284 Literary Notices. 



The Emigranfs Hand-Booh of Facts, concerning Canada, New Zealand, Aus- 

 tralia, Cape of Good Hope, ^c. ; with the relative Advantages each of the 

 Colonies offers for Emigration, and practical Advice to intending Emigrants. 

 By Samuel Butler, Esq., Author of the " Hand-book for Australian Emi- 

 grants." ]2mo, pp. 240, and two maps. Glasgow and London, 1843. 



The subject is discussed in three chapters : British America, Australasia, 

 and Africa and South America. The purpose of the work is, not to advise 

 or persuade to emigration, nor to recommend one colony in preference to 

 another, but simply to state the history and conditions of the different co- 

 lonies, leaving to the reader to choose for himself. 



" We have," says the author, " no partiality for one more than another — no 

 desire to give an undue preference ; or to depreciate one colony at the ex- 

 pense of another. This has been too much practised ; and several valuable 

 colonies have been seriously injured by unjust statements made, and unfounded 

 prejudices created, regarding them, for the benefit of others possessing in no 

 way superior advantages. Our object has rather been, by detailing facts, to give 

 the intending emigrant ample means to guide him in making a jwoper selection for 

 the scene of his future exertions. Emigration, the removal from the scenes 

 around which all our affections have hitherto been concentrated, is a matter 

 of grave importance, and one vphich ought to be deliberately and seriously 

 considered ; and the choice of the colony which the emigrant is to make the 

 scene of his future home is equally entitled to careful and deliberate con- 

 sideration. 



" The labouring man, in so far as emigration depends on his own exertions, 

 is, in the mean time, in a great measure restricted in his choice among the 

 British colonies to Canada or the other provinces belonging to Great Britain 

 in North America. The expense even of a steerage passage to Australasia 

 puts it far beyond his power to seek any of these colonies, however strong his 

 desire may be to do so. Indeed, Canada has been emphatically called the 

 ' Poor JMan's Home;' and, in the extended regions there belonging to Great 

 Britain, the sober and industrious labourer or mechanic is certain of having 

 his labour duly rewarded. We do not certainly hear of such ample fortunes 

 being made in Canada as have been realised in Australia ; but we have suf- 

 ficient evidence to show that, after a very short residence in any of the British 

 North American provinces, the exertions of the labouring man, if steadily and 

 soberly pursued, will lead to comfort and independence." 



The work may be safely recommended as the best guide to emigrants re- 

 ■ cently issued from the press. 



Art. III. Literary Notices. 



DeCjndolle's Prodromus, vol. viii., we are happy to observe, is announced 

 by Mr. Pamplin for publication in August or September next. Mr. Pamplin 

 also has on sale a few beautiful engraved portraits of the illustrious author of 

 that work. We had the honour of being introduced to Professor DeCandolle 

 in Paris in 1828, and can vouch for the fidelity of the likeness. 



In Jameson's Journal for April 1843, there is a sketch of the Writings and 

 Philosophical Character of the late Professor DeCandolle of Geneva, by Dr. 

 Daubeny, Professor of Chemistry and Botany at Oxford, which is extremely 

 interesting and instructive. 



A Treatise on the Management and Cidlivation of Forest and Fruit Trees 

 is in preparation by John Smith, Gardener and Forester to the Marquess of 

 Bute. 



