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In Search Of Minerals. By D. T. Ansted. (society For

Promoting Christian Knowledge.)—This little book forms one of the series re- cently brought out under the name of "Natural History Rambles." It contains descriptions of precious......

Bible Hygiene; Or, Health Hints. By A Physician. (hodder And

Stoughton.)—The objects proposed by the writer are, flrst, to present in a condensed and popular form the elements of this study ; secondly, to point out the number, variety,......

The Spirit Of Nature. By H. B. Baildon. (j. And

A. Churchill.)— The author calls these lectures "a series of interpretative essays on the history of matter, from the atom to the flower." There are seven of them, one entitled......

Ponds And Ditches. By M. C. Cooke. (society For Promoting

Christian Knowledge.)—This is one of - the beat of the "Natural History Rambles" series. It is popular, but, we are glad to add, also accurate. The illustrations are numerous......

The Crayfish. By T. H. Huxley, F.r.s. (c. Kegan Paul

and Co.)— This is not a monograph on the English crayfish, nor on crayfishes in general. It is an introduction to the study of zoology, in which the common crayfish is taken as......

Life, Its True Trt , Nesis. By Rs W. Wright. (g. P.

Putnam's Sons.)—There is so much easy grandiloquence in these three hundred pages, so mach strong denunciation of scientific men and their con- clusions, that one is tempted to......