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mind worth more than all that has been published on the subject 

 to which it relates, that has come under our observation. We 

 cordially recommend it to our readers. It treats chiefly of the 

 fresh-water tank, (therefore all the more valuable to us,) in five 

 chapters. — I. First Principles. II. History of. III. How to 

 form. IV. Plants for. V. Animals for. His VI. and last chap- 

 ter is devoted to the marine department. We quote his preface 

 in full ; the whole treatise is equally pithy and to the point. 



" Having taken considerable interest in the domestic culture o* 

 plants and animals in water, and written the article " Aquaviva- 

 rium" for the English Cyclopaedia, I was induced, at the request 

 of the publisher, to put together the following remarks. I have 

 done so in the hope that they will in some manner contribute to 

 make the prevailing taste for establishing domestic Aquavivaria 

 subservient to the teaching of Natural History, and the study of 

 God's works." 



Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste. By Shirley Hibberd* 

 1 vol., 12 mo., with plates. London: Groombridge. 



The Booh of the Aquarium and water-cabinet ; or instructions on 

 the formation and management of collections of Fresh-water 

 and Marine Life. By Shirley Hibberd. 1 vol.,. 1 2 mo., 

 pp. 148, with plates. London : Groombridge. 



Plain Instructions for the Management of the Aquarium. 

 Edited by J. Bishop^, assisted by other gentlemen. Lon- 

 don : Dean & Son. 



We only give the titles of these works, the two former aim to 

 be popular and practical, the latter we have not seen. 



D. A. P. 



A Hint to Agricultural Societies. — If Agricultural Socie- 

 ties throughout the country would hold out annual prizes for exhibi- 

 tion of collections of insects possessing merit, it would be some 

 inducement to young Canadian entomologists who are at present 

 devoting much time to the study. Farmer's sons and others could 

 then go to work in a practical manner, giving us yearly observa- 

 tions and discoveries in their respective branches of entomologi- 

 cal study, therefore producing beneficial results, and more satis- 

 factory to the country than paying large sums of money for a re- 

 petition of facts already known. — U. C. Paper. 



