"In addition to the intrinsic merits of the book, of which we can personally speak in the superlative degree as one of the most pleasantly-written of the many pleasant natural history books our language is so rich in—describing, as it does, the 'Broad District'—a country unlike any other part of England, and a very paradise to the Botanist, Entomologist, and Ornithologist. This new edition is edited by Mr. Thomas Southwell, the active Secretary of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, wh

"Every kingdom, every province, should have its own monographer."— Gilbert White. Seventh Letter to Barrington. The excellent Memoir of Sir Thomas Browne, in Wilkin's Edition of his works, renders it unnecessary here to repeat what has already been so well done; suffice it to say that he was born in London on the 19th of October, 1605; he was educated at Winchester School and entered at Broadgates Hall (now Pembroke College), Oxford, in 1623; graduated B.A. 31st January, 1626-7, and M.A. 11th Ju

[H] The heading adopted by Wilkin, for which I cannot find that he had any authority, is certainly misleading, for the brief and fragmentary notes which follow, although of great interest, can hardly be called "An Account of the Birds (or Fishes) found in Norfolk," as there are many species of each inhabiting or visiting the county which must have been well-known to Browne, but of which we find no mention. [MSS. SLOAN. 1830. FOL. 5-19. AND 31.] [The first four pages in the volume of Manuscript c

[MS. SLOAN. 1882. FOL. 145-146. ALTERED TO 21 AND 22, AND 1830 FOL. 23-30 AND 32-38.] [The introductory remarks, paragraphs one to three, will be found in the volume of the Sloane MSS. numbered 1882 (labelled "Notes on Generation"), on pages 145 and 146, which are altered to 21 and 22. They were placed in their present position by Wilkin, but although appropriate, there is nothing to show that they belong to the set of notes here reproduced, and they may form memoranda for the beginning of some

[MS. SLOANE. 1833. FOL. 14.] No. 1. " My father to Dr. Meret July 13, 1668. " Most honourd Sir, [ Fol 14. ] I take ye boldnesse to salute you as a person of singular worth & learning and whom I very much respect & honour. I presented my service to you by my sonne some months past, and had thought before this time to have done it by him again, but the time of his returne to London being yet uncertaine, I would not deferre these at present unto you. I should be very glad to serve y

[Reply to No. 2 in the above Series.] [ Fol. 3. ] Worthy Sr ,—y rs of y e 14 th instant I recaeved as full off learning in discovering so many very great curiosities as kindness in communicating them to mee & promising y r farther assistance. ffor which I shall always proclame by my tongue as well as by my pen, my due resentment & thanks. The 2 funguses [guses crossed out and i inserted ] y w sent y e figures off [ see Note 106 ] are y e finest & rarest as to their figure

[MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. MS. SLOANE 1847, FOL. 56-57.] [ See Note 51 , p. 32 supra .] Praye Request Mr. Johnson to obtayne this fauor of Mr. Bacon who is unknown to mee, to afford mee his resolution to these few queries concerning the whale [wch crossed out ] whereof I understand he had the cutting up and disposure whether there were any spermacetie found, or made out of other parts beside the head; if soe, of what parts & out of what most: and whether any out of the meere fleshie parts wh

[SLOANE MS. ADDITIONAL 5233, LARGE FOLIO, IS A VOLUME LABELLED "DR. EDW. BROWN'S DRAWINGS."] "Some original drawing of Towns, Castles, Antiquities, Medals &c. by Dr. Edward Browne in his Travels & presented by his Father Sir Thomas Browne. Who hath write upon sev ll of them what they are." The above is the inscription written on the fly-leaf of this volume, which I hoped might have contained some drawings of birds or fishes by Sir Thomas Browne, but there is nothing in it of inte

Draft of a letter from Sir Thomas Browne to his daughter Elizabeth, enclosing two pictures of a Stork. This and the next letter are in the Bodleian Library (MS. Rawl. D. cviii.) [ Fol. 70. ] This is a picture of the stork [ see Note 14 ] I mentiond in my last. butt it is different from the com̄on stork by red lead colourd leggs and bill [132] and the feet hath not vsuall sharp poynted clawes butt resembling a mans nayle, such as Herodotus discribeth the white Ibis of Ægypt to haue. The ends of t

Page 8, note 10 , last line, delete us. Page 8, note 11 , first line, after Great Northern Diver, insert Colymbus glacialis ; line three, delete Colymbus glacialis , and after Mergus maximus insert Farrensis. Page 12, note 17 , line 8, for "English Birds" read "English words." Page 12, note 18 , line 4 from bottom, for "near the centre" read "near the south-west border." Page 14, note 22 , line 9, after "(Hunt)" insert ";." Page 20, note 31 , line 5, transfer the words "for the last few years" t