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If the proper English names had been given, this 

 perhaps would have been sufficient, but not even 

 this has been done, much less are the Latin names 

 given. The first edition was published in 1825, 

 price £l lis. 6d. and differed in no respect from 

 the present edition, but in being encumbered with 

 " meadows of margin," which have been very judi- 

 ciously dispensed with in the present edition. The 

 next edition might be very conveniently at least 

 half the size, and we may add, half the price. It 

 is a rich treasure to the Naturalist, and has gained 

 the popularity it so abundantly deserves. 



The Journal of a Naturalist ; 2nd edition, 15s. 1829. 



This work is somewhat of the same scope and 

 character as White's Selborne, but it is not so 

 much to our taste as that pleasing work. Its merits, 

 however, whatever they may be, have certainly not 

 been overlooked by the public, for it is now enjoying 

 the honors of a third edition. Mr. Knapp, the 

 reputed author, appears to be an observant Natural- 

 ist, and his amiable disposition is transfused through- 

 out the work. 



Gleanings in Natural History : to which are added notices of some 

 of the Royal Parks and Residences. By Edward Jesse, Esq., 

 3 vols. 8vo. £1 lis. 6d. 



Nice light reading for the leisure horns of the 

 Naturalist, consisting principally of anecdotes of 



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