200 New FuhUcations. 



2. A Familiar Introduction to the study of Polarized Light, &c. By 

 Charles Woodward, Esq., F.R.S. Illustrated by numerous wood- en- 

 gravings. 40 pp. London : John Van Voorst. 1848. We recom- 

 mend this volume to all cultivators of the important subject of Polarized 

 Light. 



3. Ancient Sea-Margins, as memorials of Changes in the relative level 

 of Sea and Land. By Robert Chambers, Esq., F.R.S.E. One volume, 

 8vo, 337 pp. The substance of this interesting volume was, we believe, 

 read at a m,eeting of the British Association. In its present extended 

 and amply illustrated form, it cannot fail to excite general attention- 

 It being admitted that the present dry land rose above the level of the 

 sea, it follows that every country may be expected to exhibit traces of the 

 ocean's action from great heights to the present sea-level. Mr Chambers, 

 in his volume, has adduced many proofs of " Ancient Sea-Margins'' 

 or of oceanic operations, even at great heights, in numerous localities 

 throughout this island, and in other countries. 



4. An Inquiry into the Nature of the Simple Bodies of Chemistry. 

 By David Low, F.R.S.E., Professor of Agriculture in the University of 

 Edinburgh. Second edition, enlarged. One volume 8vo, pp. 344. 

 Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London. 1848. This new 

 edition of Professor Low's Inquiry displays the learned and distin- 

 guished Professor's usual acuteness, and will satisfy those Chemists who 

 objected to the views in the first edition, that he reasoned well and on 

 sound principles. 



5. Meraoire sur Les Temperatures de la mer Glaciale, a la surface, a 

 grandes profondeur, et dans le Voisinage des Glacier du Spitzberg. 

 Par Ch. Martins, Membre de la Commission du Nord. Paris, 1848. 



6. Narrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes, down to the occupa- 

 tion of Labuan. From the Journals of James Brooke, Esq , Rajah of 

 Sarawak, and Governor of Labuan. Together with a Narrative of the 

 Operations of H. M. S. Iris. By Capt. Rodney Mundy, R. N. Two 

 volumes 8vo, with numerous Plates. John Murray, Albemarle Street, 

 London, 1848. This interesting account of the proceedings of a re- 

 markable and very distinguished individual having been already so 

 fully considered in the British Journals, requires no particular notice 

 from us ; but we may be allowed to express a hope that the philanthropy 

 of the Rajah of Sarawak will meet with the reward it so justly de- 

 serves. 



7. Account of the Skerry vore Lighthouse ; with Notes on the Illumi- 

 nation of Lighthouses. By Alan Stevenson, LL.B., F.R.S.E., M.I.C.E., 

 Engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board. Published by order of the 

 Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses. 4to, pp. 439. With numerous 

 Plates. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black ; and Longman and Co., 



