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! IN CH.NI.rRy OF VEGETABLE AND ASIYAi PnysioLo,
rn;vs5.,y p Of I,isci nn translated from the original


Dutch by r. f. ii. FrombeIS, Ft ASSISTANT IN me Eao,
land With an Introduction by Prof J. F. w; Johnston.


4. s. &C. &c Fi;;t American E9,i2ni T.n n HoiS, pS
Wiley & Putmam, l2 mo. PIP. ~.


The celebrity Of The author OF this long-e1pecled
srk, has raised high degree Of expectation
cong the readers in this department of Scieniitic
4sra,ure. A perueal Of this first part, which is
sly introductory, has convinced us that ior depth
argument and originality Of views on the great
eject of life, he has surpassed ali who have gone
dcre him. Those Psychologists who attribute
ssy action of organized beings to some imaginary
aEer which they call vital force or nervous infn-


ne, will be startled to hear that this power OF vial
sis simple molecular action analogous 10 certain
hswr chemical operations.


No charge of Materiaiism can be made against
% author, who justly distinguishes those tunc-
a0s Of life which We possess in common with
sries, and those which bslong to our spiritual
sng.


Twill no, (says MtlGer, p. 81 venture to raise
sseil by which the action of the nerves or the
ssber functions of the mind have hitherto been
Sfouded from our observation. AS man has an
aan.ierial and immortal part, which is identical
'an hs real being, and of which alone he will con-
W when the material forces by which he is bound
sserh shall be dissolved; and us the inferior ami
= sss possess in common with man certain powers


PERCEPTION associated with certain appropriate
gins, whose functions have ro connection with
ss'eiousness-so do animals and plants perform
ssoalmon many operations which are distinct from
ssi Of those now mentioned, or which q, least
sse their origin in distinct causes. Only to the


sr q class do apply tho general term of organic