the former edition having become a very rare book a portion 

 of it, which Hutchins described as "some remarkable particulars 

 of Natural History," was entrusted to Mr. Mansel-Pleydell, 

 who has most admirably performed his by no means easy task. 

 A series of dredgings which he undertook many years ago 

 enabled him to add considerably to our knowledge of the 

 marine shells of the Dorset coast. But the most valuable 

 portion of his work is that which has been also published 

 separately, under the title of " The Flora of Dorsetshire," one 

 of the best and most complete works on the botany of an 

 English county that has ever appeared. He is, we have reason 

 to believe, engaged on a new edition of this work, which is 

 likely to be as valuable from a botanical as the present is from 

 a topographical point of view. "When the Dorset Field Club 

 was inaugurated in 1875 Mr. Mansel-Pleydell was unanimously 

 selected by the members as their first President, and we doubt 

 not but that the papers in the publications issued from time to 

 time by the Club will prove the wisdom of their selection. 



