NEW EDITIONS.
I. A new and revised edition of Lieutenant Coemsev's Journey to the North V India, Overland from England. Of the scope and general merit of these graphic and characteristic volumes, we spoke on their first appearance upwards of fsur years age:* and the lapse of time has neither dimmed their freshness nor dimi- nished their interest. Besides their general attraction as a nar- rative of adventures and a pictuie of manners amongst ccuntries and races but rarely visited, part of their contents has now a spe- cial interest. The author marched to Herat with an army; was detained there longer than he wished for want of suppliea; and furnishes a full description of the city, its environs, and capabili- ties. He also discusses at considerable length the pros and cons of an overland invasion ot India ; and his text is accompanied with an excellent map of his own route, and of the countries lying be- tween India and Russia. A chronicler, whose volition is subject to the occurrences of the week, can make no promises, but if leisure allow we may perhaps return to CoNoeev's Overland Journey to India.
2. A second edition of Mr. BEALE'S Natural History of the Sperm Whale: to which is added a Sketch of a South Sea Whaling Voyage. The description of the anatomy, physiology, food, and habits of the sperm whale, as well as the modes of attacking and taking it, are the fullest published; and the former part has received the approbation or such naturalists as Guytea. The narrative of the vet age, which has been extended if it is not new, is slightly inflated, in its style approaching " prose on
stilts ;" but it tells of hairbreadth 'scapes, and affords some curious pictures of savage life, especially amongst that extensive and. rarely-visited archipelago which spreads trout Australia to the Philippine Islands.
3. The Elements of Practical Geology, by FREDERICK BURR. This week has been considerably enlarged, and almost rewritten. Its main features are the comprehensive but intelligible manner in which it introduces the reader to the study of the subject, and the application of geology to the practical purposes of mining, engineering, &c. • aesoatse, No. 307; 17th May 1934. 4. 4 System of Natural Philosophy, by JOHN L. Come %Tom M.D. Mr. LEES, the Mathematical Master in the Scot- tish Naval and Military Academy, has here published a revised edition of Dr. Goetsrocw's "Elements of Natural Philosophy," which have become almost a text book in America, for its clear- ness and fulness of matter; though it seems rather dogmatical than expositional in its fundamentals or starting-points. The editor has also added papers on the steam-engine, air-pump, and other matters. The book is illustrated with upwards of two hun- dred wood-cuts and diagrams, and got up with remarkable neat- ness and taste.
5. A second edition of Mr. STEVENSON'S work On Deafness, its Causes, Preventim, and Care, which contains a description of the anatomical structure of the ear, and a chapter on the nature of sound and the sense of hearing, as well as an account of the dis- eases to which the organ is subject.
The Philosophy V Acquisitiveness, showing its Uses and Abuses. Second edition. By D. G. GOVDER. •
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