The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-08-10 00:00:00

To the Gold Fields, or the

'—The Charming Polka.—'

Science- . By :John Pye Smith

Paris of Geologici
D.D. London: H. G. Bc
This is one of the cheap but elegant series con-
stituting "Bohn's Standard Scientific Library,"
and we strongly recommend it to those of our
readers who have hitherto feared to look into the
noble science of geology. Many there are who

have acquired the- belief that geology
scriptural. It would be easy to convince such
persons of their mistake; but it would be very
difficult to do so in the masterly style of Dr. Pye
Smith, whose well-known piety is the best guaran-
tee for the motives and management of the work.
We have in the pages before us the carefully con-
sidered opinions of an able theologian and an emi-
nent man of science, whose expansive mind has
grappled with the difficult task of robbing the
'unbeliever of the flimsy obiP
of an almost infant sciP-

s anti

ctions

gnorance

tAence hare originated in minds
No family library should

too prone to disbelieve

be without this ptiblication

4n Introduction to Geology and its Associated
Sciences, Mineralogy, Fossil Botany, and Pak-
ontology. By G. F. Richardson, F.G.S. A new
Edition, by Thomas Wright, M.D. London :
H. G. Bohn.

With the magnificent resources of the British
Museum,- and an ardent love for geological science,
it is not to be wondered at that the highly illus-
trated manual of the late Mr. Richardson should
have been a universal favourite with students.
Time, however, has worked such extraordinary
changes in geological science, that even that useful
book would soon have lost its value, had not Dr.
Wright undertaken the ta.k of revising it and
bringing it up to the present period, a task which
he has executed most ably.

Outlines of Comparative Physiology. By Louis
Agassiz and A.A. Gould. London: H. G. Bohn.

The study of zoology has ever been more or less
a favourite one with men of intellect ; and the
wonderful discoveries and deductions of Cuvier,
Owen, and others, have given a rank to zoology
and comparative anatomy which could never have
been anticipated in the days of Buffon and Gold-
smith, whose pretty Natural Histories were the
delight of our boyhood. Comparative anatomy,
the most important branch of zoology, has hitherto
been unknown to the general reader, and probably
would long have remained so had it not been for
the united efforts of Professor Agassiz and Mr.
Gould, who entertained the idea of a student's
manual, which they gave to the world, and of which
the work before us is an ably revised edition.

The Gold Colonies of Australia. By G. Butler
Earp, formerly Member of the Legislative Coun-
cil of New Zealand. London : Routledge & Co.

A new edition of this, the best guide which we
have yet met with,—one of which sixteen thousand
copies were sold within ten days of publication,—
a satisfactory proof that the public have confi-
dence in the author and like his book. As we have
already noticed this work, it remains for us only to
say that the present edition contains all the recent
intelligence, and gives the emigrant sound advice,
whether his intention be to go io the gold mines,
or, what is far better, to settle down to pastoral
occupations. The work we have read with plea-
sure, tempted on from page to page, and we have
now a much more vivid impression of Australian
life than before. Let the reader follow our exam-
ple; and, as if to whet his appetite, while he may
form some idea of the author's style, here are one
or two quotations :