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POPULAR SCIENCE REVIEW. 
Lectures on Natural History. By E. Jesse, F.L.S. L. Booth. 
This little book is what Mr. Jesse no doubt intended it to be — a gossip on 
several subjects connected with natural history. It is published with a very 
praiseworthy object, viz., for the benefit of the Brighton Sailors’ Home, and 
deserves a large sale. Young persons of both sexes will find it very interesting. 
Marvels of Panel-Life. By H. J. Slack, F.G.S. Grooinbridge. 
“ Is intended to be no more than an introduction to an agreeable branch of 
microscopical study,” and as such, will interest many who go in search of 
animalcuke. 
Works of this kind are now so plentiful, that it is time for popular micro- 
scopists to employ their pen in the description of one or two forms at a time ; 
illustrating it with accurate drawings of the detailed structure of the objects 
described, instead of grouping together a large number in one small volume, 
and repeating what has been said concerning them fifty times before. 
We do not say this to disparage Mr. Slack’s efforts, but to show him how 
we think he could make them more acceptable to the general reader. The 
work is nicely got up, and the illustrations are very creditable to the lady 
who has executed them. 
