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The Elemeats rf Tot-.tiny, by Mrs. PERKINS, is nxpressly de-

d for the use el ladies st udy Mo. the se.ence. The LitillICMI stem is followed, but the objectionable details which have inter- fered with its universal adoption are avoided in the present work. The arrangement scorns clear, and the scope more comprehensive titan the generality of merely technical introductions to lenany. All such, however, are deficient in the vital part of knowledge, which informs us of the properties and uses of things. As a classified nomenclature, explanatory of the physiology of plant;,, it is a useful bo.,k. It is, moreover, handsomely got up, with several good engravings from artist-like drawings by the authorees.

The Science of Botany, by Hear:, REID, is an explicit account of the physiology of plants, intended as an introduction to the study of botany. It has the rare merit of conveying information naturally : the descriptions are clear and concise, and illustrated by wood-cuts.