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and processes of tlie animals here described ” have been ignored. At all 
events, we are thankful for what we have got, and we hope in his next 
edition the author will expand his scheme. 
SHORT NOTICES. 
An Introduction to Palceontological Botany. By J. Hutton Balfour, M.A., 
M.D., F.R.S. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black — is a short but very useful 
account of fossil plants. It is accompanied by some very good drawings 
on stone and wood ; but it cannot be regarded as more than an Intro- 
duction. The list of works on the subject of fossil botany is good, but by 
no means complete. 
The Parasitic Origin of Skin Diseases is an interesting and extended 
reprint from the “ Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science,” by Mr. 
Jabez Hogg. It is published by Bailliere and Co., London. 
Principal Forbes and his Biographers. By John Tyndall. London : Long- 
mans, 1873. This is a bold and clever defence of himself and those who 
are on his side in the Eorbes controversy, by Professor Tyndall. We think 
it a sad thing that so unpleasant a discussion occurred subsequently to 
Professor Forbes’ death, and we think that Principal Shairp is greatly to 
blame in the matter. It seems to us that it has resulted from a petty 
jealousy, which is contemptible when it is associated with a mind that one 
was wont to look up to. We think Professor Tyndall fully justifies his own 
and Professor Huxley’s position. 
The Darwinian Theory , and the Law of the Migration of Organisms. 
Translated from the German of Moriz Wagner, by James L. Laird. London : 
Stainton, 1873. Mr. Laird was quite right in translating this pamphlet. 
All who read it will see how very greatly it supports Mr. Darwin’s views. 
Solid Geometry. By W. T. Pierce. London : Longmans, 1873. The 
author has produced this work because he thinks there is an absence of 
books of the kind in this country, compared with France. It is elaborately 
illustrated. 
The Marienbad Spa. By A. V. Jagielski, M.D. London: Triibner, 
1873 — is a long account of the Spa and its effects. Those who wish to try 
the waters should peruse this book in the first place. 
The following books have not been reviewed in the present Number, but 
will be in the next : — Mr. Cash’s “ Where there’s a Will there’s a Way ; ” 
Dr. Winslow’s “ Manual of Lunacy ; ” Dr. Pettigrew’s “ Physiology of the 
Circulation in Plants, in the Lower Animals, and in Man ; ” M. Lartet and 
Mr. Christy’s u Reliquise Aquitanicae,” Part XIII. ; “ The Daily Bulletin 
of Weather Reports, Signal Service, United States Army,” for the month 
of September, 1872 ; 11 Darwinism and Design, or Creation by Evolution,” 
by George St.Clair, F.G.S . u Animal Locomotion, or Walking, Swimming, 
and Flying, with a Dissertation on Aeronautics,” by J. Bell Pettigrew, 
M.D., F.R.S. , &c. ; “ A Catalogue of Stars observed at the U.S. Naval Ob- 
servatory during the Years 1845 to 1871,” by Admiral Sands ; and a Astro- 
nomical and Meteorological Observations made during the year 1870 at the 
U.S. Naval Observatory.” Both published at Washington. 
