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stupid. We had almost believed that the author must have been lunatic^ 
We cannot comprehend the meaning of the work, which, so far as Science 
is concerned, is fearfully and wonderfully ” written. It seems to have 
sprung, as the author admits, from a conversation with a lady on the sub- 
jects of ‘‘Daisies, cuttlefish, the immortality of the soul, and Platonic 
love.” 
Science and Humanity) 07', a Fleafoi' the Superimity of Spirit over Matter ^ 
by Noah Porter, D.D., President of Yale College, U.S.A, The author 
here gives us about 90 pages of the largest type and the smallest sized 
volume in defence of his views. He condemns Professor Huxley and Mr. 
Spencer, and doubtless he expects b}- that to be read. His plea has not 
much force in it ; it is merely as Hamlet says, “ words, words, words.” 
The Noaic Deluge. By the Eev. S. Lucas, P.G.S. London : Hodder and 
Stoughton, 1873, is a well-meaning attempt to prove the truth of the gene- 
ral idea of the Deluge in which Noah fioated. It may interest some of our 
readers ) but many of Mr. Lucas’s arguments will not “ hold water,” as^ 
the saying is. 
A Table of JBritish Strata, showing their order of superposition, and 
their relative thickness, for the use of schools j by H. W. Bristow, F.B.S. 
London : Chapman and Hall, 1873. This is a capital geological chart. It 
is about four feet by two, is very well coloured, and shows, what most charts 
do not, the relative thickness of the deposit, and is arranged to include all, 
even the most recent deposits. 
The Saturday Half-Holiday Guide, edited by H. Walker, F.G.S. Kent 
.and Co., London, 1873. This is a very good little guide for the naturalist 
holiday maker, who cannot get beyond the neighbourhood of London. Its 
different authors — Mr. Ed. Newman, E.G.S., Mr. Walter Beeves, F.B.M.S., 
Mr, J. English, and the Editor, have all done their wbrk of describing the 
several places where plants, animals, and fossils are to be found. 
Tablets of Anatomy and Physiology, by Thomas Cooke, F.B.C.S. Lon- 
don : Longmans, 1873. These are at present only in part issued, but such as 
they are they are good. We do not mean for the better class of students, 
but for such men as will be likely to use them. 
Comets' Tails no longer a Mystery, by J. A. B. London : Beeves and Co., 
1873. A tolerably clever little volume, though we do not agree with the- 
author. 
Annuaire de Therapeutique, Paris, 1873 ; by Professor A. Bouchardat. 
Paris : Bailliere, 1873. This is a special edition for this country. Still it is 
in French. It is tolerably complete, but very small. 
An Essay on the Physiology of the Eye, by Salom H. Salom. London : 
Salom & Co., 1873. This is a tolerably clever book. Many of the ideas 
are novel, but not proven. Still, as we believe the author deals in spectacles 
and glasses, his being his own publisher must bring him a certain amount 
of readers. 
