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REVIEWS. 
The community in which he lived lost by his death a worthy citi¬ 
zen ; yet his name will long he remembered beyond the circle that in¬ 
cluded his personal relatives and friends. 
The hard-working mechanic and the toil-worn clerk shall in future 
years visit, with their families, the Zoological Gardens, as they do now. 
When enjoying amid its attractions the innocent prattle of their chil¬ 
dren, such men will naturally ask, “ To whom do we mainly owe the 
existence of this Garden, and the penny admission, which makes it avail¬ 
able to us ?” Let some simple inscription, some unostentatious tablet, 
answer the inquirer, and tell to him and to his children that the name 
of their benefactor was Bobert Ball. 
1. The Last of the Arctic Voyages, &c. &c., by Captain Sir Edward 
Belcher, C. B., in search of Sir John Eranklin, during the years 
1852-53-54. With Notes on the Natural History by Sir John 
Bichardson, Professor Owen, Thomas Bell, J. W. Salter, and Lovell 
Beeve. London: L. Beeve. 1855. 
2. Beminiscences of Arctic Ice-Travel in Search of Sir John 
Eranklin and his Companions. By Captain E. L. M‘Clintock, 
B. N. With Geological Notes and Illustrations, by the Bev. 
Samuel Haughton. Dublin: Journal of the Boyal Dublin Society, 
Vol. I. 1857. 
3. A Letter to Viscount Palmerston, K. G., from Lady Eranklin. 
London: J. Bidgeway. 1857. 
4. Benewal of the Search for the Eranklin Expedition. By 
Clements E. Markham, Esq., formerly of H. M. Discovery Ship 
“Assistance.” Dublin Meeting of the British Association. 1857. 
In giving a title to his hook, Sir Edward Belcher appears to have 
entirely disregarded the verdict passed by public opinion upon the ex¬ 
pedition of which he unfortunately had the command; as the most 
imperfect and unsatisfactory of all the Arctic searches after Sir John 
Eranklin and his companions in misfortune. He was himself so satis¬ 
fied with his performance that he does not hesitate to pronounce it to 
he the last and final effort to lift the dark veil which shrouds the fate 
of Eranklin and Crozier, and their brave companions. It is to he re¬ 
gretted that the British Government have declined any further respon¬ 
sibility in this matter, and have decided that Eranklin’s fate is known, 
because a few spoons, buttons, clasp-knives, and personal decorations, 
