194 New Publications . 



London, 1847. It afords U8 great pleasure to announce the publica- 

 tion of this improved and extended edition of Dr Johnston's standard 

 work on British Zoophytes. 



6. The London Geological Journal, or Record of Discoveries in British 

 and Foreign Palaeontology. Two numbers, published by John Churchill, 

 Princes Street, Soho, London. We trust this promising Journal will he 

 so supported by the numerous cultivators of Palceontology in this country 

 and on the Continent, as to secure it^i continuance. 



7. Report on the Cultivation and Manufacture of Tea in Kemaoon and 

 Gurhwall. By William Jameson, Esq., Superintendent, Botanical Gar- 

 dens, North Western Provinces. I'his important Report will be read 

 with great pleasure by all those interested in the very promising appear- 

 ance of the Tea Plantations in the North West Provinces of India, 

 which^ under the liberal and fostering care of the East India Company, 

 and of their very energetic superintendent, Mr Jameson, will, we trusty 

 ere long, enable India to supply Europe with excellent and cheap 

 Teas. 



8. The Fourteenth Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic 

 Society, 1846. 



9. Geological Results of the Earth's Contraction in consequence of 

 Cooling. By James D. Dana, New Haven, United States. 



10. On three several Hurricanes of the Atlantic, and their relations 

 to the Northers of Mexico and Central America ; with notices of other 

 storms. By W. C. Redfield, New Haven, United States. We prize 

 highly this important work of our indefatigable and able corre- 

 spondent. 



11. Observations on the probable cause of the failure of the Potato 

 Crop, in the years 1845 and 1846. By David Milne, Esq., of Milne- 

 graden, President of the East of Berwickshire Farmers' Club, &c. One 

 of the best and most scientific volumes on the subject of which it treats. 



12. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society from January 

 1845 to June 1846. 



13. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 

 May and June 1846. 



14. Some Remarks on the present and future prospects of the Obser- 

 vatory of the Astronomical Institution of Edinburgh. 



15. A Letter to Augustus de Morgan, Esq., of Trinity College. Cam- 

 bridge, Professor of Mathematics in University College, London, on 

 his claim to an independent re discovery of a new principle in the theory 

 of Syllogism. From Sir William Hamilton, Bart. 



16. Erect Vision from an Inverted Image. By B. F. Joslin, M.D., of 

 New York. 



17. Observations on Life, as the cause of Vital Phenomena. London. 

 This particularly interesting Tract is intended for private friends, 

 and may be considered as the precursor of a great work on Life. The 

 author is a distinguished medical writer. 



18. Physical Atlas : A Series of Maps illustrating the Geographical 

 Distribution of Natural Phenomena. By Dr Berghaus of Berlin, and 

 Alexander Keith Johnston, F.R.G.S., &c. Part VI. In our next num- 

 ber tve shall give a Table of the Contents of this very beautiful work. 



N.B. — The greater number of the Indian, German, French^ and 

 British Periodicals have been received up to a late date. 



