, 1876-12-30
{1hildhood's Faith ordsworth and
Maokay --- Dissertation Of
Nature---Bal2ao.
Improvement Of the River
C1yde---North-Atlan
tic Physics.
Food OF tho Siberian Mammoth.-.
Spurious Drawings of
Fossils.


ANIMALS. WITH STtthr or THE !!ELATtnSa
Ur LIytxG AMI ExTlScT FAuNAa. A. E,.UclnAT.
s !"s FAT xns es1sfs # vs Esss s
%o,umcs viii ' Maps asd iEias.rst'au.: s1o
Pr: 6oJ-ao7. Esw York: Harper q 1,5os.
Chicago: Janse", alctlnre g CO. rriee' Slo.
Mr.. Wa1lace has accomplished in tic proluc-
iton OF this work. one Of the mammoth enter.
prises which stand like waytarks tu dcl.ote The
progress Of intellectual achievement 1t is
less In magnitude, yet pcrtakcs Of tho nature
Of the laborious tasks performed by Darwin III
the accumulation and classification Of facts bcar-
Ing upon tho pnst history Of the world. III
truth, Wallace has been, In some Sense, n cosln-
borator Of Darwin III tile fields Of scicnlIfc
research, and enjoys the honor Of having arrived
simultaneously with linn ut tho original
conclusions formulated In the theory OF Natur-
al Selection. Before tic publication Of his books
calculating this novel hypothesis, Darwin had
pursued tho studies leading UP to Il, In all purts
Of the world; aud Wallace, likewise, lsas spent
ycars III the Eastern md In the Western 1lc,nl-
spheres, exploring the fatluas Of their must pro-
lille regions, IN search OF materials for tho clu-
cidat!nu Of the mystery enycioping tho origiu of
organic life.
The results Of Wallacs's Investigations have
been hitherto chiefly presented III his trcatlses
"On Natura. Selection " and TN "TAo Malay
Arch!pclago;'' but now We hayo their latest
product iii the two important volumes sun,e,ar-
king hls studIcs regarding The geographical dis
tF!butfon Of animals. The curious problems In
yolyc In the dispersal OF hlrls n,tl Insects lad
lung been prominent In Ills mind; but, about six
years ago, at the Instance OF his friends, Darwin
aud Prof. Newton, hc begun thu present systcu-
attic attempt to throw light upon the
Whole vust subject. The enormous
difficulties opposing tAe effort, arising from tlc
scarcIty Of data, and the confusion pcrvaling
the classification Of animals, soon dsl,cartcncd
htnl: hut, these being partially overcome by the
help Of recent publications. he took co1lrnge
again, md, ,lur!ng tho last three years, las
toilcu diligently upon the duty nssitnlc.l. lis
co,hpletlnn tB u cn,lfe fur e0ngrMtulatlon by nil
studcuts Of Natural History; for the work las
been aby a.s1 eonlprclle.ssivcly performed, anu
alrords most valuable assistance In ttG pruscrl-
ton of researches into the animal kl'lgfnua.
Mr. Waslacc divides Ills subhvt into four
s '! 'saesal % fsnoeaa st i n plst ru!on; ess rSs
Distribution Ut Extinct Aninals; Geological
biography; and 'icographrNl zoology. III the
ilrtt section asu considered ttis prUeess of null
tpIleatfon aud dispersal Of the various groups
Ut anuiuls, tho nature uf tho barrlers Tint
most elrcctunlly lhnIt their rangr, nl,d
tho modes by which cimngrs In physical
% stractarc, distribution, mud cyeu existence, I oi
aniinulg. III dividing tho cart;l intu geological
regions Mr.. Wulass adopts the system Of Mr..
Slater, tht English zuo|ogIst, wltt, was pro-
passed In 1855. 1t ,lnlncs tliu separate portions
liz follows:
Il. The raluascttc Region: including Europe,
Temperate Atia. md Norsh Africa 10 Tue Asias
<. The Ethiopian REGION: Africa Hn,.,h Of thu
Attas. Matasa4raF, anl thc Mascarns 1alaMds, With
u. Ylls lnJ,aM Region: Including 1ntlta south OF
the llfmaIayas, 10 soul, c.ina, n,i Mt Dornco ami
i. The Australian Region: Including ce1cbca and
;tonlhnch, eastward tn Australia nnl the paclAc
!. Tiiu Scarc:,c LEGION: ,uclualn. Greenland.
and Eet.h America e Noftlsrn Mexico.
Ameslcu and Southern Mexico.
Part Third, unier tho head Of Geological
Biography, reviews tho chief forns Of anniai
Hfc found lu these several resIons and sub
regions, with tho Indications they afford Of
geographical mutations. This fs tl.e most novel
work, alul tile ynrc.y una cxtcut OF the facts il
contains nrc nl,az!ng. IL forms vast Hluga-
zfnc, IRON, which the naturalist may draw end
less curious M1id Important ittms OF Information.
trlbution uf extinct animals, anl furnishes the
iirst connected sketch that lGls been attempted
ol the relation Of extinct na,nl'lalla 10 the dis
trihuton Of living groups. Part Fourth takus
~ succession eaen fAm!ty III the land animals
with which tho work deals, and ci4cavars tu at.-
euunt for their actua! distribution by HI clnei-
tlons. Tic bulk Of tl.'s section IS composed Of
systematic nnl tatulntrtl statistIca, which have
bren complied With enormous lnbor
tlom thts outline OF tha plum Of The wnrsw
TINT "Illv huok vi serve as kind Ut 1ict[0lu-
" of the geography aud a!ilnltlrs Ut Anl,na!t.
ny fneans os tlln ropous Index. Chg native soutl:
extent ot every Important a,ld i'd. welI.estabIsilr.
genus Of land'annnl, tliay bc at unre discover
cd,-tnfnrniatlon now scattered through hun.
1seds Of volumes" nn,nbcr Of nlaus aud
wootl-cnts accompany tho work, at,t full index
Is ATTACHED tS plrlt volume.
- POEMS.
THREE MEMORIAL POEMS. BY JANss 1sua'
faaL L1"ELa: n.,;: square M l:'no'. ~. IT, boston
EIELWEiss. An AIrn,ss RHYME. BY Man,
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9'hs! rosn," win li!a.tratlsn. Y KnwAst II
t. t. Psssa Psissu sins fs. n ,ss: r.: s.. Philadelphia" Il
There is poetry In the very exterior Of thcst
volumes, III whtcll tasteful designs, p!eas!,,.
colora, md artistic workmanship arc charming
ly conlbInel. An air of superior elegance
marks them all, compelling tribute to tho re
fined sensu OF harmony which incloses poet'
yerses IN the dalnt[cst OF seceptaclrs.
Tlle tlirca !" Memorial Poems" by Lowel
comprise tho DDS rcal ut Concord, April 10
1S7b; ~ Under tho Old Eln,," u poem, read y
Cambridge on the hutlredtl! anniversary 0
Washlngtous taking command u tho American
army, July 3, Its; md all s'Ode for the Fourtl
of july. 1871" OF each It may bs said, iu brlet
that It docs justice to tho exalted talcpt, tn
liberal culture and tho ]oyaI tlri1ciplea Of th