Catalogue Raisonné. 395 
Viaggio in Savoja, &c. Journey in Savoy ; or,a Description of 
the Ultra-montain States of H. M. the King of Sardinia. By 
Davip Berrotorri. Vols. I. and II. Turin. 
This work fills up a lacuna, by giving a description of a country which ex- 
hibits nature at the same time in her most fearful and most graceful at- 
titudes, and which contains the highest mountains in Europe. Itisa 
species of statistical geography of Savoy, exposed in 71 letters, in each 
of which the author describes the places which he successively visited. 
His style is generally too poetical, but he avoids monotony by illustra- 
tions from history or tradition. ‘The work is accompanied by the ana- 
lysis of the mineral waters of Savoy, and a Statistical table of the popu- 
- lation of th kingdatom. 
Jahrbuch fur den Berg-und-Huttenmann. Annals of the Mines 
for the year 1829. Published at Freyberg, under the direction of 
the Council of Mines, by Rercu. In 8vo. 246 p. 
This annual is the third year of the almanack first published at Freyberg 
under the name of “ Kalender fiir den Sechsisch, Berg-und-Hutien- 
mann.” It contains a statistical account of the mines of Saxony,—an 
account of the improvements made in the art of mining,—details in the 
varieties of minerals found during the course of the year 1829, and many 
interesting notices for those who are engaged in mining occupations. 

Anfangseriinde der Mineralogie. Principles of Mineralogy. By 
Witiiam HaripinceR In Svo. 312 p. Leipzig, 1629. 
This elementary work has been published by Mr. Haidinger for the use 
of persons attending his lessons of mineralogy. His aim has only been 
to be useful to those beginning the study of mineralogy, and there is 
therefore little novelty in his work. The order is pretty nearly the 
same as that adopted by Professor Mohs in his course of lectures, and te 
which the author conformed himself in the lessons which he delivered 
in Edinburgh in 1627. The work is terminated by notices on some of 
the most important species, and upon the rocks which they form by 
their associations. 
Wilson’s Iliustrations of Zoology, (just published.) Blackwood. 
Edinburgh. 1830. 
We have been favoured with an early examination of the last number of 
this elegant work. It comes forward, our readers may recollect, as the 
legitimate and acknowledged offspring of the Edinburgh University, and 
only excites the wish that there were many such fair children. It is 
not, however, entirely dependent upon this collection for the mainte- 
nance of its existence, as the present number will testify. This fascicu- 
lus contains four plates, three of which exhibit the minute accuracy of 
Mr. Wilson’s own pencil, the other being both drawn and engraved by 
Mr. W. H. Lizars, whose skill needs no attestation. This latter plate 
alone, the gray American wolf, (Canis Lupus Occidentalis, Pen) 
is from a specimen in the Edinburgh Museum. The second and thirc 
engravings present views of the male of a species of grouse, (Tetrao Ri- 
ehardsonii, Douglas,) found by Mr. David Douglas among the moun- 
tainous districts of the River Columbia, and other parts of the Rocky 
Mountains in North America. 
‘Fhe fourth plate exhibits the first year’s plumage of the Scarlet Ibis, ( Tan- 
talus Ruber,) in contrast with the brilliant plumage of the parent bird, 
pourtrayed in a previous number. The remarkable ditference which the 
sombre attire of the young presents, is thus described by Mr. Wilson: 
*¢ The young of the Scarlet Ibis, when fully fledged, has the head, neck, 
and upper part of the breast, of a pale brown colour, passing on the lower 
