128 THE ORNITHOLOGICAL GUIDE. 



That the public has not overlooked the merits of 

 this little work appears from the opening passage of 

 the preface : — " When, nearly six years ago, the 

 first volume of this work made its appearance, I 

 felt it necessary to offer an apology for that depar- 

 ture from the usual style of treating such subjects, 

 which seemed to me to form the most peculiar 

 feature of its character. To continue that apology 

 now would be affectation ; the public have been 

 pleased with the book, and the public press have 

 been very general and ample in its commendation. 

 For at least half the time, too, not a copy has been 

 on sale, and yet the public have continued to inquire 

 for The British Naturalist. This favorable 

 reception has convinced me that the plan I have 

 attempted, of representing the works of creation in 

 their natural groups is the best, if not the only way 

 of making the pages of the written book have some 

 resemblance to the Book of Nature." We now 

 dismiss this little work with a recommendation to 

 every lover of nature to procure it. 



Letters to a Young Naturalist, on the Study of Nature and Natural 

 Theology : By J. L. Duujimond, M.D. 7s. 6d. 1831. 



An excellent little work which no " Young Natural- 

 ist" should be without. Professed Naturalists will 

 also find much that is pleasing and instructive in 

 the amiable doctor's pages. The author loses no 

 opportunity of impressing his readers with the beau- 



