Book Notices. 301 
& Roberts, 1861.—The Lectures which this volume contains are an 
abstract of several courses delivered by Mr. Miiller, from time to time, in 
Oxford. They are now presented to the public in the form in which they 
eer in MS, for delivery before the Royal Institution of Great 
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in the author’s style which places the work within the class of the read- 
This is no slight merit—especially in a writer upon the science 
of langua e. The science itself is of modern date. Indeed, as Mr, 
Miiller observes, its very name is as yet unsettled. Those who have pen- 
learnt where to seck for its long hidden treasure, are entitled to a double 
meed of praise, when they succeed in attracting attention to their discov- 
ries by a felicitous description of them. 
In his first lecture, Mr. Miller very happily states the claims of this 
debted 
M collecting, observin 
ifications unrivalled in any previous age; and if we may judge from the 
anything that is commonly called practical, have still retained a charm of 
co charm that will never lose its power on the mind and on 
t of man. j ; 
“Now however much the frontiers of the animal kingdom have 
been pushed forward, so that at one time the line of demarcation 
seem a res 
f all who, while watching 
With sincere admiration the f rative physiology, yet con- 
age progress of compa: ap . 
: der it their duty to enter their manly protest a revival of the 
‘hallow theories of Lord Monboddo.” 
