ON THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE. XIX 



The obituary of the past year includes the well-known names of Gay- 

 Lussac, De Blainville, Beer, Kirby, Prout, Troost, and others, and as we 

 write we hear of the death of Prof. Schumacher in the last week of the 

 year. 



It will thus be seen, that, though the past year has not been productive 

 of any preeminently brilliant discovery, yet quite as much has been added 

 to the amount of human knowledge as during almost any previous year. 



