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guished botanical career with the humble but beautiful family of Mosses. 

 But his pen and pencil have since largely illustrated every class of 

 plants ; and among them, the graceful tribe of Ferns have from time 

 to time received particular attention. To this the splendid Icones Fili- 

 cum, published by Dr. Greville and himself, and the recent Genera 

 Filicum, illustrated by Mr. Bauer's drawings, bear abundant testimony. 

 The present work, of which only two parts have reached us, (although 

 others have probably appeared ere this,) is intended to comprise a sys- 

 tematic account of all the known species, with the chief synonymy, 

 and general descriptive remarks ; the whole written in the English 

 language, and illustrated with figures of numerous species which have 

 not previously been represented. The work will be embraced, we 

 suppose, within the limits of a single thick octavo volume. The forty 

 plates given with the two parts already published, contain delineations 

 of about one hundred and fifty species. The text, thus far, embraces 

 the Gleicheniaceffi, and of Polypodiacese, the tribes Cyathacese and 

 Dicksonieaj. The second part is chiefly occupied with the genera Hy- 

 menophyllum and Trichomanes. A. Gr. 



5. Lepons Elementaires de Botanique, fondees sur Vanalyse de 50 

 plantes Vulgaires, etformant un Traite Complet d'' Organographie et de 

 Fhysiologie Vegetale, a Vusage des Etudiants et des Gens du Monde ; 

 par M. Emm. le Maoxjt, D. M., etc. Paris, 1844. Fortin, Masson & 

 cie. 2 vols. 8vo. — We have directed the attention of our botanical 

 readers to several new introductory works on that science, of high ex- 

 cellence, which have recently appeared on the other side of the Atlan- 

 tic, and especially in Germany and France, It is only in the last vol- 

 ume of this Journal that we gave a concluding notice of Prof. Adrien 

 de Jussieu's admirable volume, specially commending it to all lovers 

 of botany among us who are familiar with the French language. The 

 learned author has since informed us that his work is already passing 

 to a second edition. It augurs favorably for the prospects and popular 

 diffusion of science, that the task of preparing elementary books is 

 falling more and more into the hands of the most eminent naturalists. 

 This is as it should be. By giving this direction to a portion of their 

 useful labors, such men as Jussieu, Endlicher, and Milne Edwards, are 

 performing as important service in the general diffusion of sound 

 knowledge of the sciences they cultivate, as their profound researches 

 contribute to the direct advancement of these sciences. Those most 

 profoundly versed in any scientific subject are best fitted to write popu- 

 lar treatises upon it ; while those who know little of it, are least of all 

 qualified to communicate that little to others. Dr. Maout, however, 

 Eippears to be very well acquainted with the subject he undertakes to 



