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The Speaking Parrots : A Scientific Manual. By Dr. Carl 



Russ ; pp. VI. — 296. (London: L. Upcott Gill. 1884.) 



This book gives full instructions, not only with regard to purchasing parrots, 

 but also for taming and training them, the preservation of their health and 

 treatment of their diseases ; followed by descriptions of nearly 100 varieties of 

 parrots. The book is illustrated with several beautifully-coloured plates. 



Geology of Weymouth, Portland, and Coast of Dorset- 

 shire, from Swanage to Bridport-on-the-Sea ; with Natural History and 

 Archaeological Notes. By Robert Damon, F.G.S. ; pp. XII. — 250. (London : 

 Edward Stanford. 1884.) 



This is a new and enlarged edition of an exceedingly interesting handbook 

 to the coast of Dorsetshire, so rich in its geological treasures. The book is 

 well got up, and illustrated with a good coloured map of the locality, besides a 

 number of well-executed engravings. No geologist should visit this attractive 

 neighbourhood without possessing a copy of this book. 



The Fossil Fishes of the Carboniferous Limestone 

 Series of Great Britain. By James W. Davis, F.G.S. From the Scien- 

 tific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society. 



The work before us is one of immense research, the observations and des- 

 criptions having been based on material principally derived from the collection 

 of the Earl of Enniskillen, which has since been removed to the Natural His- 

 tory department of the British IMuseum at South Kensington, whilst several 

 other local museums and private collections were studied. There are 24 fine 

 coloured litho. plates, several of them of unusual size. 



Wonders and Curiosities of the Railway ; or, Stories of 



the Locomotive in Every Land. By William Sloane Kennedy. Second edi- 

 tion ; pp. XIV. — 254. (Chicago, U.S.A. : S. C. Griggs and Co. 1884.) 



We have here a very interesting account of the history and development of 

 railways and of railway travelling, both at home and abroad. The book is 

 beautifully printed and the engravings are good. 



Nature's Hygiene : A Systematic Manual of Natural Hy- 

 giene, containing also an Account of the Chemistry and Hygiene of the Euca- 

 lyptus and the Pine. By C. T. Kingzett, F.I.C., F.C.S. Second edition; 

 pp. VIII, — 343. (London : Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox.) 



The first portion of this book is devoted to hygiene proper, and comprises 

 nine chapters, which treat of water supply, sewage, infectious diseases, treat- 

 ment of the sick, micro-organisms, disease, etc. The second portion treats of 

 the sanitary properties of the Eucalyptus, etc. 



Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene : A Manual for the Use 

 of Colleges, Schools, and General Readers. By Jerome Walker, M.D. ; pp. 

 XII.— 415. (New York : A. Lovell and Co. 1884.) 



In the preparation of the work before us, the author was fortunate in secur- 

 ring the co-operation of men distinguished in special lines of work. The book 

 is divided into 20 chapters, each of which is followed by a series of questions. 

 The chapters on emergencies will be found valuable. The illustrations, of 

 which there are 89, are good. 



