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pike, lepidosteus, sturgeon, shark, chimera, mud-fish, and lamprey. In plates 
VI., VII., and part of plate VIII. the vertebral series of bones are as fully 
represented as the cranial in the foregoing ones ; the remainder of the 
eighth plate embracing a number of figures, showing the curious modifica- 
tions of the hyoidean chain of bones seen in passing from man to the sheep, 
the guU, the lizard, and the codfish, in which latter it presents a very singular 
arrangement. Plates IX. and X. treat of the varied forms assumed by the 
fore-extremity (arm, forearm, and hand), as it presents itself in man, the 
gorilla, orang, spider monkey, marmozet, lemur, bear, lion, pig, rhinoceros, 
ox, horse, fiying fox, dolphin, ornithorhyncus, eagle, penguin, apteryx, lizard, 
and turtle. Plate XI. shows us the pelvis and sacrum of a man, a gorilla, 
a gibbon, and a kangaroo ; the hind foot of a zebra, a kangaroo, a two-toed 
sloth, and an eagle ; and the pectoral arch, with the limb attached, of a skate, 
a tope, a siluroid fish, and a cod ; the last plate comprising figures of the 
hind limb of each of the following animals : — Man, gorilla, chimpanzee, 
orang, spider monkey, marmozet, lemur, bear, lion, pig, rhinoceros, ox, and 
horse. The whole forms a beautiful and useful volume, of which we have 
only one ill word to say, and that relates to the manner in which the artist 
has performed his part of the work. We do not think Mr. Hawkins has 
done justice to his subject. The sutures are in no instance clearly marked 
and there is an absence of good definition, which we are sorry to observe. 
GEORGE AND ROBERT STEPHENSON.^- 
T he plan of double editorship of these volumes is most judicious. To 
Mr. Jeaflfreson has been intrusted the personal history of these dis- 
tinguished men. Though professing to be the life of Robert, a very large 
part of the working career, and much of the character of the father, are 
necessarily brought again before the public. Mr. Jeafifeson seems to have 
been very diligent and painstaking in tracing the early career of the father. 
During the latter part of 1860 he spent a great deal of time in Northumber- 
land and Durham, gathering material from the oral communications of 
relatives, from the reminiscences of men who had been the companions or 
patrons of either George or Robert, from parish registers, or the account-' 
books of collieries or factories. From these materials he has been able to 
correct so many errors which have appeared in other biographies of the elder 
Stephenson, that he found it necessary to revTite his life so far as it was mixed 
up with the history of his son. Mr. Pole undertook to describe the great 
works in which Robert was from time to time engaged. This portion of the 
book takes up the life of Robert Stephenson at 40, and carries it on till its 
close at 55. The “ Battle of the Gauges,” “ Iron Bridges,” “ The Britannia 
Bridge,” “ The High-level Bridge at Newcastle,” “ Chester and Holyhead 
Railway,” “As Politician,” “In London Society,” “The Great Victoria Bridge,” 
* “ The Life of Robert Stephenson, F.R.S., &c., late President of the 
Institution of Civil Engineers.” By H. Jeaffreson, Barrister-at-Law, with 
descriptive chapters on some of his most importanc professional w'orks by 
William Pole, F.R.S., M.I.C.E. Two vols. Longman & Co. 1864. 
