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Odd Shoivers, or an Explanation of the Earn, 8fc., by Carribber. London : 
Kerby & Son, 1870. — A little book wkicb tells of the following showers : 
insects, fishes, soot, sand, and ashes ; sleet, rain, snow and meteorites. It is a 
useful and very small work. 
The Year Book of Facts in Science and Art , by John Timbs. London : 
Lockwood, 1871. — This little book contains about the usual number 
of mistakes and errors. It opens with a fair engraving of Professor 
Huxley. 
Everybody's Year Book for 1871 is Messrs. Wyman’s sixpenny annual. 
It is a wonderful book, containing a little of almost everything and very well 
arranged. 
We have also received The Typhoid Fever in Islington traced to the Use of 
Impure Milk , by Edward Ballard, M.D. London : Churchill, 1871. The 
Astral Hebrew Alphabet, London: Mackintosh, 1871. The Correlation of 
Zymotic Diseases, by A. Wolff, F.R.C.S. London : J: A. Churchill, 187L 
Letters on Vaccination, by William Woodward, M.D. Worcester : Deighton 
and Son, 1871 ; and also a series of Reports of Patents and Abstracts of 
Patents relating to the Preservation of Food, by W. W. Archer, Registrar- 
General of Victoria, from Melbourne, Australia. 
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Delation to Sex. — By Charles 
Darwin, M. A., F.R.S. 2 vols. London: John Murray, 1871. — We regret 
that this volume came into our hands too late for a notice in this number. 
It is a work of great importance, and one which could not be hastily 
reviewed. We notice its arrival, however, for the benefit of our readers, 
and in acknowledgment of the book from the publisher. 
