PHOSPHORESCENCE; or, the Emission of Light by Minerals, Plants, and Animals. By Dr. T. L. Phipson, F.C.S. Small 8vo, 225 pp., 30 Wood-Engravings and Coloured Frontispiece, 5s.
An interesting summary of the various phosphoric phenomena that have been observed in nature,—in the mineral, in the vegetable, and in the animal world.
DICTIONARY OF NATURAL HISTORY TERMS, with their Derivatives, including the various Orders, Genera, and Species. By David H. M’Nicoll, M.D. Crown 8vo, 584 pp., 12s. 6d.
An attempt to furnish what has long been a desideratum in natural history,—a dictionary of technical terms, with their meanings and derivatives.
THE ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. SAMARANG, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., during the Years 1843-46. By Professor Owen, Dr. J. E. Gray, Sir J. Richardson, A. Adams, L. Reeve, and A. White. Edited by Arthur Adams, F.L.S. Royal 4to, 257 pp., 55 Plates, mostly coloured, £3. 10s.
In this work, illustrative of the new species of animals collected during the surveying expedition of H.M.S. Samarang in the Eastern Seas in the years 1843-1846, there are 7 Plates of Quadrupeds, 1 of Reptiles, 10 of Fishes, 24 of Mollusca and Shells, and 13 of Crustacea. The Mollusca, which are particularly interesting, include the anatomy of Spirula by Professor Owen, and a number of beautiful Figures of the living animals by Mr. Arthur Adams.
LITERARY PAPERS ON SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS. By the late Professor Edward Forbes, F.R.S., selected from his Writings in the ‘Literary Gazette.’ With a Portrait and Memoir. Small 8vo, 6s.