CONTENTS. 



Divi Botanici ; Sketches of Botanists whose Names are commemorated in the Appel- 

 lations of Plants— Article I I7I 



General View of the Subjects of Natural History 188 



Loose Thoughts on the Cause of Beauty, &c., in Architecture 200 



The Birmingham Musical Festival 207 



Abstract of a Paper on the Fossil Ichthyosaurus lately purchased for the Birmingham 



Philosophical Institution 233 



An Intellectual Monstrosity, by J. L. Levison 240 



Observations on the Geology and Mining of the South Staffordshire Coal-field 247 



Sketches of European Ornithology, — "Gould's Birds of Europe" 253 



Two Chapters illustrative of the Character and Conduct of James 1 267 



Critical Notices of New Publications 292 



The New Botanist's Guide to the Localities of the Rarer Plants of Britain, by H. C. 

 Watson ; The Literary Beauty of the Bible, by the Bev. R. Jones, D.D. ; 

 The Spirit of the Woods, by the author of The Moral Flowers ; On the Natu- 

 ral History and Classification of Birds, by William Swainson, A.C.G., F.R.S., 

 F.L.S., &c. ; a Lecture on Education, by W. B. Hodgson. 



Fine Arts 306 



Music, Vocal Funeral Anthem on the Death of the late Charles Wesley, by 



Samuel Wesley : Instrumental — Chefs d'CEuvres de Mozart, edited by Cipri- 

 ani Potter ; Studio for the Organ, by Samuel Wesley ; Three Romances for 

 the Piano-forte, and Three Musical Sketches for the Piano-forte, by William 

 Sterndale Bennett ; L'art de la Fugue, par Jean Sebastien Bach. 



Proceedings of Societies 312 



St. James's Ornithological Society ; Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society. 



Miscellaneous Communications 33G 



Notices of Books 347 



Meteorological Report 350 



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