Voices of Nature; or, Lessons from Science. (Sunday-School Association.)—There is
no reason why the facts of science should not be used "to point a moral or adorn a tale," provided they are not squeezed to distortion in the endeavour to extract all the juice of parallelism. The author of this little book evidently knows something of science beyond a mere smattering, and possessing the literary" forty- parson power " in addition, he has used his knowledge as a vehicle for conveying moral truths to children or childlike adults. Thus the fossil- chalk formations have inspired a didactic lesson on patience, the fertili- sation of flowers by insects teaches our dependence one on another, and the doctrine of the conservation of energy serves as a text for a sermon on the reward of work. To those who care for this sort of thing, we recommend this little work, as being superior to many things of the kind.
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