Journal of a Naturalist. Philadelphia, 1831. 12mo. : Lempriere, W. Lectures on the Study of Natural History, &c. Magazine of Natural History. London, 1836. 9 vols. 8vo. Mudie: Popular Guide to the Observation of Nature; or, Hints of Inducement to the Study of Natural Productions and Appearances, in their Connexions and Relations. (Family Library.) New-York, 1833. 18mo. Nollet: L'Art des Expériences. Paris, 1787. 3 vols. 12mo. Pliny, Caius Secundus: Natural History of the World, translated into English by Philemon Holland. London, 1601. 2 vols. folio. The translation is good, though antiquated. Pliny is certainly one of the most learned of the ancients; his book forming, indeed, a sort of encyclopedia of a great part of the science of his day. It is, besides the natural history, a great source of information as to the geography, antiquities, the useful and fine arts, the medicine, the mythology, and many particulars in the civil history and manners of his age. Smellie, William: Philosophy of Natural History. Boston, 1824. 8vo. System of Natural History. Brattleborough, 1834. 8vo. Timbs, John: Knowledge for the People, &c. : containing Zoological Series. London, 1831. 12mo. The same. Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, &c. London, 1832. 12mo. Verhandelingen Natuur Kundige. Amsterdam, 1761. 8vo. White, Rev. Gilbert: The Natural History of Selbourne; with Additions by Sir William Jardine. Philadelphia, 1832. 12mo. CHAPTER LXXX. MINERAL KINGDOM. Geology. Beche, H. T. de la: Geological Manual. Philadelphia, 1832. 8vo. How to Observe. 138 wood cuts. London, 1835. 12mo. Researches in Theoretical Geology, with Preface and Notes by Prof. Hitchcock. New-York, 1837. 12mo. Bakewell, Robert: Introduction to Geology. London, 1833. 8vo. The same. London, 1836. There is also an American edition by Prof. Silliman, with his Notes, chiefly intended to reconcile geology with the Mosaic account of the creation. Buckland, Rev. William Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology. (Series of Bridgewater Trea tises.) London, 1856. 2 vols. 8vo. The same. Philadelphia, 1837. 2 vols. 8vo. Conversations on Geology: comprising a familiar Explanation of the Wernerian System; the Mosaic Geology, as explained by Mr. Granville Penn; and the late Discoveries of Professors Buckland, Humboldt, Dr. M'Culloch, and others. London, 1828. 12mo. Cotting, J. R.: Synopsis of Lectures on Geology. Trenton, 1825. 12mo. Cuvier, George Leopold, Baron: Essay on the History of the Earth, with Mineralogical Notes, and an Account of Cuvier's Geological Discoveries; to which are now added, Observations on the Geology of North America, illustrated by the Description of various Organic Remains found in that part of the World, by S. L. Mitchell. New-York, 1818. : The same. Philadelphia, 1831. 8vo. 8vo. The same work has also been edited by Professor Jameson of Edinburgh, with an account of Cuvier's geological discoveries, London, 1822, 8vo, fourth edition. His "Ossemens Fossils" is his main geological work; and has opened the way to the chief results yet obtained in the science. Eaton, Amos: Geological and Agricultural Survey of the District adjoining the Erie Canal. Albany, 1824. 8vo. Index to the Geology of the Northern States, with Transverse Sections, extending from the Susquehannah River to the Atlantic, crossing Catskill Mountains; to which is prefixed a Geological Grammar. Troy, 1820. Emons: Manual of Mineralogy and Geology. See MINERALOGY. Geological Society: Proceedings of the, from 1833 to 1835. 2 vols. 8vo. 12mo. Higgins, Mullinger W.: The Earth: its Physical Condition and most remarkable Phenomena. (Family Library.) New-York, 1836. 18mo. Hill, Ira: An Abstract of a New Theory of the Formation of the Earth. Baltimore, 1823. 12mo. Lyell, Charles: Principles of Geology; being an Inquiry how far the former Changes of the Earth's Surface are referrible to Causes now in operation. London, 1835. 4 vols. 12mo. There is an edition of 1837, 4 vols. 12mo, with additions and corrections. Luc, J. A. de: Lettres Physiques et Morales, sur l'Histoire de la Terre et de l'Homme. Paris, 1779. 12mo. M'Clelland, John: Some Inquiries in the Province of Kemaon relative to Geology and other Branches of Natural Science. Calcutta, 1835. 8vo. M'Culloch, Dr. John: System of Geology; with a Theory of the Earth, and an Explanation of its Connexion with the Sacred Records. London, 1831. 2 vols. 8vo. : Geological Classification of Rocks; with Descriptive Synopsis of the Species and Varieties; comprising the Elements of Practical Geology. London, 1831. Mudie: The Earth. Philadelphia, 1836. 12mo. 8vo. Phillips, John: Guide to Geology. London, 1835. 12mo. Renssellaer, Van: Lectures on Geology. New-York, 1835. 8vo. St. Fond, Faujas de: Essai de Géologie; ou Memoires pour servir à l'Histoire Naturelle du Globe. Paris, 1805. 8vo. Webster, John W.: Description of the Island of St. Michael, and its Geological Structure; with Remarks on the other Azores. Boston, 1821. 8vo. CHAPTER LXXXI. MINERAL KINGDOM. Mineralogy. Dana: A System of Mineralogy, &c. New-Haven, 1837. 