2 LIST OF WORKS. 5. POPULAR HISTORY OF BRITISH FERNS. By Tuomas Moone. With twenty coloured plates by Fitch. Royal 16mo, cloth. 10s. 64. ‘* Mr. Moore’s ‘ Popular History of British Ferns’ forms one of the numerous ele- t and instructive books by which Messrs. Reeve and Co. have endeavoured to popu- jarize the study of Natural History. In the volume before us, Mr. Moore gives a clear account of the British Ferns, with directions for their cultivation ; accompanied by nu- merous coloured plates neatly illustrated, and preceded by a general introduction on the natural character of this graceful class of plants.’’—Spectator. 6. SANDERS’S PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE CULTURE OF THE VINE. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. 54. ‘Mr. Assheton Smith’s place at Tedworth has long possessed a t English repu- tation for the excellence of Ye fruit and vegetables ; one 57) continually bearing in soclety of the ji abundance and perfection of its produce at seasons when common gardens are empty, and the great world seems to have arrived at the conclusion that kitchen g and forcing there are nowhere excelled. We have, therefore, exam- ined, with no common interest, the work before us, for it will be strange indeed if @ man who can act so skilfully as Mr. Sanders should be unable to offer advice of corresponding value. We have not been disappointed. Mr. Sanders’s directions are as lain as can make them, and, we vil edd 1 aa judicious as his long | experience had us to . After a careful is little treatise, we a to obj Co eT pik Sennen Choate me ote 7. POPULAR MINERALOGY. By Henry Sowsrsy. Royal 16mo. With 20 coloured plates of fi . 10s. bd. “Mr, Sowerby has endeavoured to throw around his subject attraction. His work is fully and carefully illustrated with coloured plates.”—Spectator. 8. INSTINCT AND REASON. By Atrrep Smeg, F.R.S., Author of ‘ Electro-Biology.’ One vol. 8vo. With coloured plates by Wing, and Woodcuts. 18s. ‘© Mr. Smee’s facts are extremely valuable. His work, moreover, is one of most vivid interest. Entertainment and instruction are here combined in a very high degree; and the admirable coloured plates add essentially to its value.” —Britannia. 9. THE TOURIST’S FLORA. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Flowering . Plants and Ferns of the British Islands, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. By JosepH Woops, F.A.S., F.L.8., F.G.S8. 8vo. 18s. 10. POPULAR HISTORY OF MAMMALIA. By Apam Wurre, F.L.S., Assistant in the Zoological Department of the British Museum. With sixteen coloured plates of Quadrupeds, &c., by B. WaTERHOUsE Haw- xins, F.L.S. Royal 16mo. 10s. 62. “The present increase of our stores of anecdotal matter respecting every kind of animal has been used with much tact by Mr. White, who has a terse chatty way of putting down his reflections, mingled with easy familiarity, which every one accustomed daily to zoological pursuits is sure to attain. The book is profusely illustrated.””—Aflas. “ Mr. White has prosecuted natural history in almost all its branches with singular success, and in the tiful work before us has gone far to raise up young aspirants as