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Mineral Resources of Central Italy, including a Descrip- 

 tion of the Mines and Marble Quarries. By W. P. Jervis, 

 F.G.S. London : Edward Stanford. 



This is a work of great importance and utility at the present moment, 

 in bringing the resources ot the Italian kingdom more prominently before 

 the British public. It is the result of a very competent pen, and one which 

 has frequently been employed before the learned Societies of London in 

 describing Italian minerals. Having been delegated by the Royal Italian 

 Commission to travel through the central provinces of the kingdom, in 

 order to aid in procuring products to be forwarded to the International 

 Exhibition, Mr. Jervis took the opportunity of investigating closely the 

 sources and statistics of supply, and we have here the condensed account 

 of an incredible amount of observations and labours upon the stones, 

 and ores, and minerals, including etruscan metal work, and mineral oils 

 and fuel. 



The description of the marbles is one that has never before appeared 

 in so complete and reliable a form, whilst the accounts of the quarries 

 and annual produce of the statuary and building marbles, and alabaster 

 and serpentine, are of immense commercial value. The author has kindly 

 prepared and corrected the chapter on boracic acid for appearance in 

 our pages, where it will be read with interest, and naturally lead the 

 reader to consult the work from which it is drawn for other interesting 

 descriptive details of Italian mineral produce. The work is embellished 

 with numerous illustrations, which further add to interest and com- 

 pleteness as a reliable book of reference on the special subject on which 

 it treats. We hope to see" it have a large circulation throughout the 

 country. 



British Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants. 

 Third Edition. No. 1. London : Robert Hardvvicke. 



The re-issue of so important a work enlarged, re-arranged according 

 to the natural order, and entirely revised under the editorship of Mr. 

 Syme, demands a word of notice at our hands. It is a marvel of cheap- 

 ness, each part is to contain twenty -four beautifully hand-coloured plates, 

 and twenty-four pages of letter-press. The figures, by the Messrs. 

 Sowerby, have been carefully examined, and any errors in the outline or 

 colour con ected. Mrs. Lankester furnishes popular descriptions of the 

 plants and their uses, properties, and peculiarities. Such a work, to 

 prove in any way remunerative to the publisher for the heavy outlay in- 

 curred on it, must have a very large sale. This, however, its beauty and 

 merits are sure to command. 



On the Cultivation of Cotton in Italy. Report to the Minister 

 of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce in the Kingdom of 

 Italy. By G. Devincenzi, Member of the Italian Parliament, 

 General Italian Commissioner at the International Exhibition. 

 London : W. Trounce. 



We may say with truth that no foreign country which took part in 

 the late Exhibition displajed more industry and zeal, and attended with 

 such beneficial results as Italy. The information diffused of all kinds 

 respecting its manufactures, products, and capabilities, was most ample and 

 exhaustive, whether on its mineral or vegetable resources. Its official cata- 



