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hope we shall not be accused of egotism for stating that we believe it to be 

 by far the most perfect work of the kind, both in plan and execution, that 

 has ever been produced. 



Gorham, George Cornelius^ B.D., late Fellow of Queen's College, Cam- 

 bridge : Memoirs of John Martyn, F.R.S., and of Thomas Martyn, 

 B.D. F.R.S. F.L.S., Professors of Botany in the University of Cam- 

 bridge. . London, 1830. 8vo. 10^. Qd. 



This work contains a number of facts, and some curious particulars 

 connected with the progress of botany in this country during the last cen- 

 tury, and will therefore repay the perusal of the naturalist. 



Richardson's Zoology of Northern British America. 4to. 1/. lis. 6rf. boards. 



Selb^, P. J., Esq., F.R.S.E. F.L.S. M.W.S., &c. : Illustrations of British 

 Ornithology, in Two Series, — viz. I. Land Birds ; II. Water Birds. 

 First Series contains 7 parts of 160 figures. Second Series contains 

 7 parts of 84 figures. 51. 5s. col.; 1/. lis. 6c?. plain. 



Bennefs Fishes of Ceylon. In 4to Numbers, monthly. 1/. Is. No. V. con- 

 tains : 21 to 25. Tetrodon ocellatus, Perca argentea, ^Scarus quinque- 

 fasciatus, S. GeorgK, Chae'todon Tyrwhitti, beautifully coloured as 

 before. 



Brown's Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Elephant 4to, com- 

 prising 52 coloured plates, and upwards of 1000 figures ; half-bound 

 morocco. 6/. 165. Qd. 



Greville^ Dr. : J'lgae Britannicae, with Plates illustrative of the Genera. 



Edinburgh. 8vo. 21. 2s. 



This truly original and interesting work will be reviewed at length in an 

 early Number. 



Lindley^ John^ F.R.S. &c.. Professor of Botany in the London University: 

 An Outline of the First Principles of Botany. 12mo, pp. 106. 1830. 3*. 



A philosophical, useful, condensed, and valuable little book ; and superior 

 to any thing of the same kind in the English language. — (Xj^ 



An Introduction to the Jussieuean System, by the same author, is far 

 advanced. 



Castle y Thomas^ F.L.S., Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, &c. : 

 An Introduction to Systematical and Physiological Botany. Illustrated 

 with explanatory engravings. London, 1830. 12mo. 12^. Qd. 



Chandler, Alfred, and W. B. Booth, A.L.S. : Illustrations and Descriptions 

 of the Plants which compose the Natural Order Camelliets. London. 

 Imperial 4to. Parts I. II. IIL and IV. 10*. 6c?. each. 

 A splendid work, accurate, scientific, and sold at a price barely sufficient 



to pay the cost of getting it up. 



WaUich, Dr. : Plantae Asiaticae Rariores. London. Folio. Parts I. and II. 

 Most splendid, and remarkably cheap. 



Sowerby's Supplement to English Botany. London. 8vo. Nos. IV. to VII. 



Lyell, Charles, Esq., F.R.S., For. Sec. to the Geol. Soc, &c. : Principles 

 of Geology, being an Attempt to explain the former Changes of the 

 Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes now in operation. London, 

 1830. 2 vols. 8vo. 

 This is a most elaborate work, and, coming from the Foreign Secretary 



of the Geological Society, may be considered one of authority. It cannot 



fail to be in universal repute, and will soon be translated into the French 



and German. 



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