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THE REASONING POWER IN ANIMALS. By the Rev. 
J. S. Watson, M.A. 480 pp. Crown 8vo, 9s. 
The object of the above treatise is to trace the evidences of the existence in 
the lower animals of a portion of that reason which is possessed by man. A 
large number of carefully-selected and well-authenticated anecdotes are adduced 
of various animals having displayed a degfte of intelligence distinct from in- 
stinct, and called into activity by circumstances in which the latter could have 
been no guide. 
MANUAL OF CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, Qualitative and 
Quantitative; for the Use of Students. By Dr. Henry M. Noad, F.R.S. 
Crown 8vo, pp. 663, 109 Wood Engravings, 1 C>s. Or, separately, Part I., 
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A Copiously-illustrated, Useful, Practical Manual of Chemical Analysis, pre- 
pared for the Use of Students by the Lecturer on Chemistry at St. George’s 
Hospital. The illustrations consist of a series of highly-finished Wood-Engra- 
vings, chiefly of the most approved forms and varieties of apparatus. 
PHOSPHORESCENCE ; or, the Emission of Light by Mine- 
rals, Plants, and Animals. By Dr. T. L. Phipson, F.C.S. Small 8vo, 
225 pp., 30 Wood Engravings and Coloured Frontispiece, 5s. 
An interesting summary of the various phosphoric phenomena that have been 
observed in nature, — in the mineral, in the vegetable, and in the animal world. 
DICTIONARY OF NATURAL HISTORY TERMS, with 
their Derivatives, including the various Orders, Genera, and Species. By 
David H. M'Nicoll, M.D. Crown 8vo, 584 pp., 12 j. 6 d. 
An attempt to furnish what has long been a desideratum in natural history, — 
a dictionary of technical terms, with their meanings and derivatives. 
THE ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. SA- 
MARANG, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., during 
the Years 1843-46. By Professor Owen, Dr. J. E. Gray, Sir J. Richard- 
son, A. Adams, L. Reeve, and A. White. Edited by Arthur Adams, 
F.L.S. Royal 4to, 257 pp., 55 Plates, mostly coloured, £3. 10.?. 
In this work, illustrative of the new species of animals collected during the 
surveying expedition of H.M.S. Samarang in the Eastern Seas in the years 1843- 
1846, there are 7 Plates of Quadrupeds, 1 of Reptiles, 10 of Fishes, 24 of Mol- 
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beautiful Figures of the living animals by Mr. Arthur Adams. 
