7072 Notices of New Books. 



Notices of New Books. 



* The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist.'' Vol. v., Nos. 1 and 2. 

 Montreal : Dawson, Great St. James Street. London : Sampson 

 Low, Son and Co. 



The commencement of a fifth volume of ' The Canadian Naturalist' 

 is a fact to be hailed with satisfaction, and we may state that it fully 

 maintains its interesting character. Mr. D'Urban contributes " Ob- 

 servations on the Natural History of the Valley of the River Rouge ; " 

 Dr. Dawson a paper " On the Tubicolous Marine Worms of the Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence;" Mr. Kemp "A Classified List of Marine Algae from 

 the Lower St. Lawrence ; " Mr. Billings describes a new Palaeozoic 

 Starfish of the genus Palaeaster from Nova Scotia ; " An Abridged 

 Sketch of the Life of Mr. David Douglas, the Botanist ;" a paper " On 

 the Silurian and Devonian Rocks of Nova Scotia, by Dr. Dawson ; " 

 " Descriptions of New Species of Fossils from the Silurian Rocks of 

 Nova Scotia," by Mr. Hall ; "A Review of Darwin's great work ' On 

 the Origin of Species by Natural Selection ;'" and. a number of mis- 

 cellaneous papers extracted with much judgment from other journals. 

 I have gladly accepted the offer to exchange the ' Zoologist ' for the 

 * Canadian Naturalist ; ' I hope other editors of English or European 

 journals will follow the example, and will from time to time give a 

 summary of the contents of the latter. Nothing tends more effectually 

 and beneficially to advertise a Natural-History periodical than the 

 plan of giving a list of its contents, unaccompanied by any disparaging 

 observations. Praise is not required, nor will it induce many pur- 

 chasers, but a careful abstaining fi-om every remark that can be con- 

 strued into an exhibition of ill-will or jealousy on the part of the editor 

 is absolutely essential when dealing with the labours of a brother 

 journalist. 



'Animal Physiologij .^ By William Carpenter, M.D., F.R.S., 

 G.,S. L.S. New Edition. Thoroughly revised and partially 

 rewritten. London : H. G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 

 1859. Foolscap 8vo., 604 pages letterpress, and numerous 

 woodcuts. 



This book is so well known that it is useless to say anything of this 

 particular edition. 



