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what higher praise can one give?) of White's 

 " History of Selborne." These last, with ]\Ir. 

 Gosse's " Canadian ISratnralist," and his little book 

 "The Ocean," not forgetting Darwin's delightful 

 "Voyage of the Beagle and Adventure," ought to 

 be in the hands of every lad who is likely to travel 

 to our colonies. 



For general Geology, Professor Ansted's Intro- 

 duction is excellent ; while, as a specimen of the 

 way in which a single district may be thoroughly 

 worked out, and the universal method of induction 

 learnt from a narrow field of objects, what book can, 

 or perhaps ever will, compare with Mr. Hugh Miller's 

 "Old Eed Sandstone?" 



For this last reason, I especially recommend to the 

 young the Eev. C. A. Johns's " Week at the Lizard," 

 as teaching a young person how much there is to be 

 seen and known within a few square miles of these 

 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 introduc- 



