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Ere concluding, we must express our pleasure at having seen the ad¬ 
vantages derivable from the pursuit of entomology, both to the body and 
mind, so well and so judiciously advocated, in the address to young col¬ 
lectors at Eton, &c. We feel certain that his “sermon” is not in the least 
“ too long” for the buoyant and volatile spirits that may now be scanning 
and (we will not hesitate to say it), perhaps, also, questioning the truths 
in those light-spirited, cheerily-written pages; we can truly say of the 
higher impulses to such pursuits, in the words of the poet— 
“ This truth philosophy, though eagle-eyed 
In nature’s tendencies, oft overlooks; 
And, having found his instrument, forgets, 
Or disregards, or (more presumptuous still) 
Denies the power that wields it." 
Heartily do we commend to our readers the excellent and well-timed 
hints on collecting and preserving coleoptera, furnished by Mr. Wollaston 
when on the eve of departing once more, and for the third time, to the 
shores of the Madeira Islands; and we hope the second volume of the 
Annual will not appear without something similar being published as to 
the best means of studying the less known, but hardly less important 
order hymenoptera, which has been assigned to the long-tried and able 
hands of Mr. Frederick Smith. 
The Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland ; being an address to the Royal 
Physical Society, delivered 22nd November, 1854. By Hugh Miller, 
Author of “The Old Red Sandstone,” &c., &c. Edinburgh. 1855. 
We have never read in the space of 32 pages more interesting or valuable 
matter than that contained in Mr. Miller’s address to the Royal Physical 
Society of Edinburgh. It is the condensed result of upwards of twenty-five 
years of active geological exploration of his native land, and is intended to 
point out to younger Scottish geologists the lacunce in Scottish geology, 
which may be filled up by their labours. In pointing out the wants, Mr. 
Miller gives a masterly sketch of the geology of Scotland, confined, how¬ 
ever, to its palaeontological point of view. 
We shall select for our readers—so far as we can do so without abso¬ 
lute piracy—a few paragraphs relative to the old red sandstone and gravel 
beds of Scotland, in which questions of the highest interest are raised and 
suggested to the zeal of young explorers. A remarkable and thick con¬ 
glomerate, as is well known, forms the base of the old red system in 
Scotland, above which Mr. Miller distinguishes three groups of strata— 
