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scription of the British species, and of their habits and manners. Mr 

 Forbes, after much actual observation and careful study of all that had 

 been previously done in this branch of zoology, now presents us with a 

 beautifully illustrated volume, in which the natural history of our spe- 

 cies is given, in a way. to arrest the attention of the general admirer of 

 nature, and to satisfy the demands of the scientific naturalist. 



4. A Familiar Introduction to the History of Injects ; being a new and 

 greatly improved edition of the Grammar of Entomology. By Ed- 

 ward Newman, F.L.S., Z.S, &c. 8vo. Pp. 288, with many plates. 

 J. V. Voorst, London. 1841. 



This volume, one of the best familiar introductions to Entomology 

 we have met with, we recommend to those desirous of acquiring ac- 

 curate elementary information on the history, general physiology, classi- 

 fication, and mode of preserving insects. 



List of Patents granted for Scotland from 22d June to 22d 

 September 1841. 



1. To "William Ryder of Bolton in the county of Lancaster, roller and 

 spindle maker, " certain improved apparatus for forging, drawing, mould- 

 ing, or forming shafts, spindles, rollers, bolts, and various other like ar- 

 ticles."— 23d June 1841. ^ 



2. To John M'Bride, manager of the Nursery Spinning and Weaving- 

 Mills, Hutchesontown, Glasgow, in Scotland, " certain improvements in the 

 machinery or apparatus for dressing and weaving of cotton, silk, flax, wool, 

 and other fibrous substances." — 25th June 1841. 



3. To Andrew Kurtz of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, manu- 

 facturing chemist, " certain improvements in the construction of furnaces." 

 —25th June 1841. 



4. To Thomas Young of Queen Street, in the City of London, merchant, 

 " improvements in lamps." — 28th June 1841. 



5. To "William Newton of the office for Patents, 66 Chancery Lane, in 

 the county of Middlesex, civil-engineer, being a communicationfrom abroad, 

 of *' certain improvements in machinery or apparatus for picking and clean- 

 ing cotton and wool." — 29th June 1841. 



6. To Morris "West Ruthven of Kotherham in the county of York, en- 

 gineer, " a new mode of increasing the power of certain media when acted 

 upon by rotary fans or other simihar apparatus." — 30th June 1841. 



7. To Anthony Bernhard Yon RATHENof the borough of Kingston upon 

 Hull, engineer, " certain improvements in fire grates, and in parts con- 

 nected therewith for furnaces for heating fluids." — 8th July 1841. 



8. To John Swindells of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, ma- 

 nufacturing chemist; " certain improvements in the manufacture of axti' 



