564: British Books. 
An Introductory Address delivered by the Reverend William Turner, at the 
First Meeting of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, 
and Newcastle upon Tyne, held on Tuesday, Sept. 15. 1829: to which 
are appended the Provisional Laws directed by the Meeting to be 
prepared by the Committee, and to continue in force until the An- 
niversary ; and a List of the Officers and Members. Newcastle, 1829. 
Pamph. 8vo. 
Report of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and 
Newcastle upon Tyne, for the Year ending August 3. 1830; to which are 
appended the Laws and a List of the Officers and Members. New- 
castle, 1830. Pamph. 8vo. 
Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and 
Newcastle upon Tyne. Vol. 1. Part I. Newcastle, 1830. 4to, 11 plates. 
Neill, Patrick, Esq., Secretary to the Wernerian Society, to the Caledonian 
Horticultural Society, &c. &c.: An Address to the Members of the 
Wernerian Natural History Society. Pamph. 8vo. 1830. 
A local controversy between one of the best of men and we do not know 
very well whom else, of no public interest. 
Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Published under the superintendence 
of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London. 12mo. 2s. 
Since we first noticed this work (p.80.), it has extended as far as the 
13th part, forming part i. of vol. vii. Reviews of those parts which treat 
of insects are in hand by a skilful contributor. 
First Report of the Scarborough Philosophical Society, instituted in 1827 ; and 
the Museum opened to the Public, Aug. 31. 1829. Scarborough. Pamph. 
8vo. 1830. 
The title-page exhibits an engraving of the Museum, a most elegant cir- 
cular building, crowned with a cupola. The Catalogue is already rich in 
geological specimens ; and the Report of the Council gives satisfactory evi- 
dence of the prosperity of the institution. From the same Report we learn 
that “ the arrival, in the year 1830, of Mr. W. Smith, justly entitled the 
father of English geology, gave a new feature to the study, and an impulse 
to the student, which may be considered to have laid the basis of the Scar- 
borough Museum.” 
Lindley, John, Esq. F.R.S., Professor of Botany in the London University : 
An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany ; or, a Systematic View 
of the Organisation, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution of 
the whole Vegetable Kingdom. London, 1830. 8vo, pp. 374. 12s. ° | 
We have already strongly recommended Mr. Lindley’s Outlines of the 
First Principles of Botany, as the best book of the kind m the English lan- 
guage. Weare glad to find that Mr. Lindley has just published four copper- 
plates illustrative of it, which may be had by all those who possess the 
work, on application to Messrs. Longman, through their booksellers. Of 
the present treatise we may say that it is the best of the kind in any 
language, and the only complete one in English. 
Griffith’s Animal Kingdom, from the French of Cuvier, &c. In 8vo Parts. 
Since we noticed this work (Vol. II. p. 358.), parts xx. to xxv. have 
appeared ; and though we have not looked into them very minutely, yet we 
think there is every appearance of improvement. Our reviewer in this 
department, however, will enter into details. 
The Zoological Journal, Nos. XVU.and XVIIL, May 1829 to Feb. 1830, 
and Feb. to June 1830. 8vo. 10s., or, with the plates uncoloured, 7s. 6d. 
These numbers will be noticed in our next. 
