"It is but justice to say, that the present volume is a successful realization of the purpose thus announced. It presents as full a collection of facts on the subject as is probably to be found in any work in the English language, furnishing materials for the formation of theoretic views, and illustrating an obscure but most interesting chapter in the marvelous history of human nature. It is written with perfect modesty, and freedom from pretense, doing credit to the ability of the author as a narrator, as well as to her fairness and integrity as a reasoner." * * * * * MR. MILNE EDWARDS presented at a recent meeting of the _Academy of Sciences_, in the name of the Prince of Canino, (C. Bonaparte), the first part of the Prince's large work, _Conspectus Generum Avium_. * * * * * M. GUIZOT has addressed a long letter to each of the five classes of the Institute of France, to declare that he cannot accept the candidateship offered him for a seat in the Superior Council of Public Instruction. * * * * * SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON is to be a candidate for the House of Commons, with Col. Sibthorp, for Lincoln. He has a new play forthcoming for the Princess's Theatre. * * * * * MISS STRICKLAND has in preparation a series of volumes on the Queens of Scotland, as a companion to her, interesting and successful work on the Queens of England. * * * * * THE MARQUIS DE FOUDRAS has published _Un Caprice de Grande Dame_--clever, but as corrupt as her other works. * * * * * MR. HERBERT'S NEW BOOKS.--The _Southern Quarterly Review_ for July has the following notice of "Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing in the United States and British Provinces," recently published by Stringer & Townsend: