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corona, star and star-cloudlets—their nature, movements, ar- 
rangement in space, and aggregation into systems. Further, 
there are ample appendices on the rotation of Mars and the 
proper motion of the Sun, as well as three essays on the transit 
of Venus. This breathless list conveys but an inadequate idea 
of the labour which Mr. Proctor continually undertakes for the 
benefit of the public; and, what is more, the popular descriptions 
are given after the facts have been presented to and received by 
some eminent Society. Thus Mr. Proctor has a twofold claim 
upon the public, for hard work and for accuracy. We can recom- 
mend this volume as being one of the most solid Mr. Proctor 
has yet written. 
An Exposition of Fallacies in the Hypothesis of Mr. Darwin. 
By C. R. Bree, M.D.,. F.Z.S., Senior Physician to~-the 
Exeter and Colchester Hospital; Author of ‘‘ Species not 
Transmutable, nor the Result of Natural Selection,” &c. 
London: Longmans and Co. 1872. 
WE cannot here enter into the discussion invited by Dr. Bree, 
because we should be led beyond the limits of our space; but 
we can recommend the work as a clear and earnest protest 
against the exaggerated claims of the Darwinian theorists. But 
the work remains, for all the care bestowed upon it by its author, 
still only a protest. Dr. Bree has attempted too much. Had he 
devoted his energies to single combat with Dr. Darwin some 
sore wounds might have resulted to the latter, but when he en- 
counters, also, Mr. Spencer and Professor Huxley, he should not 
expect to make much mark against such redoubtable champions. 
There are, in Dr. Bree’s present work, many valuable arguments 
against the Darwinian theory, which’arguments may be consi- 
dered to fail solely for lack of illustration. In saying so much 
we have almost taken the field against Dr. Bree; this we do for 
the reason that we think his high talent as an entomologist and 
ornithologist would be serviceably employed if concentrated to 
the answering of one point of the theory of evolution, for in the 
sciences named Dr. Bree has corrected not a few errors made by 
Dr. Darwin. Thus his work is calculated to lead to the ultimate 
discovery of the truth; and we recommend to all our readers, 
who like to know something of both sides of a question, the 
perusal of Dr. Bree’s exposition. 
Magnetism and Deviation of the Compass. For the Use of 
Students in Navigation and Science Schools. By Joun 
MERRIFIELD, LL.D., F.R.A.S., Head Master of the Ply- 
mouth Navigation School. London: Longmans and Co. 
1872. 
THis is a work well adapted to the candidate in navigation. 
The explanations are clear and well arranged, embracing every 
