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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. 
Eminent n of the Day. Taoweraphed by G. C. Warrrcg, M.D. 
cientific Series. London: Van Voorst, 1870. 
WE are E y well aceustomed, in our journeyings through some 
of the principal streets of London, to see photographic portraits of 
those scientific men whose names occupy the la argest space in the 
estimation of the general public. Some of these “ counterfeit pre- 
se Sea ants ” are undoubtedly good; but others are deficient in 
those qualities of artistic effect which to a great extent constitute 
the charm of a portrait, whilst others are so badly managed in every 
ould thi 
o such reproach can be laid upon Dr. Wallich, whose portraits 
of sixteen of our leading scientific men, now just published by Mr. 
Van Voorst, really leave little to be desired. All of them are nearly 
ams likenesses ; and to some the praise of actual perfection is due. 
vignetted and printed with a care which brings out the more 
delicate shades wonderfully, whilst Dr. Wallich’s cet acquaint- 
ance with his sitters has enabled him, in most cases, to select the 
best positions for developing their characteristic peak ie sri 
ume of the ‘ Scientific Series,’ n w before u us, inclu- 
the a Society. The other portraits are Ta of Professor 
Tyndall, Sir William Logan, Director of the rim tangi of 
Canada, Mr. Lassell, the President of the Royal Astronomical So- 
ciety, the Rev. J. B. Reade, President of the Royal fsted 
Society, and Professor Williamson, President of the Chemical Society. 
Artistically the best of these portrai aits are those of Mr. Bentham, 
Sir William Logan, and the Rev. J. B. Reade. 
That we have referred specially above to the qualities of individual 
is due rather to the desire of expressing the pleasure which 
