4400 Notices of New Books. 



I cannot help thinking that collecting here would pay, as very few- 

 naturalists, so far as I know, have ever visited this part of Georgia. 



"Have MM. Botteri and Hoffman reached their respective desti- 

 nations safely ? — how I envy them. 



" Did the reptiles I sent you from Belgium, on the eve of my de- 

 parture, ever reach you ? 



" I shall soon write a longer letter, giving you some curious details 

 on what I have observed in the Natural History of this county. I 

 have an opportunity for the post to-day, which I fear losing if T con- 

 tinue writing. I hope you will pity me and my misfortunes. Be as- 

 sured that as long as there is life in me I shall not lose courage or my 

 passionate love for Natural History." 



NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. 



1 The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.'' No. 79, dated 

 July, 1854 ; price 2s. 6d. London : Taylor & Francis, Red 

 Lion Court, Fleet Street. 



This number contains the undermentioned papers: — 



1 On the Genus Lycium.' By John Miers, Esq., F.R.S., 

 F.L.S., &c. 



c Additions and Corrections to the Arrangement of the Families of 

 Bivalve Shells.' By J. E. Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. 



' Supplement to a Catalogue of British Spiders, including Remarks 

 on their Structure, Functions, QEconomy and Systematic Arrange- 

 ment.' By John Blackwall, F.L.S. 



' On the Mechanism of Aquatic Respiration, and on the Structure 

 of the Organs of Breathing in Fnvertebrate Animals.' By Thomas 

 Williams, M.D. Lond. (With two plates.) 



1 Notes on the Ornithology of Ceylon, collected during an Eight 

 Years' Residence in the Island.' By Edgar Leopold Layard, F.Z.S., 

 C.M.E.S., &c. 



' On Manufactured Sea -Water for the Aquarium.' By P. H. Gosse, 

 A.L.S. 



Proceedings of Learned Societies: — Royal — Zoological — Royal 

 Institution. 



Miscellaneous : — On the Formation of the Stomata in the Epi- 

 dermis of the Leaves of the Spiderwort {Tradescantia virginica), and 



