the left. Before her, on a table covered with black, damask, lay an open
prayer-book. Her complexion was fair, with a beautiful blush upon her
cheeks.

S.I.B.

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THE NATURALIST.

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NEW ZOOLOGICAL WORK.


We are happy to have on our table the first number of a periodical work
to be exclusively devoted to the Illustration of the Natural History of
the living Animals in the Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological
Society. It is from the Chiswick press; the drawings are by Mr. William
Harvey, and the Engraving by Messrs. Branston and Wright; and of
printing and embellishment, the present number is a truly splendid
specimen, and is equal to any of the costly "Annuals."

We believe the sale of works on Natural History to have been, till
recently, very limited; this has probably arisen from their technical
character, and consequent unfitness for the general reader. Mr. Loudon
was, perhaps, the first to familiarize the study of Zoology, in
originally making it a portion of his excellent Gardeners' Magazine.