460 Literary Notices. 



Practical Hydropathy, by John Smbdley Caudwell, is an 

 elaborate account of the innumerable ways in which water may be 

 applied as a remedial agent. 



Contributions to the Ichthyology of TSToya Scotia, by J. 

 Matthew Jones, E.L.S. Privately printed. Halifax, N.S. Parti. — 

 Mr. Jones is engaged in the useful task of ascertaining what species 

 of fish on the K.E. coast of America are identical with those of 

 Europe, and in this paper he shows the effect of oceanic currents in 

 enabling certain fishes to make long journeys, and of floating 

 masses of sea-weed in transporting littoral species, which would 

 have not been able to migrate without such locomotive aid. 



England's "Workshops, by Dr. G. L. M. Strauss, C. W. Quin, 

 F.C.S., John C. Brough, Thomas Archer, W. B. Tegetmeier, W. 

 J. Prowse. Groombridge and Sons. — It was a very good idea to 

 collect together in one book a popular and readable account of 

 many of the principal "workshops" in which manufacturing 

 skill and industry are displayed. The establishments described 

 range under the heads of " Metal Workshops," " Chemical Work- 

 shops," " Glass Workshops," " Provision and Supply Workshops," 

 and "Domegtic Workshops," the last title not being very appro- 

 priate, as cotton goods and pianofortes are not more " domestic" 

 than Price's candles, or Birmingham trays. The number of esta- 

 blishments visited and described is forty- one, and the information, 

 which is very pleasantly given, takes a very wide range. There 

 are very few readers who will not be interested in these 

 pages, but we especially commend the work to young persons 

 entering upon the active duties of life, as they will glean 

 from it much valuable information to direct their choice of an 

 occupation suited to their capacities and tastes. It might also be 

 made a very useful book for class reading in schools, as it goes 

 deep enough into a host of technical and scientific questions to lay 

 a good foundation, and is written in a lively, entertaining style. 

 The enormous number of occupations requiring a large amount of 

 scientific and technical knowledge, is one of the most remarkable 

 features of our age, and we cannot read an account of our national 

 labours in iron, steel, brass, and other metals, or of our great glass 

 works and chemical factories, without being convinced that indus- 

 trial necessities are compelling a very high degree of education, and 

 leaving comparatively small chance of success for those who neglect 

 the diligent cultivation of tho mind. 



Our English Lakes, Mountains, and Waterfalls, as seen by 

 "William Wordsworth. Photographically illustrated. Small 4to. 

 A. W. Bennett. — The admirers of Wordsworth — and they are found 

 in all true English homes — will thank Mr. Bennett for this splendid 

 volume. The selections from the poet, who bost understood our 

 " English lakes, mountains, and waterfalls," are very numerous, 

 and made with great judgment, while the photographs, thirteen in 

 number, admirably taken by Mr. Ogle, bring before us the varied 

 beauties of the district in which he lived and wrote. The Fall of 



