460 The American Naturalist. [May, 
The Life of Richard Owen.’—In two octavo volumes of some 
400 pages each, the Rev. Richard Owen has given the important inci- 
dents in the life of his grandfather, Sir Richard Owen, the leading 
traits in his character, and a record of his work, including his many 
important discoveries in anatomy and paleontology. The data upon 
which the biography is founded are compiled from a voluminous cor- 
_ respondence carefully preserved by Sir Richard Owen, comprising let- 
ters received and written, and also from his wife’s diary, in which it 
was her custom to record fully every detail of their joint lives. As 
may be inferred, the “ Life ” is extremely interesting. The reader is 
on terms of intimate companionship from the first to the last page 
with the subject of the sketch, and is interested by turns in his domes- 
tic, social, and scientific character. ‘ 
The second volume contains Huxley’s essay on Owen’s position in 
history of Anatomical Science, and also a Bibliography. 
Among the illustrations are restorations of a number of extinct ani- 
mals, the reconstruction of which occupied so large a portion of Pro- 
fessor Owen’s life. 
RECENT BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS. 
ALLEN, J. A.—Descriptions of Five New North American Mammals. Extr. 
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. VI, 1894. From the author. 
AARON, E. M.—The Butterfly Hunters in the Caribbees. From the Pub., 
_ Seribner’s Sons, New York, 1894. 
Baur, G.—The Relationship of Lacertilian Genus Anniella Gray. Extr. Pro- 
ceeds. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XVII, 1894. From the author. 
gree Report of the Director of the Ill. State Laboratory Nat. Hist. for 
1893-94 
BRENSKE, E.—Die Melolonthiden der _paleartictischen und orientalischen 
Regionen im kéniglichen Naturhistorischen Museum zu Brüssel. Extr. Mém. 
Soc. Entomol. de Belgique, 1894. From the author. 
Bulletin No. 32, Division of Entomology. U. 8S. Dept. Agric. Washington, 
1894. 
Bulletins of the U. S. Geological Survey Nos. 97 to 117 inclusive. From the 
Survey. , 
CuarMan, F. M.—Remarks on Certain T.and Mammals from Florida, with a 
List of the Species known to occur in the State. Extr. Bull. Am. Mus Nat. Hist. 
Vol. VI, 1894. From the author. P 
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* The Life of Sir Richard Owen. By the Rey. Richard Owen. In two Vol- 
umes. New York, 1894, D. Appleton & Co. 
