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19. THE ESCULENT EUNGUSES OE ENGLAND. A 



treatise on theii* Classical History^ Uses, Characters, De- 

 velopment, Structure, Nutritious Properties, Mode of 

 Cooking, Preserving, &c., by Charles D. Badiiam, M.D. 

 in one vol. super royal 8vo. 21s., coloured plates. 



" We lately noticed the beautiful fasciculi of Mrs. Hussey, illustrative of what is 

 useful and interesting in the neglected class of Fimgals. The present work, which 

 owes the greater part of its figures to the same exquisite pencil, and some portion of 

 the infomiation it contains to the experience of Mrs. Hussey, will be acceptable 

 either as an appendage to the Illustrations, or as containing in itself a mass of 

 entertaining and valuable matter. It is scarcely possible that two works so beauti- 

 fully illustrated, wTitten with such evident interest in the subject, and in such a 

 lively manner, should fail to draw attention to the objects they describe ; and the 

 matter is in general so judiciously handled, that, with any ordinary precaution, there 

 will be no danger of mistakes being made. The common Mushrooom is in some 

 years extremely scarce, but there are many species abounding in our woods and 

 meadows which may be substituted with safety ; and some, which, though usually 

 rejected, ai'e in many respects superior. The work of M. Roques has had the effect 

 at Paris of removing much prejudice ou the subject ; and we hope that many a 

 group of Fungi, which would hitherto have been trampled under foot, will now, 

 in consequence of the labom's of Mrs. Hussey and Dr. Badham, be duly honoured." — 

 '< Gardeners' Chronicle. '/, 



I "There is no reason why we should eschew frogs and relish turtle; stUl less 

 ] is there for our eating one or two of the numerous edible Funguses which our island 

 I produces and condemning all the rest. To di'aw attention to this fact and to supply 

 ', an accurate account with a correct delineation of the esculent species of this family in 

 J Great Britain are the objects of the book before us ; such a work was a desideratum 

 5 in this country. The majority of those which grow in our meadows and on the 

 i. decaying wood of our oi'chards and forests are unfit for food, — and the value of Dr. 

 ^ Badham's book consists in the fact that it enables us to distinguish from these such 

 J as may be eaten with impunity." — At/ienaum. 



\ ,20. CONCHOLOGIA SYSTEMATICA, or Complete System 



\ of Conchology, in which the Lepades and Mollusca are 



5 described and classified according to their natural organi- 



i zation and habits, illustrated with 300 plates of upwards 



\ of 1,500 figures of Shells. By Lovell Reeve, E.L.S. 



I In two quarto volumes, cloth, price 10/. coloured, 61. plain. 



I " The text is both interesting and instructive ; many of the plates have appeared 



I before in Mr. Sowerby's works, but from the great expense of collecting them, and 



i the miscellaneous manner of their publication, many persons will no doubt gladly 



^ avail themselves of tliis select and classified portion, which also contains many original 



; figures." — Athenaum. 



