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Mr. SwAiNSON then proceeds to the description of genera, mentioning one or 
more species under each group, and illustrating the chapter with figures. 
The only faults we can find in this admirable volume are those of the printer s 
devil” and of the engraver. We could have wished that these had been less 
numerous ; for, though perhaps minor failings, we cannot help remarking them in 
a standard publication. 
Catalogue of the Cellulares or Flowerless Plants of Great Britain^ or those 
included in the Linn^an class Cryptogamea. By W. A. Leighton, B. A., 
F.B.S.E., &c. London: Longman and Co., & Davies, Shrewsbury, 1837. 
The advantages of Mr. Leighton’s Catalogue appear to be similar to those of 
Curtis’s Guide to an Arrangement of British Insects (see p. 336.). It is care¬ 
fully compiled from Sir W. J. Hooker’s English Flora, Sir J. E. SiVith’s 
English Flora^ Mackay’s Flora Hibernica, Henslow’s Catalogue of British 
Plants^ &c.: and, being printed upon a single sheet, may be transmitted to any 
Part of the kingdom for a single postage. 
A Catalogue of the South African Museum: now exhibiting in the Egyptian 
Hall, Piccadilly. The property of a Society entitled “ The Cape of Good Hope 
Association for exploring Central Africa.” London: Smith, Elder, and Co, 
1837. pp. 39. 8vo. 
This Catalogue includes a considerable number of rare African quadrupeds and 
birds, with extremely interesting remarks on the former. The Cape of Good 
Hope Association was established in 1833, and we are glad to find that it is in a 
flourishing state. If well conducted and liberally supported, it cannot fail to be 
a valuable auxiliary to science. 
The Entomological Magazine. No. xxi., Oct., 1837. London : B. Clay, 
Bread -street-hill. 
This is an excellent number of the Entomological Magazine^ nearly all the 
original communications being valuable. In our last publication (p. 397) it will 
be remembered that we extracted a paper by Mr. E. Doubleday, on the Natural 
History of North America, from the periodical under notice. In the present 
number Mr. D.’s interesting notes are continued, but we regret our inability to 
make any quotation at present. Other articles, by Mr. Walton, Mr. F. Wal¬ 
ker, and Mr. Hewitson, with the reports of British and foreign societies, com¬ 
bine to render this magazine interesting and useful to the entomologist, while 
the lighter effusions of Mr. Douglas and the Insect-hunter” may prove attrac- 
' tive to the less scientific reader. 
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