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animal walks , in this resembling also the star-fish and sea-urchin , it moves with its head and mouth downwards , and its body elongated . It swims also and seizes its prey by means of these organs : besides these arms or legs—for they perform the functions of both , —there is a pair of long organs , one on each side , having their origin between
the first and second pair of legs , which are incrustated at the end , where , also , they are furnished with many suckers . Cuvier supposes they use these as anchors , to maintain them in their station during tempests , and as prehensile instruments , by which they can seize their prey at a distance . In the centre of the legs is the mouth ,
surrounded by a tubular membraneous lip , including a beak , consisting of two mandibles , like that of a paroquet ; these mandibles or jaws are crooked , and the upper one fits into the lower as a sliding lid into a box . With these redoubtable jaws the cuttle-fish devours a further trituration in its muscular crop and gizzard . E . W , J ,
Reviews Of New Books.
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS ,
[ Publishers are requested to send works for review not later than the 20 th of the month , addressed to the Editor of the " Freemasons' Monthly Magazine , '' 74-5 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn Eields . ] Things not generally Known familiarly Explained . A JSooJc for Old and Young . By John Times , E . S . A . London : D . Bogue , 1856 . —Under this title , the indefatigable editor of the " Curiosities
of London , " the " Tear-book of Facts , " & c . has brought together a collection of interesting information upon almost every subject . The elements , the senses , the animal and vegetable kingdom , laws and customs , the arts and sciences , language and literature , domestic
manners , natural magic , with a mixture of graver matter , —each finds a place in this useful little volume : nor can advanced intelligence peruse a page without finding something to interest , if not to improve ; whilst to the child it opens and suggests a field of inquiry at once agreeable and salutary . Even as a short manual of reference , this book ought to find its way into every average library .
The Chess Player s Annual for the Tear 1856 . Edited by Ciias . Tomxikson . Ilall and Virtue , Paternoster-row . —A great deal of ingenuity is here displayed in finding applicable material , and the result is a very agreeable little annual , every word of which will be found interesting to the lover of the game of chess , and no small portion
even to the general reader . There are some good stories illustrative of the " noble game , " several essays , dialogues , and sketches , more or loss able ; a variety of excellent chess aphorisms , by the editor ; and no end of games , problems , and studies . We heartily concur with the wish expressed in the preface , that chess were more gene-
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animal walks , in this resembling also the star-fish and sea-urchin , it moves with its head and mouth downwards , and its body elongated . It swims also and seizes its prey by means of these organs : besides these arms or legs—for they perform the functions of both , —there is a pair of long organs , one on each side , having their origin between
the first and second pair of legs , which are incrustated at the end , where , also , they are furnished with many suckers . Cuvier supposes they use these as anchors , to maintain them in their station during tempests , and as prehensile instruments , by which they can seize their prey at a distance . In the centre of the legs is the mouth ,
surrounded by a tubular membraneous lip , including a beak , consisting of two mandibles , like that of a paroquet ; these mandibles or jaws are crooked , and the upper one fits into the lower as a sliding lid into a box . With these redoubtable jaws the cuttle-fish devours a further trituration in its muscular crop and gizzard . E . W , J ,
Reviews Of New Books.
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS ,
[ Publishers are requested to send works for review not later than the 20 th of the month , addressed to the Editor of the " Freemasons' Monthly Magazine , '' 74-5 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn Eields . ] Things not generally Known familiarly Explained . A JSooJc for Old and Young . By John Times , E . S . A . London : D . Bogue , 1856 . —Under this title , the indefatigable editor of the " Curiosities
of London , " the " Tear-book of Facts , " & c . has brought together a collection of interesting information upon almost every subject . The elements , the senses , the animal and vegetable kingdom , laws and customs , the arts and sciences , language and literature , domestic
manners , natural magic , with a mixture of graver matter , —each finds a place in this useful little volume : nor can advanced intelligence peruse a page without finding something to interest , if not to improve ; whilst to the child it opens and suggests a field of inquiry at once agreeable and salutary . Even as a short manual of reference , this book ought to find its way into every average library .
The Chess Player s Annual for the Tear 1856 . Edited by Ciias . Tomxikson . Ilall and Virtue , Paternoster-row . —A great deal of ingenuity is here displayed in finding applicable material , and the result is a very agreeable little annual , every word of which will be found interesting to the lover of the game of chess , and no small portion
even to the general reader . There are some good stories illustrative of the " noble game , " several essays , dialogues , and sketches , more or loss able ; a variety of excellent chess aphorisms , by the editor ; and no end of games , problems , and studies . We heartily concur with the wish expressed in the preface , that chess were more gene-