These volumes are satirical and have some fair hits at Mr. Cooper, against whom they are especially levelled; but we like neither this design of personal ridicule nor the manner in which it is effected.
Organic Chemistry in its Applications to Agriculture and Physiology. By Justus Leiby, M. D, &c. Edited from the MS. of the Author, by Lyon Playfair, Ph. D. Second American Edition, with an Introduction, Notes and Appendix, by John W. Webster, M. D., Professor of Chemistry in Harvard University. John Owen: Cambridge.
This book excited and still excites great attention in England. It is needless to speak of its merits, which are well understood by all students of Physics.
Arbitrary Power, Popery, Protestantism; as contained in Nos. XV. XVIII. XIX. of the Dublin Review. Philadelphia: M. Fithian.
A republication from the Dublin Review of three able articles in defence of Catholicism.
Second Book of Natural History, Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. By W. S. W. Ruschenberger, M. D., &c. From the text of Milne Edwards and Achille Comte. With Plates. Philadelphia: Turner & Fisher.
We need only say of this volume that it is a combination of the “First Book” just noticed, although sufficiently distinct in itself.