48 HISTORY OF BRITISH ZOOPHYTES. 
Edinburgh, his interesting work, the ‘History of British 
Zoophytes,’ already referred to. This was hailed as a most 
valuable production, and being favourably received, a second 
edition of it, in two volumes, was published by Van Voorst, 
in London. ‘The second volume consists of plates from the 
felicitous pencil of his accomplished lady; and many of 
them were also engraved by her. These illustrations greatly 
enhance the value of this treatise, which is ¢#e standard 
work on this subject. 
We might have greatly extended this history, but we 
have limited ourselves to short notices of those works that 
have taken in the whole field of British zoophytology. Our 
object, however, has been answered by showing how matters 
now stand. The animality of zoophytes has been fully 
established; and how much has that widened the range 
for the contemplative naturalist, to adore the goodness of 
God. ‘The microscope shows us that there are myriads of 
myriads of his creatures enjoying happiness, and by their 
works and by their very happimess proclaiming his praise, 
where formerly nothing but the sportiveness of crystalliza- 
tion, or at best the unconscious workings of vegetation, 
were beheld. ‘The happiness of these little creatures, espe- 
cially when we take ther numbers numberless into account, 
