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Wc are conscious that these few and imperfect remarks are 

 far from doinf;^ justice to the merits of Dr. Gray. For more 

 than fifty years he occupied a position in tlie first rank of the 

 naturalists of this country, and both in his capacity as Director 

 of the chief zoological collection in Britain and by his personal 

 exertions in various ways, he exercised a widespread influence. 

 lie was always ready to facilitate the study of the splendid 

 collections under his charge, and to give advice and assistance 

 to earnest students ; and whilst it must be admitted that the 

 shrewdness of his character, which led him to penetrate the 

 hidden motives of men, coupled with an acquired or natural 

 causticity of manner, often raised a prejudice against him, 

 those who succeeded in getting within the outworks thus 

 raised, found in Dr. Gray a warm-hearted, judicious, kind, and 

 firm friend. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. 



Zoolofjy. By Alfred Xewtox, M.A., F.K.S. Sra. 8vo. London, 

 1874. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 



TTiP. StudenCs Guide to Zoology, a Manual of the Principles of 

 ZooJof/iad Science. By Andrew "VN'ilsox. Sm. 8vo. London : 

 J. & A. Churchill, 1874. 



We have already, on more than one occasion, noticed the great 

 fertility of the present day in zoological manuals. Up to within, a very 

 few years the student had the choice of two or three English books 

 on the subject, and that was all ; now his difficulties must aiise 

 solely from an embarras de richesses, seeing that the number and 

 variety of the manuals offered for his selection is so great that he 

 ought to be able to suit himself perfectly, if only he knows how to 

 choose. 



The two little handbooks of which the titles stand at the head 

 of this article do not profess to furnish a regular system of zoologj'; 

 they are devoted to the exposition of the principles of the science, or, in 

 other words, the generalization of the results obtained by zoological 

 investigation, to form a basis for future studies. The first of them, 

 by Professor Alfred Newton, is one of a series of shilling ' Manuals 

 of Elementary Science ' published by the Society for Promoting 

 Christian Ejiowledge ; and it reflects high credit both on its 

 author and on the Society under whose auspices it has been produced. 

 The leading branches of zoological study are explained very simply 

 and clearly, and from a really zoological stand-point, by Prof. 

 Newton, whose lessons might, we think, be taken to heart with 

 advantage by many modern naturalists, who would be offended if we 

 made this recommendation to them personally. Starting from a 

 very ingenious comparison between tlie animal world and a bag of 

 coins. Professor Newton indicates the general principles by which 



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