472 
Eeview. 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. — H or. 
The Constitution of the Animal Creation, expressed in Struc- 
tural Appendages , as Hair, Horns, Tusks, and Fat. By 
G. Calvert Holland, M.D., &c. : London, John 
Churchill, 1857. 
We neglected to acknowledge the receipt of the above 
work last month. This has induced us to read it more 
attentively, and having done so, we give to it our hearty 
approval. There are in it many interesting facts expressed 
in correct and appropriate language, and much that is sug- 
gestive. We are friends to the popularizing of science. We 
would not have it enveloped in mystery, nor environed with 
that which would render it unattractive and formidable 
— a pedantic cheveux de f rise of far-fetched and unpro- 
nounceable terms. We have no fear of its being thus 
rendered common or vulgar, and therefore not esteemed, 
since the more science is diffused, the more likely is it to 
become the means of increasing the power of the intellectual 
part of man, and enabling it to see and, in some measure, 
to comprehend, the wisdom and design existent in all the 
Creator’s works, even the minutest : 
“ As full as perfect in vile man that mourns, 
As the rapt seraph that adores and burns.” 
i{ If mankind would diligently investigate the works of 
creation — look deeper into causes and effects — they would 
be more felicitous in their guesses, and far happier in the 
interpretation of phenomena. To understand Nature, we 
must weigh and analyse the diversity of her forms and opera- 
tions. Their aspects and conditions, wisely and patiently 
examined, so far from embarrassing the inquirer from their 
