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mulberry tree, and rearing of silk worms in the state of Mas- 

 sachusetts.' 



The work is accompanied with recommendations from Mr. 

 P. S. Du Ponceau of Philadelphia, and Dr. Felix Pascalis of 

 New York, both of whom are well informed in the silk culture. 

 They speak in high terms of the ability of the author, and the 

 just execution of the work, and conclude that it deserves the 

 confidence of the public, and that its circulation should be 

 encouraged. 



BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



[A Natural History of the Globe, of Man, of Beastf?, Birds, Fishes, 

 Reptiles, Insects and Plants. From the Writings of BufFon, Cuvier, La- 

 cepede, and other eminent Naturalists. Edited by John Wright, Mem- 

 ber of tlie Zoological Society of London. A New Edition, with Improve- 

 ments from Godfrey, Griffith, Richardson, Lewis and Clark, Long, Wil- 

 son and others. With Five Hundred Engravings. In Five Volumes. 

 Boston: Gray and Bowen, 183L] 



We have been favored with a copy of this work, and have 

 been highly interested with its perusal. From its being nearly 

 destitute of technicalities it is well adapted to popular read- 

 ing. We believe that there is not so much valuable matter 

 presented to the public at so cheap a rate, as is contained in 

 this work. It abounds with descriptions and interesting an- 

 ecdotes of a great portion of tlie Natural World, which ren- 

 ders it worthy the attention of the enlightened public. The 

 American editor in his preface observes, that ' The English 

 edition of this work appeared under the title of " Butibn's 

 Natural History, &c." On examination, it seemed hardly to 

 deserve this title, as it consisted rather of selections from 

 Buftbn's works, with additions from Lacepede, Cuvier, and 

 other eminent naturalists. We have therefore given it a title 

 which seems to correspond more exactly with its character. 



' It will be at once apparent that the work was not design- 

 ed for the scientific, but only for the general reader. The Eng- 

 lish editor appears to have had it in view, to collect from 

 Bufibn and others, the most accurate and lively descriptions 

 of the various objects which belong to the animal kingdom, 

 for the purpose of forming a |)0j3w/ar treatise on Natural His- 

 tory ; he therefore avoided the use of scientific terms, and 

 arranged the subjects with little regard to scientific classifi- 

 cation. 



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