564} British Booh. 



An Introductory Address delivered hy the "Reverend William Turner^ at the 

 First Meeting of the Natural History Society of Northumbei'landy Durham^ 

 and Neivcastle upon Tyne^ held on Tuesday y Sept. 13. 1829 : to which 

 are appended the Provisional Laws directed by the Meeting to be 

 prepared by the Committee, and to continue in force until the An- 

 niversary ; and a List of the Officers and Members. Newcastle, 1829. 

 Pamph. 8vo. 



Report of the Natural History Society of Northumberland ^ Durham, and 

 Newcastle upon Tyne^for the Year ending August 3. 1830 ; to which are 

 appended the Laws and a List of the Officers and Members. New- 

 castle, 1830. Pamph. 8vo. 



Transactions of the Natural History Society of NorthumherlandyDurhamy and 

 Newcastle upon Tyne. Vol. L Part L Newcastle, 1830. 4to, 1 1 plates. 



Neilly Patricky Esq., Secretary to the Wernerian Society, to the Caledonian 

 Horticultural Society, &c. &c. : An Address to the Members of the 

 Wernerian Natural History Society. Pamph. 8vo. 1830. 



A local controversy between one of the best of men and we do not know 

 very well whom else, of no public interest. 



Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Published under the superintendence 

 of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London. 12mo. 2^. 



Since we first noticed this work (p. 80.), it has extended as far as the 

 13th part, forming parti, of vol.vii. Reviews of those parts which treat 

 of insects are in hand by a skilful contributor. 



First Report of the Scarborough Philosophical <S'o«^^y, instituted in 1827 j and 

 theMuseumopenedtothePublic, Aug. 31. 1829. Scarborough. Pamph. 

 Svo. 1830. 



The title-page exhibits an engraving of the Museum, a most elegant cir- 

 cular building, crowned with a cupola. The Catalogue is already rich in 

 geological specimens ; and the Report of the Council gives satisfactory evi- 

 dence of the prosperity of the institution. From the same Report we learn 

 that " the arrival, in the year 1830, of Mr. W. Smith, justly entitled the 

 father of English geology y gave a new featm*e to the study, and an impulse 

 to the student, which may be considered to have laid the basis of the Scar- 

 borough Museum." 



lAndleyy Johuy Esq. F.R.S.^ Professor of Botany in the London University : 

 An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany ; or, a Systematic View 

 of the Organisation, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution of 

 the whole Vegetable Kingdom. London, 1830. 8vo, pp. 374. 12s. 

 We have already strongly recommended Mr. Lindley's Outlines of the 

 First Principles of Botany y as the best book of the kind in the English lan- 

 guage. We are glad to find that Mr. Lindley has just published four copper- 

 plates illustrative of it, which may be had by all those who possess the 

 work, on application to Messrs. Longman, through their booksellers. Of 

 the present treatise we may say that it is the best of the kind in any 

 language, and the only complete one in English. 



Griffith's Animal Kingdom y from the French of Cuvier, &c. In 8vo Parts. 

 Since we noticed this work (Vol. II. p. 358.), parts xx. to xxv. have 

 appeared ; and though we have not looked into them very minutely, yet we 

 think there is every appearance of improvement. Our reviewer in this 

 department, however, will enter into details. 



The Zoological Journaly Nos. XVII. and XVIII., May 1829 to Feb. 1830, 

 and Feb. to June 1830. Svo. 10^., or, with the plates uncoloure<l, 7*. Qd. 

 These numbers will be noticed in our next. 



