REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES. 
Corats AND Corat Istanps.* —This delightful book is not 
the work simply of a zoologist, or a physical geologist or geog- 
rapher, but of one who combines to a remarkable degree the 
qualities of each. The book will interest and instruct not only 
the student in each of those departments of science, but so simple 
and yet so comprehensive is the author’s presentation of an intri- 
cate subject that it will be pleasant reading to any one 
The names of Darwin and Dana will always be associated with 
the study of coral reefs, and it is pleasant to learn of the ingen- 
uous and enthusiastic admiration with which the American speaks 
in the following passage of the earlier labors of the English natu- 
ralist : 
“Our cruise led us partly along the course followed by Mr. 
Charles Darwin during the years 1831 to 1836 , in the voyage of 
his r route, it took us over scenes, similar to his, of coral and 
canic isla nds. Soon after reaching Sydney, Australia, in 1839, 
. Darwin’s theo 
Sein. a which still ¢ tus 
ane) is mentioned. The Gambier Islands in the Paumotus, 
sophic caution, had been ready to adopt. His wor is sh 
Reefs” appeared in 1842, when my report on the lnsione 
c regions of elevation and subsidence, topics W eae 
wide tae of travel over, the Pacific brought directly and 
stantly to my attention.” (Preface 
* Corals and Coral Islands. By James D. Dana, LL.D. New York. 
1872. 8vo, pp. 398. With maps, plates and numerous woodcuts. 
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