156 Recent Literature. (February, 
chapter will be particularly valuable to American students. The 
illustrations in this chapter are also very useful, the skull, with 
the “ branchial basket” and anterior part of the notochord being 
shown together, besides cuts of the brain-case from above, a full 
page cut of the longitudinal section of a female from the left side, 
showing the organs in place ; also a view of the urogenital sinus, 
with the rectum and part of the left kidney, with three transverse 
sections, one through the branchial region, another through the 
abdominal, and the third through the caudal ; and finally a dorsal 
view of the brain. 
The skate is a novel subject, and its anatomy is carefully de- 
scribed, the skeleton, venous system, urogenital organs, heart and 
blood-vessels, and nervous system including several views of the 
brain as well as the ear, being well illustrated. In like manner is 
the cod described and figured ; this chapter will be useful to the 
-American student; the cod’s skull, disarticulated, is well figured 
and briefly described. 
Fifty pages are devoted to the account of the lizard (Lacerta 
agilts), and this will be useful in the hands of the American stu- 
-dent if living south of Pennsylvania, as he can readily obtain a 
‘Sceloporus or swift for dissection. The wood-cuts in this chap- 
ter represent the chondrocranium, the scales on the head of sev- 
_ eral species of lizards, the chief muscles of the ventral aspect and 
` ʻa general view of the body to show the alimentary, circulatory, 
respiratory and urogenital organs; the latter organs of each sex 
are also separately figured, as well as the heart and aortic arches, 
while the brain in different positions is well drawn and engrave 
The remainder of the book, comprising the latter half, is devoted 
to the pigeon and rabbit. 
Vith such a guide as this, and Rolleston’s Forms of Life, 
Brooks’ Invertebrate Anatomy, "Huxley and Martin’s Elementary 
‘Biology, Moale on the Turtle and Pigeon, with Parker and 
: Bettany on the Skull, the beginner in zootomy has full directions 
e every incentive to lay broad and iaj foundations for a 
pels of co grg anatomy. 
Aaka Banc, and of chemical reactions. The one criti- 
cisms we should make is, that reference is not made to the sys- 
tem of crystals or the special form, an important feature of in- 
struction in mineralogy, though room is left blank for these . 
points, which might be a by the instructor, 
a terms and chemical reactions used 
_ EDWARD HEPARD, A.M., professor , y, Drury Coll 
: eld, Mo. A ed to á ERG MEE” 5 rr ry ege, 
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