13 AUGUST 1864, Page 23

Manuals of Salmon and Trout Hatching. By Frank Buckland. (Tinsley

Brothers.)—We must say at once that this pamphlet is incor-

rectly called a manual. It is very well worth sixpence, but anybody who wants to hatch fish will find himself referred to the author's work on " Fish Hatching," which costs just ten times the money. However, the so-called manual is very amusing, and will doubtless attract many people's attention to the subject, but it requires the enthusiasm of Mr. Buckland to think that the hideous spectacle which is presented by a salinon a week old—a being with goggle eyes and a detached stomach— will ever be a pleasing subject for ball-room conversation. It is a curious fact that the ova of a salmon, delicate as they are in appearance, are not crushed until placed under a weight of 5 lb. 6 oz.