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is to be entirely under the superintendence of Sir W. Jardine, 

 Bart. ; P. J. Selby, Esq. ; and Dr. Johnston of Berwick 

 upon Tweed ; and is to be conducted upon truly scientific 

 principles, and rendered a register of the progress of man's 

 discovery in the two sciences, and a medium for the public- 

 ation of the researches of a rising band of young and zealous 

 scientific naturalists. The contents are to be of the kind now 

 to be indicated. Section 1 ., original papers : monographs, 

 history of any particular class ; description of species ; de- 

 tails of anatomical structure ; disquisitions on the habits, 

 affinities, and distribution of animals and plants ; essays on 

 nomenclature ; biographies. Section 2., reviews. Section 3., 

 translations, &c. Section 4., intelligence. The work is to 

 be published, a number on the first day of every second 

 month ; and each number is to contain 6 sheets of 8vo 

 letterpress, with illustrative plates and woodcuts : its price 

 35. 6d. 



A new work, to be entitled Scientific Memoirs, is about to 

 be published, at convenient intervals, the first part in May, 

 1836. The work is to be edited by Richard Taylor, Esq.; 

 and is intended to contain a selection of the most important 

 memoirs from the Transactions of the various academies of 

 science and philosophical societies, or from foreign scientific 

 journals; and may be considered supplementary to the Philo- 

 sophical Magazine, and other periodical works of the same 

 class, or a distinct work : its size is to be 8vo. (Phil. Mag., 

 April.) 



^_ Minerve, ou Choix des Memoires les plus importans qui pa- 

 raissent dans les Pays E'trangers, sur les Sciences Naturelles : 

 publie par E'mile Jacquemin et plusieurs savans Francais et 

 Allemands. The prospectus of this work is dated Paris, July, 

 1835, and has lain long by. It was proposed to publish the 

 work monthly. Has it appeared ? 



The Ornithologist" s Text-Booh, by Neville Wood, Esq. In 

 VIII. 584?. is announced, as in the press, a work by the title, 

 The Rise and Progress of Ornithology. This title has been 

 changed to that above, and the work was, on March 21., 

 " nearly ready for publication." 



The British So?igsters, by Neville Wood, Esq. This title 

 is a preferred one for the work entitled Sketches in British 

 Ornithology, announced as in preparation in VIII. 584. : it was 

 on March 21. in progress of printing. 



The Flora Domestica, or History of such Medicinal Species 

 of Plants as are indigenous to Great Britain, or are cultivated, 

 and of easy Access in our Gardens ; illustrated by numerous co- 

 loured Figures; by Benjamin H. Barton, F.L.S.; is announced 



