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9 inches in diameter, and standing 2 feet 9 inches high on a 

 beautiful pedestal, costs L.40. 



6. They have also executed columns of granite for halls 

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 the size and style of decoration. But of all the purposes to 

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 cially suitable for monuments of every kind, both from the 

 beauty of the highly polished material, and its imperishable 

 nature under all vicissitudes of the weather. 



The extent and perfection to which these gentlemen have 

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 may be considered as forming an era in British art ; and re- 

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 encouraged by public taste and munificence. 



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Researches on the Comparative Anatomy of the Chimpanzee. 

 By M. Vrolik.* 



If, in the natural sciences, the study of facts ought to serve 

 as the basis of general views and as the means of appreciating 

 natural phenomena taken as a whole, the investigations un- 

 dertaken with the view of throwing light upon some particu- 

 lar points of science, and supporting in some way or other a 

 special object, deserve more than ordinai*y attention. The 

 physical sciences geology and botany, present us with nume- 

 rous examples of these monographs, many of which have been 

 the means of acquiring the highest reputation to their authors. 

 Zoology, and, in particular, Comparative Anatomy, are less 

 rich in works of this description ; it is therefore a duty to no- 

 tice particularly works which, like M. Vrolik's Researches on 

 the Comparative Anatomy of the Chimpanzee, combine a profound 

 study of the subject with new views and ingenious specula- 

 tions ; the more especially when, in addition to these recom- 

 mendations, the mode of execution, the form, and the plates, 



* The valuable work noticed above is entitled, Eecherches d'Anatomie 

 Comparec sur le Chimpanse. Pai- W. Vrolik, Chevalier de I'Ordre Mili- 

 taire de Guillaume, Membre de la Premiere Classe de I'lnstitut Koyal des 

 Pays-Bas. 1 vol. fol. avec 7 Planches. Amsterdam, 1841. 



