158 
EE VIEWS. 
elaborate completeness of a monograph than the student or lady reader 
will, we think, care for or appreciate. The author’s elaborate classifi¬ 
cation, the vast knowledge of contemporary history which is displayed in 
the synonyms attached to the species, and in the details of structure, 
taken from Clark, Troschel, and others, is, we might almost say, thrown 
away on the ordinary readers of Gray’s Turton, one-fourth of whom 
know not the amount of book knowledge which even this small volume 
exhibits, an amount which, in our opinion, is only equalled by the ready 
kindness with which the possessor thereof imparts to others the know¬ 
ledge he has himself acquired. 
We know we should not be able to agree with the author’s division 
and subdivision of our land and fresh-water Mollusca, and so we refrain 
from noticing it, our space not allowing us to do the subject justice, and, 
moreover, it is a task not quite so gracious but that we would fain 
avoid it. 
We must, however, very severely condemn the carelessness that is 
exhibited in the localities given as frequented by the Mollusca mentioned. 
As often as we find works emanating from the pens of British naturalists, 
purporting to give British localities, and withal excluding or barely al¬ 
luding to Ireland, so often will we assert that it displays ignorance or 
carelessness of a most unjustifiable character on the part of the author;. 
for there is, and for years long since has been, a band of Irish naturalists 
to whom it would be a pleasure and a loving duty to assist to their utmost 
the writers on any subject within their ken ; and if Dr. Gray knew as 
much of our green island as Dr. Turton, we would have found more 
profit in this respect in the perusal of his pages. Even the common shells 
of Dublin—centre though it be of Irish naturalists and Irish science—are 
not in some instances recorded; and one (Helix pisana ) that occurs in 
such profusion all along the Bush coast, is here “ said to be found near 
Dublin.” 
With all its faults, we still regard the book with a very friendly feel¬ 
ing. The woodcuts are an important addition to the work; the analy¬ 
tical index to the species is such as to enable every one to find them, 
though we think it might have been framed so as not to have mixed up 
genera totally unrelated to each other. 
The general appearance of the volume, as regards fair paper, clear 
type, neatly executed plates, is quite refreshing; and, hoping that on the 
appearance of the next edition our friends on this side the Channel may 
be laid under contribution, we would recommend it to such of our readers 
as are interested in British Malacology as a useful addition to their book¬ 
shelves, and a good companion to their studies. 
