The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-07-19
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY,
JUST PUBLISHED,
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
OF THE
ANIMAL KINGDOM.

BY PROPS. c. TIL. Won slEDoLD AND sTANSius,
Translated from the German, and edited with
Notes and Additions, recording the recent
process Of the science, by Waldo | Burnett
Boston. 2 vols. Svo.
Vol. I. Anatomy of ln~vcr.ebrata. BY C
Til. Won Siebold. Price So.
This is believed TO be the best and most
complete work of the kind yet published
and its appearance in an English dress, will
the additions of the American translator, will
no doubt be welcomed by the ihen of science
of this country.
NOTICES OF rnE woRK
From Prof J. Wyman.1
The reputation which this work enjoys In
Eur ope rests not only on the vast amount 81
descriptive detail relating both to tho strnc
turc and development of animals. but on the
great labor which has been bestowed on the
photographed reicrcnces-a labor which ev'
cry investigator in the present extended con.
ditions of Z~oologic.'l knowledge will know
well how to praise. As a work of re erencc
alone ii will supply n very important wan
which has hitherto enlbarra sscd students IN
anatomical science.
The translation Of DR.. Burnett, whose sci
entific requirements in microscopic anatomy
and development especially, so amply qualify
nun lOI lllt ttSh nlSn w HAS ulhtIldktns IL
still further enriched by the additions which
have been made to science Ivy Kolliker,
Blanchard, Edwards, Agassiz, Dana, Leidy,
and by DR.. Burnctt's own researches, since
the publication of the original work in Ger.
man.
The work has, heretofore, become a most
welcome contribution to English scientific lit
eraturc.
From Prof. Joseph Leidy.1
al feel glad to see such n work as that OF
Sicbold and Stannius appearing from the
American press, and it indicates n growing
taste for the highly philosophical study OF
comparative anatomy. DR.. Burnett is pre-.
senting us with a faithful translation and
much superaddcd matter, in the language OF
the French convention. deserves well of his
country The intrinsic merits Of the works
are very great, and ] think there is none 9th
er on the same subject which presents SC
many facts in n short but very clear manner.
Medical Times and Gazette, London
We trust that this excellent work care.
fully and faithfully translated by Mr.. Bur
nett, of Boston, will find a place in every sci
cntific library, where, by its attractive form
the clcarncsS Of its style, the amount of it,
information, its good arrangement and copi
Gus bibliographical references, it may stimu
| lttt Ni' C'iuIsANth pul VI SpIittl u u lIOT'
general study of comparative anatomy thai
has heretofore been the case. The arrange
mcnt followed is somewhat similar to that o
Prot. Owen, but the details upon which tn,
| summary is based arc comprised in notes re
markable both for their erudition and copi
BUSINESS, constituting a complete dictionar,
of the science. The whole work is of tn
| highest character, and is a welcome addition
to scientific literature
[Daily Atlas
There is no other work in any languag
that will bear any comparison with this. /
the fulneSs pd accuracy Of its description
of organs, i2kbe amount and value of til
microscopic Investigations whose results
cmboiics, or in the mastery and comprchcr
sivc manner in which all its results are sys
tcmatized and their subjects classified an
grouped
boston Post.l
"This erudite and comprehensive worl
which is an Invaluable acquisition to the SIT
dent Of comparative anatomy, has been rrr
dcred into English with signal ability, by d
Burnett, who justly ranks among the for,
most If naturalists in this difficult branch
microscopic study. > This work is
complete history Of oil that is known at tn
present da, 90 the invertcbratc animals; III
results of p%atien' aud unrcmit'iug scrutin
of minute and frequently pcrplcSing forms.
Few volumes are given 10 tho publ
which contain an equal amour. ~ rccondi'
learning. : Dir. Burnett - nile
the office o. translator with marked success
but this is not all, for he has added to tn
original, the results Of his own acute an
careful observations. He has earned arcpu
tation for zeal, energy and assiduous devC
ton to science which few mcr acquire
GOULD & LINCOLN, Publishers,
II; 80 Washington st Dosto