96 REVIEWS. 



Notes on the Sugar-cane and the Manufacture of Sugar in 

 the West Indies. By A. W. Anderson. London : Lockwood 

 and Co. 



This is a small Colonial hrochure of forty-three pages, by Mr Anderson, 

 Advocate, and Inspector of Schools in Trinidad. It is stated to have been 

 "written with the desire of assisting young persons wishful of becoming 

 planters, and others who may be disposed to spend money in trying to effect 

 improvements in the manufacture of sugar. In the few pages of whicb the 

 pamphlet consists, are concentrated the results of observations in the cane- 

 field and the boiling-house. The subjects treated of are — the vegetable 

 economy, constitution, and culture of the Sugar-cane ; manures, sugar- 

 making, defecation, evaporation, crystallation, the action of lime, and fer- 

 mentation. A careful perusal and a long West Indian experience as a 

 sugar-planter warrant us in bearing testimony to the accuracy and us sful- 

 ness generally of the observations and directions. 



The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist. Vol. YL, Nos. 1 to 4. 

 Montreal : B. Dawson and Son. 



We would draw especial attention to the following technological articles 

 in this periodical : A Popular Treatise on tbe Fur-bearing Animals of the 

 Mackenzie River District, by Bernard T. Ross; on the Cornus florida (Dog- 

 wood) of the United States, by Dr Blackie ; and on the History of Petroleum, 

 or Rock-oil, by T. Sterry Hunt. 



The Pharmaceutical Journal for September contains, among other 

 papers, articles on Oil of Sesamum, and its employment in Pharmacy ; 

 Norwegian Castor ; the Colouring Matters derived from Coal-tar ; Statistics 

 of Beet-root Spirit Distillation here, and Chicory Consumption, &c. 



The Chemist and Druggist, continuing the series of papers on the 

 Natural Orders of Plants, treats in the present number of the uses of the 

 Rose tribe : there is also an article on Guacince. 



The Annals and Magazine of Natural History for September 

 contains the first part of a paper " On the History of the Mate Plant, and 

 the different Species of Ilex employed in the Preparation of the ' Yerba 

 de Mate,' or Paraguay Tea," by John Miers, F.R.S. 



From Brussels we have received a pamphlet, being " A Letter addressed 

 to the Duke of Brabant on the Means of doubling the Prosperity of 

 Belgium by encouraging Commerce and Industry." The anonymous writer 

 argues strongly in favour of liberty of trade, and points out the advantages 

 that would arise from making Antwerp, Ostend, and Blankenburgh free 

 ports, like Hamburg, Trieste, and Singapore. He reasons forcibly 

 and truthfully upon the question of the organisation of industry, in an 

 imaginary dialogue between a father and son. 



Publication Received. — The Forests and Gardens of South India. 

 By Dr Cleghorn. Allen and Co. 



