Lessons in Physiology. By Thomas H. Huxley, LL.D., F.R.S. (Mac-
millan.)—Professor Huxley has condescended to write a very useful little manual, which should be received with acclamation. His object, in his own words, has been to set down in plain and concise lan- guage that which any person who desires to become acquainted with the principles of human physiology may learn, with a fair prospect of having but little to unlearn as our knowlo dge widens. Tho little volume contains a general view of the structure and functions of the human. body, an account of the vascular system and the circulation ; of the- blood and lymph; of respiration ; of the sources of loss and gain to the blood; of the function of alimentation ; of motion and locomotion ; of the sensations and sensory organs ; of the nervous system ; and of the. structure of the tissues. It is illus trated with numerous woodcuts, an& completed by the appendage of an excellent index. Who will miss the opportunity of knowing himself which is thus presented?
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