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WINTER AM) SPRING ON THE SHORES OF 

 THE AH:I)ITEKRANEAN : or, the Riviera, M(Mit()iu', 

 Italy, Corsica, Algeria, Spain and Biarritz as winter 

 climates,- by J. Henry Rennet, M. I)., inenil)er of tlie 

 Ro^^al College of physicians, London, ttc, A'c., &i'. 

 Fourth edition, published by 1). Ai)i)lcton, tt Co., DO, 

 1)2 and 94 Grand Street, New York. 



The author of this work was an over worked London 

 practitioner, sufl'ei-ing from pulmonary consumption, and 

 sought some quiet corner in which to die. 'i'he shores of 

 the Mediterranean were selected and he arrived ther(^ in 

 tlie autumn (it" l^ol*, where he resided ten winters, and 

 almost completely recovered his health, greatly to the 

 surprise of his friends and himself. He has wi'itten this 

 work with a view of showing the adaptation of its climate 

 and physical condition of the country to consinnptive 

 patients. He gives the physical geography, geology and 

 botany of the Mentortian amphitheatre, and several impor- 

 tant places along the shores of the Mediterranean. The 

 results of his meteorological observations are also given, to- 

 gether with a description of the manners and customs of 

 the inhabitants ; consideral)le historical matter is also 

 added. .Mention is made of several caves near Mentone, 

 in which were found bones of various animals, shells, re- 

 mains of Crustacea, stone, arrows, lance heads, spear points 

 and pieces of Hint, which were considered by many of the 

 most able geologist of the world, to prove the existc^nce of 

 a pre-Adamite race of human beings. 



' The work contains much that is of scientific interest, and 

 can be read by every one with profit. It reaches H21 

 pages, besides several plates, maps and cuts, which form 

 no unimportant feature in the work. 



