20U List of New Publications. 



tiirc's on this branch of Natural History — and hence its fulness of 

 detail. 



5. Principles of Scientific Botany ; or Botanj' as an Inductive Science. 

 By Dr J. M. Schleiden, Professor of Botany in the University of Jena. 

 Translated by E. Lankester, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. One vol. 8vo, 

 pp. 616. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 1849. We 

 congratulate our readers on the appearance of an English edition of this 

 remarkable work, by a gentleman so capable to do full justice to it as 

 Dr Lankester. It cannot fail to interest deeply all tnie lovers of 

 Botanical Science, and we believe it will be considered a valuable addi- 

 tion to our Botanical literature. 



6. The Isle of Man : its History, Physical, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and 

 Legendary. By the Rev. J. G. Cumniing, M.A., F.G.S., Vice-Principal 

 of King William's College, Castletown. 8vo, pp. 376, with numerous 

 Illustrations. J. Van Voorst, London, 1848. Mr Cumming's interest- 

 ing volume gives the most satisfactory and comprehensive view of the 

 statistics and geology of the Isle of Man hitherto published. 



7. Histoire des Progress de la Geologie de 1834 a 1845, par Le 

 Vicomte d'Archiac. Tome Premiere. Cosmogonie, Geogonie, Physique 

 du Globe, Geographic Physique, Terrain Modern. Paris, 1847. Count 

 d'Archiac's very useful work, publishing by the Geological Society of 

 Paris, and under the sanction of the Minister of Public Instruction, 

 so well begun, ive trust will be continued, and without interruption, not- 

 withstanding the present disordered political state of Paris. 



8. Explication de la Carte Geologique de la France, redig^e par 

 MM. Dufrenoy et Elie de Beaumont. Tome 2. 2to, pp. 813. Paris, 



1848. The present volume of the celebrated Geological Survey of France, 

 like that already published, is remarkable for its rich display of facts 

 illustrative of the varied geognostical and ceconotnical relations of the 

 rock forinations of that empire. This volume i? dedicated to the Tiias 

 system, including the variegated sandstone, shell limestone, and varie- 

 gated marls, and the Jura system, consequently including the Lias, 

 and the lower, middle, and upper Oolite. These systems are illustrated 

 by 105 interesting sections and plans. It is announced that the third 

 volume will contain an account of the remaining Neptunian formations ; 

 and that a separate volume will be published, with descriptions and 

 figures of the Fossil Molluscs characteristic of the different fossiliferous 

 deposits of France. 



9. Lectures on the Study of Chemistry, in connection with the Atmo- 

 sphere, the Earth, and the Ocean : and Discourses on Agriculture ; with 

 Introductions on the present state of the West Indies, and on the Agricul- 

 tural Societies of Barbados. By John Davy, M.D., Inspector-General of 

 Army Hospitals. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. London, 



1849. This interesting little volume, ivorthy the reputation of its 

 distinguished author, cannot but prove both instructive and acceptable 

 to the numerous class of readers for which it is intended. 



10. Manual of Mineralogy ; or the Natural History of the Mineral 

 Kingdom. By James Nicol, F.R.S., Assistant-Secretary to the Geological 

 Society of London. 8vo, pp. 576. Adam and Charles Black, Edin- 

 burgh, and Longmans, London. Mr Nicol, in his Manual, one of the 

 best elementary works on Mineralogy lately published in our language, 

 arranges minerals according to the system of the celebrated Prussian 



