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Critical Notices. 148
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resemblance between that reign and the reign of William IV , who was certainly not a man to send seven Bishops to the Tower . But there
is a bad spirit of abusive intolerance throughout the " Notes" and " Introduction , " quite unworthy of the Christianity professed by the writer .
London s Magazine of Natural History , New Series , No . VII . Conducted by Edward Charlesworth , F . G . S ., Assistant Secretary to the Zoological Society .
Although , for an obvious reason of delicacy , it is not our intention to notice monthly periodicals in general , we are disposed to make an exception with regard to such as are devoted to Natural History , —a subject not canvassed by the rest , and belonging to all time .
Most of the papers in the present number are interesting , particularly those "On the Structure of the Fossil Saurians , " translated from the German of Von Meyer ;
" On the Phenomena termed Ignes Fatui , " by Mr Chambers , in which the writer supposes those perverse individuals to be luminous insects , and , we think , makes out his case as to certain instances ; and " On
the Theory of Hybridity , ' a mysterious and highly interesting subject , as yet but little explored . Rudiments of Modern Geography . By Alexander Reid . Rudiments of English Grammar . By A . Reid . Oliver and Boyd ; Simpkin and Marshall .
The Geography is compendious , sensible , and tolerably free from even unimportant inaccuracies which are hardly to be entirely avoided in a work of so general a nature .
The Grammar is short . The shorter the better , even though it dwindled to nothing ; for we ever
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regard it as waste of time to teach children the intricacies of grammar , especially the most irregular and uncertain grammar of the English language . The habit of speaking grammatically is easily
learned in childhood , by reading and hearing correct language , and attention on the part of the teacher ; and it may be confirmed by a technical study in the later classes of a school . But it is utterly beyond the comprehension of a child , or
any one who is not acquainted with language practically . The best language to learn its principles by , undoubtedly , is not the English , but the Latin ( though the student proceed no further in that language ) from its simplicity and regularity .
The Naturalist , Vol . II . No . X . Edited by Neville Wood , Esq . A good number . Mr Dale ' s catalogue of the Zoology of Dorsetshire is valuable , and sets a good example ; and we hope it may be continued . Mr Lees notices with
much feeling the decrease of the oak in England , The paper on the family of Lemurs is interesting ; and so is Mr Orpen ' s on the casual varieties among birds . Coleridge ' s Ancient Mariner With Illustrations by David Scott , Member of the Scottish Academy of Painting .
Mr Scott has unfortunately chosen a large size for his etchings , which requires more simplicity and decision of line than characterize his style of drawing ; and a greater boldness of attitude , and more symmetrical grouping . His designs are consequently rather confused and indistinct in the engravings .
Nevertheless there is fancy and invention in some of them beyond the common . The Mariner Fraying , and in the next plate , Enjoying the long-withheld Rain , axe well
Critical Notices. 148
Critical Notices . 148
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 1, 1837, page 143, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1834/page/71/
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