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TO BE COHPLETED 1,\ THREE WOKKS. 



I. 



THE NAURATIVE OF THE VOYAGE ÜF 

 H. M. S. HERALD, 



Undur tliu Commanil of Cnptain Henry Kellell, 

 R.N., C.B., ilurinu llic Yoars Ib4.5-lb51; licing 

 n CiiTiiniiiaviiiiitiori of llie Glühe, and Three 

 Cniizi's to llio Ardic Rciiions in Scarcli of 

 Sir John Franklin. By Bcrthold Seemann, 

 P\L. S., Meniher ofliie Iin[ierial L. C. Acadeniy 

 Natur« Curiosorum, Naturalist of the E.xpedi- 

 lion. In two volutncs, octavo, vvitli a Map 

 and tintcd Lithograph«. 



II. 



THE ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF 



H. M. S. HERALD, 



Under the Coinmand of Captain Henry KelletI, 

 R.N., C.B., duriiio the Years lb45-5l". Edited 

 by Prof. Edward Forbes, F.R.S. In one 

 volunie, quarto, 400 pages and 100 lilhogra- 

 pliic plates (issued in Parts). 



Opiniuns uf the Press. 

 iiAu abstract of the reporls (on the ice-clills in 

 ICotzebue Sound) of Dr. (juodri(|r;e and Mr. Bcrlhnid 

 Seemann, wlio acconipanied Captain Kelictt, is given in 



this ilhe (irst) part No paiiis have been .'spared 



by Sir John Kichardson hiniself lo make bis deseriptions 

 of these ifossil) remaiiis as perfect as he coiild; .... 

 and the accuracy of the deseriptions is niuch increased 

 by ihe empluyment uf the noinenolature su;;gesled by 

 Professor Owen in liis work on the Archet) pe of the 



Vertebrate Skelelon \Ve have seldoin seen hetter 



speeiniens of natural history lithography. They are 

 highly creditable to artist and publisliers, — and worlhy 

 of the work vvhich they accompany." — Alhcitmim. 



III. 



TUE BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE OF 

 H.M.S. HERALD. 



Under the Cominand of Captain Henry KelletI, 



R.N. C.B., during Ihe Years 1845-51. By 



Berthold Seemann, F. L. S., Member of Ihe 



Jniperial L. C. Acadeniy Natur;e Ciiriosoruin. 



In one volume, quarto, 400 pages and 100 



lilhogra[)hic plates (issued in Parts). 



Opioions of the Press. 



jiThe parts now pnblished po.ssess an iuteresl iii- 



dcpendenl of scienlilic liotnin , inii.sniuch as any iiew 



iuluruiatiou respecting llie natural fealnres bolli of llie 



Arctic Regions and of Ihe Isthmus of Panama mn.'it al 



the present time be parlicnlarly acceptable. In this 

 respeet we like Ihe plan followed hy Mr. Seeniann"s 

 Work; whieh is, not to gi\e nicrely a sjnopsis of Ihe 

 tlora, bul tu preface eatli uf his divisions wilh an 

 'Historical notice,' detailing the e\ents and .«cientihc 

 labours whiih led to onr present knowledsre of the 

 distric'ts trealed of, — and an ,lntroduetion' conveying 

 a general notiee of the tountry and an accouni of the 

 conilitioiis under v\liich the aniuial and \ej;et:d)!i' Uingdoms 

 llourish. The general reader will indeed iitid under 

 these two heads a cornprehensive piiMure of the eountry, 

 dra«n liy a band who.se study of nature and seientilic 



attainments are evjclently of a high ordcr Tlie 



Flora of Eskimo-Iand iPart I.' is a \alualile additiun to 

 Arclic lileralure. . . . Tlic Flora of the Isthmus of Panama 

 (Part II. et seq.] eontains altogether a larger amouni of 

 Information respecting the natural features and resourees 

 of Ihat at present important conntry than we had 

 pre\iously possessed The v,a\ in which Mr. See- 

 mann has performed his task is, as we have said, 

 deserving oi great praise. The general deseriptions are 

 in a graphic and luciil style, anrl call to niind the 

 vvrilings of a Jlumboldt or a Darwin: uhile the accuracy 

 and value of the seientilic parls are guarauteeil by tlie 

 nanies of Harvey, Wilson, iVees von Esenbeck. Bentham, 

 J. 1>. Hooker, J. Smith, Churchill Babington, and others, 

 who have lenl Ihe anthor a helping band. Sir \\ illiam 

 Hooker has, with his accnslonied liberality. allowed iMr. 

 Seemann the use of his extensi\e library and herbarinm." 

 Atltriufuni. 



jiNo traveller was ever betler fitted for his task 

 than Air. Seemann. Ile looks at his fa\ourale science 

 of phytology with all Ihe ardonr of a devoted lover. 

 Notliing can e.veeed the assidiiity of his altentions, or 

 the carefui nianner in which lie has bestow ed Ihem. 

 He has considered the subject in all its bearings. His 

 suiumaries of the botanical products of the eountry. 

 \\ helher Statistical, economical, or ornamental, are rcplete 

 with insirnction, and bespeak Ihe possession of one of 

 ihose comprehensive minds which can appreciate at 

 once, and correetly, all the fealures of the scene before 

 bim. Inslead of those dry. and shall we say uuprofilable, 

 delaiis which have too ollen lilled the pages of wurks 

 designed as records of the discoveries made under 

 Governii)«nl patronage and at (iovernmenl expense. we 

 have here a series of wrillen piciures, presenting vividly 

 lo the minds eye Ihe very scenes which the aulhor 

 hiinselt beheld, and grouping, with exacl nielhod, yel 

 wilh agreeable ease, the characlers which conimnnicate 

 to the landscape and the land Iheir grealesl inleresl. 

 alike to the enthusiastic explurer, and the sober, plodd- 

 ing Student in the science-halls of dislanl Europa. — 

 i'hijlnfogist. 



It happeiied fortunalely ihat there was attached to 

 this expedition, Mr. Bcrthold Seemann, aGerman naturalist. 

 of niuch intelligence and industry, and greal power oi 

 obser\alion, who neglected no opporlunity of making 

 himself thoroughly acipiainted with everything relating 



lo bcilany which came williin his reach The lirsl 



par conlains a graphic and clever ly-w ritten, descriplion 



of Wcslern Eskimo-Iand and its Vegetation In 



Ihe seeond p.irt of this important work an accouni will 

 be found of Panama, whicli gives a graphic and aniple 

 description of what it is most ilesirahle for the cnilivalor 

 to know . and draws a slriking piclure of the beauly 

 of the Vegetation.' - l'io/'. Lindlcij. in Giiideiiris' 

 Clironicle. 



Druck von ,\ugnst tirinipe in Hannover 



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