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Comprehensive Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene, 



adapted for Schools, Colleges, and Families. With 140 Illustrations by John 

 C. Cutter, B.S., M.D. ; pp. y]6. (Philadelphia, U.S.A. : J. B. Lippencott 

 and Co. 1885.) 



The author, who is Professor of Physiolog}' and Comparative Anatomy in the 

 Imperial College of Agriculture, Sapporo, Japan, tells us that this book has 

 sprung from his talks with his pupils. It is divided into fifteen chapters, in 

 which will be found outlines of the science, directions for preparing dissections, 

 microscopical work, etc. Questions are inserted at the bottoms of the pages. 

 At the end of the book is a very useful glossary occupying 23 pages. The 

 engravings are well executed. 



A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene, for Educational 



Institutions and General Readers. By Joseph C. Hutcheson, M.D., L.L.D. ; 

 pp.320. (New York : Clark and Maynard. 1S84.) 



In this work the author has unquestionably condensed a large amount of 

 information into a comparatively small space. The book is divided into twelve 

 chapters ; to which is added an appendix, treating of Poisons, Drowning, Care 

 of Sick Room, etc. etc. To assist the memory of the student, a number of 

 topical questions are inserted at the foot of each page, and will doubtless prove 

 of great help. The work is illustrated with 5 coloured plates and 71 engrav- 

 ings. 



We can recommend either of the above books with much confidence. 



Heroes of Science : Botanists, Zoologists, and Geologists. 



By Professor P. Martin Duncan, F.R.S., F.L.S. ; pp. X. — 348. (London: 

 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1882.) 



The book commences with a history of the science of plants, into which is 

 introduced the lives of John Ray and Joseph de Tournefort, followed by the 

 life of Linnoeus and of De CandoUe. In Zoology we have the lives of Buffon, 

 Pennant, Lamarck, and Cuvier ; and in Geology of Hutton, William Smith, 

 Murchison, and Lyell. The book is both instructive and entertaining. 



Correspondences of the Bible : The Animals. With 

 Additions by John Worcester; pp. 295. (Boston, U.S.A.: Massachusetts 

 New Church Union. 1884.) 



We have here many particularly interesting natural history anecdotes of 

 some of the animals named in the Bible. Some of the "Correspondences" 

 appear to us somewhat fanciful and imaginative ; this may, perhaps, be owing 

 to our imperfect knowledge of the doctrines of the New Church, So far as we 

 understand the book, we like it well, and of the rest there is nothing of which 

 we disapprove. 



Origin of Cultivated Plants. By Alphonse de Candolle ; 



pp. IX. —468. (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. 1884.) 



This interesting and valuable work deals with a kind of plants little noticed 

 except in works on gardening. The question of the origin of cultivated plants 

 is one involving immense research, and M. de Candolle has carefully distin- 

 guished the respective value of the means employed, giving the first place to 

 Archaeology and Palaeontology, as the representation of a plant on old monu- 

 ments, or its actual remains in deposits (as in the lake dwellings) as indubitable 

 proof of its cultivation at a given epoch. Botany is also a valuable aid to the 



