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these insects, and an alphabetical list of the vegetable and animal 
substances injured by them 
It will be of great use io agvionbarietss and when the author 
feels tempted to issue an edition for the public (the present edition 
of fifty copies is intended for distribution among entomologists 
and entomological societies only) we are sure that the work will 
be highly valued. 
Mr. Glover proposes to ‘‘ publish yearly, or from time to time, 
additional plates, etc., of the same size and in similar style, of any 
new or rare Orthoptera which may be added to our list by the ex- 
peditions or by private enterprise, as likewise, eventually to illus- 
trate all the other orders of insects in a similar manner.” 
Tue Forms or Warter.* — Prof. Tyndall leads off in the admi- 
rably projected ‘* International Scientific Series,” which we owe to 
e earnest efforts of Prof. Youmans, and the energy and liberality 
of the Messrs. Appleton. We are so late in noticing the present 
attractive volume that probably most of our readers have bought 
it. ose who have not seen it have a rare treat in store, as it 
` fully equals Tyndall’s other works in the lucidity and interest of 
its style, and is of special value as giving in a simple, condensed 
form the views of the pioneers in glacial studies. The series com- 
prises a large number of subjects to be treated by the leading sci- 
entists of the old and new world, and when completed will form an 
adimirable library of science. 
Puyrsics and Poxitics.t — This little volume, consisting of six 
essays, may fairly claim, we think, to be considered a valuable < 
addition to anthropological literature. It certainly is strictly 
scientific throughout, and commends itself, by its clear statements 
of facts, to the intelligent reader. It is not merely an outline of 
the works of others, or an attempt to Pen the history of the 
human races of prehistoric periods. 
Mr. Bagshot takes up the subject of the very early condition of. 
mankind, and while viewing him in a light quite different from t 
either of Lubbock or Tylor, yet draws the same conclusions: and 
*The Forms of Water in Clouds and Rivers, Ice and nage _ByJ ohn ape 
LL.D., ver With thirty-five illustrations, ete. New pleton & Co. 
12mo, pp. 
ke ee Politics; or, Thoughts on the application of the rinse of “ Nat- 
ural Selection” and “Inheritance” to Political Society; by Walter Bagshot, ae 
New York: D. Appleton & Co: being the Second Volume of the International 