8vo. Emmons: Manual of Mineralogy and Geology. Jacob, Wm.: An Historical Inquiry into the Production and Consumption of the Precious Metals. Philadelphia, 1832. 8vo. Phillips, Wm. Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy. London, 1823. 8vo. CHAPTER LXXXII. NATURAL HISTORY. Vegetable Kingdom. 18mo. American Forest; or, Uncle Philip's Conversations with the Children about the Trees of America. Browne, D. J.: The Sylva Americana; or, a Description of the Forest-trees indigenous to the United States, Practically and Botanically considered. Boston, 1832. 8vo. The book of Michaux, the North American Sylva (Paris, 1819, 3 vols. royal 8vo, coloured plates), is valued, and become rare. Burnett, Gilbert: Outlines of Botany: the Plants arranged according to the System of Natural Affinities. London, 1835. 2 vols. 8vo. Christian Florist: The Names, &c., of Plants illustrated by Scriptural Texts and Poetical Extracts. Philadelphia, 1835. 12mo. Gray, Asa: Elements of Botany. New-York, 1836. 12mo. Lindley, John: An Introduction to the System of Botany: the Organization, Affinities, and Geography of Plants, first American edition; with an Appendix by J. Torrey. New-York, 1831. Loudon, J. C. Encyclopedia of Plants. With Engravings and Figures of nearly 10,000 Species. London, 1836. Thick 8vo. Marcet, Mrs. Conversations on Vegetable Physiology. NewYork, 1830. : 12mo. The treatise of Philips, 2 vols. 8vo; that of Mirbel (Paris, 1815, 2 vols. 8vo); and that of Roguet (see it in NATURAL THEOLOGY), are of ampler information. Smith, Sir James Edward: Grammar of Botany, illustrative of Artificial as well as Natural Classifications; with an Explanation of Jussieu's System: to which is added a Reduction of all the Genera contained in the Catalogue of North American Plants to the Natural Families of the French Professor, by the late Henry Muhlenberg, D.D. New-York, 1822. 8vo. Sumner, John: A Compendium of Physiological and Systematic Botany with Plates. Hartford, 1822. 12mo. Torrey, John: A Compendium of the Flora of the Northern and Middle States, containing Generic and Specific Descriptions of all the Plants of the Cryptogamia hitherto found in the United States North of the Potomac. New-York, 1826. 12mo. Thornton, R. J.: Elements of Botany, with Plates. London, 1812. 8vo. Wakefield: Introduction to Botany, in a Series of Familiar Letters. With illustrative Engravings. Philadelphia, 1811. 12mo. Waterhouse, Benjamin: The Botanist: together with a Discourse on the Principle of Vitality. Boston, 1811. 8vo. See, also, various works among COLLECTIONS OF NATURAL HISTORY. For a general list of the best works on botany, the bibliography in Loudon's Encyclopedia of Plants may be consulted. To make completer the collection of American Botany, the following are important: Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahamas. London, 1731-48, 2 vols. folio-a book now very scarce; Humboldt and Bonpland, Plantes Equinoxiales. Paris, 1805, folio; Michaux, Flora Boreali Americana. Paris, 1803, 2 vols. 8vo; Bigelow's Plants of the Environs of Boston; Clayton, Flora Virginica. Leyden, 1762, 4to; Walter, Flora Caroliniana. London, 1788, 8vo; Elliott, Botany of South Carolina. Charleston, 2 vols. 8vo. CHAPTER LXXXIII. NATURAL HISTORY. Animal Kingdom. Bewick History of Birds and Quadrupeds, with Engravings. Philadelphia, 1824. 8vo. This is poorly copied from the three volumes of Bewick's original work; of which the merit lay, not in the descriptions, but in the very spirited delineations, and his admirable wood-engravings-an art before neglected, but to a renewed cultivation of which his genius led. His several engraved works are the following The History of Birds. Newcastle, 1790. 8vo. The History of British Birds. Newcastle, 1797-1804. 2 vols. 8vo. The Fables of Esop and others. : Newcastle, 1818. 8vo. All these abound in vignettes and tail-pieces of great excellence, and often of very droll invention. Bingley: Animal Biography, or Popular Zoology, illustrated by Authentic Anecdotes of the Economy, Habits of Life, Instinct, and Sagacity of the Animal Creation. London, 1829. 4 vols. 12mo. Cuvier Animal Kingdom, arranged in Conformity with its Organization. New-York, 1881. 4 vols. 8vo. Harlan Description of Mammiferous 'Animals inhabiting North America. Philadelphia, 1825. 8vo. Timbs, J. The Plain Why and Because-Zoological Series. London, 1831. 12mo. See also, in Collections of Natural History, Buffon, Goldsmith, Godman, Harris, and others. Also, the three succeeding sections. CHAPTER LXXXIV. NATURAL HISTORY. Ornithology. Montague, G.: Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds. Second edition; with Plan of Study, and Additions, by James Renwick. London, 1831. 8vo. Nuttall: Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and Canada. Cambridge, Mass., 1832. 12mo. The same. Boston, 1834. 12mo. CHAPTER LXXXV. NATURAL HISTORY. Entomology. Natural History of Insects. With Engravings. (Harpers' Family Library.) New-York, 1830. 18mo. See also, in Natural Theology, Kirby. Q |