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loo powerful and active for them. Another part of the economy of these animals 
which is very extraordinary is the power they possess of secreting a large quantity 
of animal matter, without deriving it from external sources. 
We have here a surprising instance of the chemistry of life, exhibited in one 
of its simplest forms, and we believe that if the physiologist ever wishes to detect 
the hidden cause of animal secretion, he must investigate it in these simple forms 
of animated being. 
We shall not now follow Mr. Jones through the remaining class that has been 
treated in the present parts. For the present, we will say that the execution of 
the work as far as it has appeared is very satisfactory; and cannot but recom¬ 
mend it to those who wish to acquire a knowledge of the structure and functions 
of the animal kingdom.—E. L. 
The India Review.; and Journal of Foreign Science and the Arts. Edited by 
Frederick Corbyn, Esq. No. xxv. May 15, 1838. Calcutta: G.Woollaston , 
8. Esplanade-Row. Royal 8vo. pp. 60. 
Contains its usual fund of information, original and selected, judiciously 
arranged. This month we have (from Frasers Magazine ) a plate containing 
offhand and, we are told, faithful sketches of “ a few of the F.S.A/s,” including 
the president; Mr. Jerdan, Editor of the Literary Gazette; Sir Charles Lemon, 
Bart., M.P.; Mr. Davies Gilbert ; Mr. Henry Hallam, F.R.S.; and Mr. 
D’Israeli. 
Strictures on Anti-phrenology ; in two Letters to Macvey Napier, Esq., and 
P. M. Roget, M.D. Printed for Private Distribution. Oct., 1838. pp. 31. 
This pamphlet professes to be an exposure of the article called “ Phrenology,” 
recently published in the FncyclopcEdia JBritannica. Its bold and fearless style 
induces us to ascribe its authorship to our esteemed correspondent Mr. H. C. 
Watson, Editor of the Phrenological Journal; in the forthcoming number of 
which, for January, 1839, the letters may be perused. 
LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. 
We understand that Mr. M. IT. Cowell, of Faversham, is preparing a Flora 
of his neighbourhood, and that he will be happy to receive information on the 
subject from brother botanists. It will be closely printed, demy 8vo., on fine 
paper. 
