Manual Of Materia Medica. By F. J. Farre, M.d. Cantab.
(Long- mans.) —In the present volume Dr. Faire has reduced Dr. Pereira's great work to about one-third of its original size. He seems to us to have done this without in any way......
A Light Thrown Upon Thtwyclides. By Franke Parker, M.a....
and Norgate.)—Mr. Parker wishes to put back the commencement of the Metonic cycle from B.C. -432 to B.C. 452. What set him about the inquiry was the difficulty he found in......
The Mathematical Writings Of D. P. Grego% Ma., Late Fellow
of Trinity College, Cambridge. Edited by W. Walton, M.A., with a Biogra- phical Memoir. By R. L. Ellis, M k. (Bell and Daldy.)—Mathemati- cal students will be grateful to......
The Cat& Plague; Or, Contagious Typhus In Horned Cattk. By
H. Bourguignon. (Churchill.)—Whilst inclining to the opinion that this disease has been imported into the country from the steppes of Russia, M. Bourguignon also believes that......
Balderscourt ; Or, Holiday Tales. By Rev. H. C. Adams.
(Routledge.) —This is a good boys' book, with creditable illustrations. The tales, ten in number, are well told and agreeably varied, and the comments of the juvenile circle......
Common Words With Curious Derivations. By Archdeacon...
and Daldy.)—It is difficult to understand why the compiler of this little work should have undertaken the task. He does not take sufficient interest in the subject to copy......