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of Being, ^'c. Bj JosepK Wood. London, Farrali, 1867. — The author of this 
treatise starts from the portals of heaven, and terminates his (literary) career 
at the threshold of hell, and indeed travels so very far from the subject he 
has taken in hand, that we confess he has completely gone beyond the range 
of our limited comprehension. 
Remarks on the Climate of Sidmouih. By J. Ingleby Mackenzie, M.B. 
London, Churchill, 1867 — is a very honest and complete medico-meteor- 
ological monograph, in which we are told of the advantages and disadvantages 
of the climate of a favourite watering-place and invalid-resort. 
Report of the Head-Waters of the River Rakaia. By Julius Haast, Ph.D. 
Christchurch, New Zealand, 1867. Published by Government. — This is just 
such a work as might have been expected from so able, experienced, and 
careful a geologist as Dr. J. Haast. It is an account of the head- waters of 
a river which is of considerable economic importance to New Zealand Colo- 
nists. The letter-press extends over seventy pages of folio, and contains 
tabular matter of a useful character, and a detailed account of the geology 
of the country explored. The map is drawn to show the. mountain dis- 
tribution, and the illustrations, twenty in number, are chromolithograph 
landscapes of a high artistic quality. They would do infinite credit even to 
Messrs. Day & Sons. Coming from a distant colony, they are an ample 
evidence of colonial civilisation. 
Rveryhody'’s Year-Book for 1868. Wyman & Sons. — Is just what its title 
signifies, and is printed in that admirable style which characterises all the 
productions which emanate from Messrs. Wyman’s press. 
