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drunken soon after receiving permission to eat animal food; 
Jacob, when he brought his father the savoury mess of pottage, 
likewise brought wine. ‘* Again,” says Mr. Smith, “ carnivorous 
animals are ferocious; the herbivorous are gentle, sociable, and 
playful.” But, we would ask, can anything be more “sociable 
and playful” than a dog or a cat, anything more ferocious than 
a wild bull? Those who have seen wild horses fight in the 
prairies will class the horse with the bull. We cannot discuss 
such arguments as these; a similar mode of reasoning to that 
employed by Mr. Smith could be made to prove that black is 
white. This book appeals to a small class of persons; that it 
will convince anyone that vegetarianism is better than our present 
system we confidently doubt. We have been unable to find a 
trace of sound logic or convincing argument in the whole book, 
and are more than ever assured that our omnivorous diet is the 
right one. 
Geology. By ArcuripaLp Geixiz, LL.D., F.R.S., Director of 
the Geological Survey of Scotland. Illustrated. London: 
Macmillan and Co. 1874. 18mo. 130 pp. 
Tus small volume forms the fifth of Messrs. Macmillan’s Science 
Primers, and immediately follows the Physical Geography Primer, 
by the same author. The first of the series, by Professor Huxley, 
has not yet appeared, and is somewhat eagerly expected, as it 
forms an introduction to the whole series, and will without doubt 
discuss the modes and advantages of elementary science teaching. 
The author of the book before us is well known as an eminent 
geologist, and there is nothing to be said about his book in the 
way of criticism. The arrangement is clear and good; the 
subject-matter treats of sedimentary rocks, igneous rocks, and 
‘‘organic rocks,” that is, rocks consisting of the remains of 
plants and animals,—such as coal, chalk, and encrinitic limestone. 
At the conclusion we have various paragraphs relating to the 
crust of the earth considered as a whole, to prove that it has 
been upheaved and depressed at different epochs, which actions 
have produced tilting, crumpling, and breaking of the crust. We 
find here, too, a section on the origin of mountains. A few good 
illustrations help the beginner to realise the various descriptions. 
A Phrenologist Amongst the Todas, or the Study of a Primitive 
Tribe in South India; History, Character, Customs, Religion, 
Infanticide, Polyandry, Language. By WiLLt1AM MARSHALL, 
Lieutenant-Colonel of Her Majesty’s Bengal Staff Corps. 
London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1873. 
THE native inhabitants of the Indian peninsula may be broadly 
divided into two great races,—the Aryans, inhabiting the whole 
