.D. Pp. xvii. — 255. {Boston, U.S.A. : 

 Ginn, Heath, and Co. 1884.) 



A good book for a beginner. The facts described are judi- 

 ciously selected, and the author has the rare art of knowing what 

 to leave unsaid. Thus the student is not overwhelmed with an 



