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bills which will not be accepted in the commercial mart of 

 literature. One of the authors of these would-be witty articles, 

 having occasion to quote Mr, Hughes^ the author of ' Tom 

 Brown's School Days/ calls the said author "^the author of 

 ' Tom Moore^s School Days.' " This is doubtless a lapsus calami, 

 a slip of memory. 



The Polyglot proverbs of the Elegant Extracts and Bohn 

 might make Mr, Bohn himself open his eyes or scratch his ears, 

 in order to see or hear the meaning of the author. This, how- 

 ever, is a very pleasant article about proverbs, and worth reading, 

 though the writer is not very profound in the subject, " Literature 

 of Proverbs." 



This is not written to enlighten him on the Polyglot collection 

 of proverbs, but to give him a hint that he draws too liberally 

 on the credulity of his readers, when he expresses his hope that 

 though he " may need censure he will never receive it.'^ 



The Physical History of the Vale of Mowbray . By John Gilbert 

 Baker. Printed for private circulation. Ripon : printed by 

 A. Johnson & Co., 1858. 



An apology is due to our estimable correspondent, the author 

 of this monograph, as it may be called, for delaying to notice it 

 for several months. It is oidy a small book, but it is on a large 

 subject, which is very satisfactorily treated. The botanist will 

 find within its twenty-eight pages all that he can reasonably 

 desire to see in a guide to this fertile district. 



The physical geography, viz. the mountains or hills, the rivers 

 (streams), the climate, with the plants and animals, are all suc- 

 cinctly enumerated. 



The geological nature of the strata is oolite, upper and lower, 

 with a large extent of new red on the west. These are well 

 depicted on a geological map, on which is described the streams, 

 roads, towns, villages, altitudes, etc. etc. 



The following list of rare plants, with their localities, is extracted 

 from p. 14 : — " The valley of Yowlasdale, opposite Boltby, is one of 

 the best localities in north Yorkshire for those plants which require 

 the dry character of habitation which limestones best afford. Here 

 grows abundance of Actaa spicata, on the edge of woods blue 



