The Record of Zoological Literature, 1867. Volume Fourth. Van Voorst

Another volume of this exceedingly valuable work has appeared ; and an arrangement has been suggested by the able editor, Dr. Albert Giinther, and acted upon by the publisher, which enables those interested in a special de-partaient of zoology to purchase a part of the ‘ Record. ‘ containing that which relates to their subject, without having to pay for the whole. The vertebrates form one part ; the insects, spiders, and myriopods another ; and the rest of the invertebrates, a third. It is this last volume which will be of most interest to our readers, containing as it does the literature relating to the minuter forms of animal life. Dr. Edouard von Martens has given account of the papers and separate works relating to the class Mollusca, and to the great group of Crustacea, which appeared during the year 1867; whilst Professor Perceval Wright, of Trinity College, Dublin, has done the same for the Molluscoida, Rotifera, Annelida, Scolecida, Echinodermata, Cælenterata and Protozoa. The study of all these groups is intimately associated with the microscope ; and it is pleasant to see the pages of this Journal not unfrequently referred to in the ‘ Record.’ No fitter recorder than Dr. Wright could have been found for the work, which he has done with the same ability as in former years. We could, however, wish one thing ; and that is, that space would permit the recorders to give a short account of many of the papers which now are merely entered by their titles. Though, in our own chronicle, we attempt to keep a record of the current literature relating to microscopic organisms, it is yet not possible for us to obtain the same survey as the yearly recorder ; and in his pages, will be found references to some works and papers on microzoological subjects which have not come under our notice : besides this, many of those who work with the microscope are doubtless interested in special branches of zoology ; and to those the Zoological Record will be invaluable. As a matter of duty, those who wish for the progress of zoological science in this country, and who can afford it, as we trust many can, should prove their regard for science by the purchase of the ‘ Zoological Record.’