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Man in his Physical Structure and Adaptations. By Robert 

 Mudie, Author of " The Heavens," " The Four Seasons," 

 "The British Naturalist," &c. 12mo. London, 1838. 



This is the first of a series of four volumes, which are to treat 

 of Physical Man, Intellectual Man, Moral Man, and Social 

 Man. In the preface, Mr. Mudie informs us that his object is, 

 to prepare the way for the other volumes, by showing that the 

 human body is organised and adapted for purposes which cannot 

 have their complete fulfilment in the present life. 



" This will lead to the consideration of Intellectual Man, in a second 

 volume ; and, as the doctrine of intellect, and its necessary consequence, im- 

 mortality, are the foundation of morality in the individual, and of good order 

 in society, two more volumes will be required to complete the whole subject ; 

 though each of the four will, by the avoiding of the formality of system, be 

 an entire book without the others. They are my favourites, above all others 

 that I have written ; and, whatever may be said of the execution, the subject 

 deserves attention from the public." 



The volume before us is elegantly written ; and, when we say 

 that we think it equals any that have hitherto been laid before 

 the public by the same author, it will readily be conceived that 

 the book is one that every body ought to read. 



Art. V. Literary Notices. 



A Monograph on the Genus CEnothera^ by Mrs. Edward 

 Roscoe of Liverpool, and the Rev. William Hincks, F.L.S., 

 of York, is proposed to be published by subscription. The 

 claims of the genus ffinothera to have a work devoted to its 

 especial ilhistration are such as to invite the attention not only 

 of scientific botanists, but of all cultivators and admirers of 

 plants. They are founded on the number of the species, the 

 eminent beauty of a large proportion of them, their being 

 favourite subjects of culture, and the difficulty of satisfactorily 

 settling their specific characters, or determining which ought to 

 be recognised as essentially distinct, and which should be re- 

 duced to the rank of varieties. It is hoped that the beauty of 

 the work will qualify it to grace the drawingroom table ; whilst 

 the fidelity and spirit of the figures, and the care employed in 

 bringing together all the information that is to be obtained on 

 the subject (not to presume on the value of any efforts of the 

 authors in the exercise of their own judgment), will give it some 

 claim on the favourable regard of the botanist. 



The work will be published in numbers, containing six plates 

 each, in 4to. The plates will be executed in the best style of 

 lithography, by M. Gauci, and beautifully coloured, from the 

 original drawings by Mrs. Edward Roscoe ; the descriptions 



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