406 New Publications. 



Lothian, with a description of Gilmerton Colliery ; by Mr M. 

 Dunn. This also we consider a useful local piece of descrip- 

 tion, and the same is the case with 4., which contains a descrip- 

 tion of a group of Dikes called Rivers, discovered in the White- 

 haven colliery ; by Mr W. Pelle. And, 5. Mr Aitkinson's 

 Biography of the late reviver of Wood Engraving in this 

 country will be read with interest. We are delighted to learn, 

 that, through the influence of this Society, there is a certainty 

 of the principal sections and plans of the mines in the north of 

 England being laid before the public. 



5. First Steps in Botany. By Dr Drummond, Belfast. With nu- 



merous illustrative wood-cuts. 1 vol. 8vo. 

 Many elementary guides for the study of popular botany 

 have of late years made their appearance in this country ; of 

 these, the most agreeably written, the most intelligibly illus- 

 trated, at the same lime the most useful, is Dr Drummond's in- 

 teresting volume. 



6. A Synoptical Table of British Organic Remains. By Samuel 



Woodward, H.M.Y. P. S. 1830. Pp.50. 8vo. 



We have looked through this work, and although there are 

 some mistakes and omissions, it is creditable to the author. 

 Now that the subject of the fossil organic remains of this island 

 engages much of the attention of geologists, and also of botanists 

 and zoologists, the work of Mr Woodward cannot but prove 

 acceptable, and the author meet with the encouragement he so 

 well deserves. 



7. Transactions of the Plymouth Institution. Vol. i. 8vo. Pp. 360. 



1830. 

 The Plymouth Institution was founded in 1812, for the pro- 

 motion of literature, science, and the fine arts, in the town and 

 neighbourhood. Among other means adopted in furtherance of 

 the objects of the institution, it was deemed expedient, in the 

 18th year of its existence, to publish a volume of Essays, se- 

 lected from the lectui es read during the meetings of the society. 

 These Essays we consider highly creditable to the society, and 

 we doubt not the same opinion will be formed by others on 

 perusing this interesting volume. 



