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any of the works before mentioned; in Ichthyology Yarrell’s British Fishes^ 
and the works of Cuvier and Valenciennes, will be found sufficient; and, lastly, 
that of Latreille for the insect tribes. 
Whatever department of Natural Science the student intends to pursue in 
detail, we would recommend him to obtain, in the first instance, a general know¬ 
ledge of the whole subject; and even if he wishes to turn his especial attention 
to any one order or genus of animals, let him still first, in some degree, acquaint 
himself with the class to which that order or genus appertains. As it is our firm 
conviction that this is the safest, and, in the end, the speediest method, wS have 
purposely omitted, in almost every case, noticing monographs or separate treatises. 
If, however, either Mr. Hanway or any other reader of The Naturalist be 
desirous of learning Hirther particulars relative to the books we have briefly 
noticed, or concerning those which we have not introduced, it will give us sincere 
pleasure, as far as in us lieth, to comply with their wishes. 
Campsall Hall, Nov. 1, 1837. 
Section IL Botany. 
By Edwin Lankesteh, M.R.C.S. 
If the following notes on a few botanicab works will be of any assistance to 
you in making up a list of books, in answer to your correspondent Mr. Hanway, 
they are much at your service. With regard to structural and physiological 
Botany, Professor Lindley’s Introduction to Botany stands decidedly first. In 
this work the most recent views of German and French botanists are given, and 
the author, by developing the theories of the structure of the parts of the plant, 
and introducing a strictly correct and scientific nomenclature, has enabled the 
British student of Botany to keep pace with the progress of that science on the 
Continent, which, till the publication of this work, was absolutely impossible. 
Professor Henslow has also published a small treatise on the same subject, 
forming one of the volumes of the Cabinet Cyclopcedia. This book is very well 
adapted for commencing the study of Botany, and, as far as it goes, is in accord¬ 
ance with the advanced state of the science. The Society for the diffusion of 
Useful Knowledge has also published a treatise on Botany. This work contains 
all the iiw’brn.ation necessary for commencing the study of the science, and in 
addition co^. 'iains remarks on the classification and nomenclature of plants which 
are to be foun^ in no other work, and which, from their value, lead to the con¬ 
clusion, that this >eatise is the production of the most advanced botanist of the 
present day. 
Several other works on this department of Botany might be mentioned, but for 
the student no other can be so safely recommended. As for monographs on this 
