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anemones, wliich were, at last, as successful as 

 the former ones. Mr, Gosse had, in the mean 

 while, with tolerable success, begun a similar 

 method, unaware of what Mr. Warington had 

 done ; and now the beautiful and curious exhib- 

 ition of fresh and salt-water tanks, opened last 

 year in the Zoological Gardens in London, bids 

 fair to be copied in every similar institution, and 

 we hope in many private houses, throughout the 

 kingdoms. 



To this subject Mr. Gosse's last book, " The 

 Aquarium," is principally devoted, though it 

 contains, besides, sketches of coast scenery, in 

 his usual charming style, and descriptions of 

 rare sea-animals, with wise and godly reflections 

 thereon. One great object of interest in the 

 book is the last chapter, which treats fully of the 

 making and stocking these salt-water "Aquaria " ; 

 and the various beautifully colored plates, which 

 are, as it were, sketches from the interior of 

 tanks, are well fitted to excite the desire of all 

 readers to possess such gorgeous living pictures, 

 if as nothing else, still as drawing-room ornaments, 

 flower-gardens which never wither, fairy lakes 

 of perpetual calm which no storm blackens, — 



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