184 ornithologist's text-book. 



attention of the Ornithologist, though it may per- 

 haps be perused with interest by the general reader. 

 The woodcuts — which are very numerous — are not 

 original, but are well selected, and the accounts 

 of birds consist either of some of their principal 

 habits, or of such anecdotes as the author has been 

 able to collect. On the whole it forms an instruc- 

 tive book for the young. 



Familiar History of Birds. By the Rev. Ed- 

 ward Stanley, M.A., F.L. S. 7s. 2 vols. 12mo. 

 London, 1835. 



" The attractive and familiar guise in which 

 scientific knowledge can be dressed, is most strik- 

 ingly exemplified in this Familiar History of 

 Birds, published ' under the direction of the Com- 

 mittee of General Literature & Education ap- 

 pointed by the Society for Promoting Christian 

 Knowledge.' It is one of the most instructive and 

 at the same time interesting books on Natural 

 History that has come under our notice. Those 

 who read it will hardly help becoming Ornitholo- 

 gists,*- if they reside in the country. Young and 

 old will learn from it how to glean knowledge that 

 is constantly before their eyes in their every-day 

 path,, and to understand and apply it by the aid of 

 science. 



" It is an anecdotical account of the formation, 

 habits, and instincts of birds; in which knowledge 

 and entertainment are so intimately and felicitously 

 blended, that the stories told derive fresh interest 

 from the scientific facts that they illustrate. No 

 better book could be put into the hands of young 



* That is, they will be put in the way of becoming Ornitholo- 

 gists. — N. W. 



