446 Literary Notices. 



Bnlletiii be purchasable in England, or if it be sold at all ; if 

 not, it ought to be. In April last we were informed (but too 

 late for giving the information in our May Number, and ill- 

 ness prevented our doing so in the July one) that of 



The Memoirs, or Transactions, of the Geological Society of 

 Trance, the first part, or half of the first volume, was then 

 nearly finished. The work is of quarto size, and the first 

 volume is to contain 25 plates and maps. The first part, or 

 half volume, will cost, to members, 3 francs ; to purchasers 

 who are rfot members, 10 francs. The following memoirs had, 

 in April, been printed : — Lill upon Gallicia, with a map and 

 sections ; De la Beche on Spezzia, with a map ; Vivioni on 

 fossil plants of Stradella ; Poreto on the Tortonese country ; 

 Reynaud on Corsica ; Tournal on the igneous rocks of the 

 Corbieres ; Botta upon Lebanon ; De Beaumont upon the 

 lignites of the tertiary basin of Northern France ; Steininger 

 on the fossils of the Eifel; and others. 



From the same obliging correspondent we received some 

 information on 



The Geological Society of Trance, which we may as well 

 give in this place. It is this : — " Our Society is increasing; 

 we are already 230 members : Prince Christian of Den- 

 mark has lately joined us. We are in correspondence of 

 exchange with 40 different learned societies or individuals 

 publishing periodical works. Our collection is also increasing 

 rapidly, and contains upwards of 5000 specimens. Our ex- 

 traordinary general meeting will, this summer, probably 

 take place in September, at Clermont in the Auvergne, a 

 capital place for a geological congress. We are in hope of a 

 full attendance of persons devoted to every branch of the 

 natural sciences." 



The London Natural History Society have fixed the amount 

 of the subscription at 1/. per annum, to be paid quarterly id 

 advance ; the admission, 5s. Any person wishing to become 

 a member is requested to apply by letter (post paid) to Mr. 

 Ogilvie, 10. Gloucester Street, Queen Square, who will fur- 

 nish him with copies of the regulations, and any other in- 

 formation he may require. The institutors of this Society 

 have been prompted to form it, in the conviction that none of 

 those already existing in London " afford sufficient and 

 general facilities to the student, at a reasonable expense.'' 

 The Society's objects are, the " attaining of mutual improve- 

 ment in natural history, in all its branches, by means of 

 meetings, excursions, and the formation of a library and 

 museum. ,, 



