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tion of the work would have been much better performed. The 

 fifth chapter is on weighing and measuring. 



The individual portions of the whole are generally well ela- 

 borated. The author is everywhere clear but not always concise* 

 He is sometimes tempted to expatiate unduly on topics not imme- 

 diately connected with his subject, It must, however, be said 

 that his digressions are usually both pleasing and instructive, 

 and cannot be regretted except for their interference with the 

 unity of his design. The work is one that will well repay peru- 

 sal, and we trust will be studied and mastered by every student of 

 chemistry. We anticipate with pleasure the appearance of the 

 succeeding volume on Stoiehiometry and Chemical Classifica- 

 tion. S. P. R. 



Salmon Fishing in Canada hy a Resident, Edited by Col. Sir 

 James E. Alexander, with Illustrations. London : Long- 

 man's. Montreal : B. Dawson & Son. 



Those who delight in the pastime of Salmon Fishing in the 

 fine tributaries of the St. Lawrence will find in this Book much, both 

 to instruct and interest them. It is written in a very chaste and 

 pleasing style, and as it abounds in good stories it may be read 

 •with interest by all classes of persons. The author is evidently 

 an adept in the piscatory art, and knows how to go about and to 

 enjoy a vacation ramble in the solitary wilds of the Lower St. 

 Lawrence. His descriptions of the natural scenery of the country 

 are good and likely to awaken desires in the reader to escape 

 from the civilized and settled place in which he may live and 

 enjoy the freedom of the waters and the woods. 



Were we disposed to be critical we should say that the Ser- 

 mon with which the Chaplain favours the tourists is rather long, 

 and would be improved by a reduction of its bulk. The latter 

 part might be judiciously left out both for the reputation of the 

 author's divinity, and the comfort of the reader. We quite agree 

 wdth the Baron in thinking this part to be rather " fishy." 

 The vignettes which are interspersed through the work are 

 sketched with remarkable spirit ; and although not very artistic 

 are yet very clever and amusing. The Appendix contains several 

 valuable papers on the natural history of the Salmon, and on its 

 peculiar habits in the Canadian waters and elsewhere. We trust 

 that the publication of this Book by its excellent and obliginaj 

 author, indicates the beginning of a new era in the treatment of 



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