400 Analytical Notices of Books. 



almost regretful remark, that certainly he could readily have created a 

 good number of them by giving better and more detailed descriptions of 

 the forms; but that he had felt himself bound to conform to the views of 

 the Editor [of the whole series of Manuels] who had required a book 

 of reference, free from innovations. 



An Atlas pour les Oiseaux, compose de 129 planches reprisentant un 

 grand nombre de sujets, may be had separate from the text of the 

 Manuel. 



