1C4 GLAucrs ; or, 



For this last reason, I especially recommend to 

 the young the Rev. C. A. Johns's " Week at the 

 Lizard," as teaching a young person how much 

 tliere is to be seen and known within a few 

 square miles of the British Isles. But, indeed, 

 all Mr. Johns's books are good, (as they are bound 

 to be, considering his most accurate and varied 

 knowledge,) especially his " Flowers of the Field," 

 the best cheap intx'oduction to systematic botany 

 which has as yet appeared. Trained, and all but 

 self-trained, like Mr. Hugh Miller, in a remote 

 and narrow field of observation, Mr. Johns has 

 developed himself into one of our most acute 

 and persevering botanists, and has added many a 

 new treasure to the Flora of these isles ; and one 

 person, at least, owes him a deep debt of gratitude 

 for first lessons in scientific accuracy and patience, 

 — lessons taught, not dully and dryly at the book 

 and desk, but livingly and genially, in adven- 

 turous rambles over the bleak cliffs and ferny 

 woods of the wild Atlantic shore, — 



" Where the old fable of the guarded mount 

 Looks toward Namancos and Bayona's hold." 



And so I end this little book, hoping, even 

 praying, that it may encourage a few more 



