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fishes, mollusks, &c., of the tarn. Next ’we have a chapter on the reptiles 
in the tarn and green lanes. Then we are treated to the birds, of which 
there are some excellent woodcuts, representing the kestrel, the short-eared 
owl, the kite, the hohhy, the heron, the kingfisher, the cuckoo, the ruff, 
the fieldfare, the lapwing, the hawfinch, the bullfinch, the siskin, the 
nuthatch, the jay, the sedge warbler, and lastly the goatsucker. There is a. 
separate large woodcut for each species, and this part of the book seems 
admirable indeed. And here we must step aside to say a word for the 
printers, who certainly merit the highest praise for the manner in which the 
engravings are brought out j nothing but the greatest care could have pro- 
duced so excellent a result, and we think that infinite credit should be 
awarded to Messrs. Clowes for their efforts. Next in order to the birds 
come the butterflies and moths j and this chapter furnishes us with some 
valuable illustrations of that wonderful resemblance between certain butter- 
flies and the plants on which they rest — a subject which we are glad Mr. 
Taylor introduced, for there are many facts to be yet discovered in connec- 
tion with this wonderful means of preserving species. Then follow the 
beetles and other insects, the slugs and snails, and the flowering plants, all 
of which chapters have special points of interest. But it appears to us that 
the chapter on ferns, rushes and grasses, and that on the mosses, fungi and 
lichens, will furnish the young reader with the greatest number of absolutely 
novel facts. We are glad to see, too, that they are amply and ably illustrated. 
Indeed, we doubt not that many of our readers will have had the book 
themselves, and will almost be angry with us for treating it so briefly. 
THE HOUSE WE LIVE IN AND THE CLOTHES WE WEAK.*' 
T he well-known Munich chemist, Professor Max Von Pettenkofer— 
whose name every medical student is familiar enough with — has here 
given us a most valuable and important lesson, which we thank Dr. Augustus 
Hess for having translated into English. We thank the editor the more, 
inasmuch as we know of no popular work in English which has rendered, 
in such a clear, forcible and comprehensive manner, the very first and most 
essential duties of the medical officer of health. The book, which is a small 
one, within the reach of all, contains the substance of three lectures which 
were delivered before the Albert Society at Dresden. And these three are 
upon the clothes we wear, the house we live in, and the soil we dwell upon. 
But what will, perhaps, astonish our readers not a little, is the fact that the 
Society before which Professor Pettenkofer delivered his addresses is one 
composed exclusively of ladies, whose aim is the training of efficient female 
sick-nurses. Eurther, it was at the request of the President of the Society, 
no less a person than H.R.H. the Crown Princess Carola of Saxony, that 
* ^^The Relations of the Air to the Clothes we wear, the Houses we live 
in, and the Soil we dwell upon.” Three popular lectures delivered before the 
Albert Society at Dresden, by Dr. Max Von Pettenkofer, Professor of 
Hygiene at the University of Munich. Abridged and translated by Augustus 
Hess, M.D. London : Triibner, 1873. 
