Murray    (A.)    Geographical     Distribution    o] 
MAMMALS,  with  a  copious  synonymic  List  of  Species,  stout  4to.  10,- 
coloured  plates  and  maps,  shewing  the  geographical  distribution  of  eacl 
separate  family,  pub.  £3.  3s;  cloth,  30s  186( 
"  A  book  of  such  solid  and  sterling  merit  that  we  feel  no  apology  to  he  due  to  our  reader; 
for  bringing  to  their  notice  what  cannot  now  be  called  a  new  publication .  The  great  breadth  o 
view  adopted  by  the  writer  for  his  inquiry,  the  extent  ofhis  reading  and  research,  and  the  width 
together  with  the  caution  of  his  generalizations,  would  remind  us  of  that  patient  and  persistent 
toil  which  we  associate  in  general  with  the  plodding  genius  of  Germany,  were  it  not  for  that 
more  calm  and  wary  tone  of  speculation  which  marks  the  less  imaginative  intellect  of  the 
North  Briton.  The  hardy  fibre  of  his  national  temperament  is  well  displayed  in  his  laborious 
heaping  together  of  the  results  of  wide  travel  and  exploration,  as  well  as  in  the  shrewd, 
methodical,  and  well-sustained  conclusions  which  he  proceeds  to  build  up  on  these  data. 
It  is  no  small  credit  to  him  to  have  succeeded  in  producing  a  work  at  once  so  full  and 
comprehensive  in  its  treatment  of  these  multifarious  heads  of  inquiry,  and  so  clear  and 
readable  as  regards  its  method,  its  argument,  and  its  style.  .  .  .  There  is  in  his  handsome 
volume  an  amount  of  sound  reasoning,  as  well  as  of  curious  and  well  digested  facts,  to  entitle 
him  to  the  confidence  and  gratitude  of  the  public. 
"  The  leading  theory  of  Mr.  Murray's  work  is  that  the  successive  changes  in  the  forms 
of  organic  life  are  the  result  of  corresponding  alterations  in  the  physical  conditions  of  the 
earth."—  Saturday  Review,  28t7i  Nov.  186S. 
Owen's  (Professor  R.)  Odontography;  or,  a  Treats 
on  the  COMPAEATIYE  ANATOMY  of  the  TEETH;  their  physical 
relations,  mode  of  development,  and  microscopic  structure  in  the  Veute- 
beate  Animals,  one  vol.  text,  and  Atlas  containing  168  beautiful  plates 
engraved  with  marvellous  minuteness,  (pub.  at  £5.  5s)  hf.  bd.  morocco, 
Hg°  £2.  25  1840-45 
One  of  the  great  modern  productions  which  mark  the  present  wonderful  advance  of  scientific 
knowledge.     Dr.  Owen  stands  on  a  pedestal  of  eminence  which  is  rarely  attained. 
ft  The  present  work  on  the  Comparative  Anatomy  and  Physiology  of  the  Teeth,  considers— 
I.  The  Teeth  in  their  relation  to  the  Osseous  System,  and  the  intimate  structure  of  their  com- 
ponent tissues;  II.  The  Teeth,  regarded  as  parts  of  the  Digestive  System,  and,  besides  their 
structure,  their  various  configurations  and  proportions,  in  subserviency  to  the  habits  and  food  ot 
the  different  species;  III.  The  development  of  the  Teeth  considered  in  connection  with  that  of  the 
epidermal  appendages  of  the  Tegumentary  System,  in  consequence  of  a  close  analogy  in  the  form, 
structure,  temporary  duration,  and  reproduction  of  the  formative  matrix. 
"  The  Dental  System  is  in  this  work  traced  from  its  more  simple  to  iis  more  complex  con- 
ditions, but  this  progress  is  partially  subordinated  to  the  limits  of  zoological  arrangement;  for, 
although  the  tooth  of  a  Myliobates  or  a  Lahyrinthodon  be,  in  structure,  more  complex  than  many 
Mammalian  teeth,  yet  this  complexity  is  associated  with  other  characters",  such  as  mode  of 
attachment,  frequent  shedding  and  renewal,  &c,  which  indicates  an  essentially  inferior  grade, 
and  connect  them,  respectively,  in  closer  natural  relationship  with  the  more  simple  teeth  of  other 
species  of  Fishes  and  Reptiles.  A  distinct  Part  of  the  Work  is  appropriated  to  the  Dental 
System  of  each  of  the  three  great  Classes  of  Vertebrated  Animals  which  possess  teeth." — Preface. 
Falconer's  and  Cautley's   Fauna  Antiqua  Siva 
lensis,  or  the  Fossil  Zoology  of  the  bewail k  Hills  in  the  North  of  India, 
Parts  1  to  9,  royal  folio,  map  and '107  plates  by  Ford,  representing  in  mam/ 
cases  the  Fossils  of  the  natural  size,  ivith  Letter-press  description  to  Part  I, 
all  issued — Murciiisont's  (C,  M.I).)  Description  of  the  Plates  of  Fauna 
Antiqua  Sivalcnsis,  from  Memoranda  by  the  late  Hugh  Falconer,  8vo. 
1866,  sells  £10.  unbound,  £2.  12s  Qd  1846-49-66 
the  same,  complete  in  1  vol.  roy.  folio,  and  1  vol..  Svo.  half  green  morocco, 
top  edge  gilt,  uncut,  £3.  13*  Qd  1846-66 
The  beautiful  execution  of  the  plates  renders  the  work  of  great  use  to  the  Student  or  Naturalist. 
Falconer's  (Hugh)   Palseontological    Memoirs 
and  Notes,  with  a  Biographical  Sketch  of  the  Author ;  compiled  and  edited 
by  CHAELES  MURCHISON,  M.D.,  F.E.S.,  2  stout  vols.  Svo.  portrait, 
woodcuts,  and  72  plates,  sells  £2.  2*,  cloth,  24s  186S 
The  present  work  is  a  collection  of  memoirs,  some  of  which  were  published  during  his  life- 
time, but  many  were  not,  together  with  such  passages  from  his  Note-book  as  appeared  to  the  editor 
most  important  and  complete.  Contents  : — Vol.  I.,  Biography,  Fauna  Antiqua  Sivalcnsis;  Vol. 
II.,  Mastodon.  Elephant,  Rhinoceros,  Ossiferous  Caves,  Primeval  Man  and  his  Contemporaries. 
London,  January,  1872.  Bernard  Quaritch. 
