372 Reviews, and Notices respecting New Books. 



at Calcutta, under the title of w Gleanings in Science y* a work in- 

 tended to contain a mixture of original communications and of extracts 

 from the best scientific journals of Europe. From the abundance and 

 importance of the original communications, the * Gleanings in Sci- 

 ence" soon became as replete with novel matter as any other publi- 

 cation of the same kind j and the success of the work was so consi- 

 derable in India, that application was made to publish it under the 

 auspices of the Asiatic Society. The request was immediately 

 granted, with the understanding that the permission was to be con- 

 tinued as long as the publication should be under the charge of one 

 or both of the Secretaries of the Society. Hence the change of title 

 and present name. 



Under the modest title of " Gleanings in Science," the first three 

 volumes contain numerous and valuable papers on the Meteorology, 

 Geology, Mineralogy, Zoology, Literature, and Statistics of India, to- 

 gether with numerous chemical analyses of Indian products, and 

 criticisms on works of science relating to India. We would particu- 

 larly draw attention to the papers of Messrs. Wilson, Herbert, 

 Prinsep, Hodgson, Benson, Paddington, Everest, and Buchanan ; 

 many of whom are already well known to the European public. 



The first Number of the n Journal " before us contains a paper by 

 Mr. Wilson (now Professor of Sanscrit in the University of Oxford,) 

 on the contents of the Dul-va ; a memoir by Mr. Hodgson on the 

 Native method of making Paper; an account of a new genus of Land 

 Shells, by Mr. Benson ; an examination of Minerals from Ava, by 

 Mr. Prinsep ; an account of a new Bridge near Hyderabad j a method 

 of rectifying a Route Protraction ; a comparison of the Indus and 

 Ganges j a Summary of Meteorological Observations made at Calcutta 

 in 1829, 1830, and 1831 : an account of the Earthquake at Lahore in 

 1831 ; with a notice of the Population of Allahabad. To these are 

 added, the proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta, of the Me- 

 dical and Physical Society, and of the Natural History Society of 

 the Mauritius -, proceedings which are also noticed in the other 

 Numbers. 



The other two Numbers contain memoirs of equal interest j among 

 which we may mention Mr. Royle's papers on his collections of Na- 

 tural History made in the Himalayan Mountains, &c, and on the 

 Botanic Garden at Seharanpore ; Mr. Benson's remarks on the 

 Antelope Hodgsonii ; Mr. Wilson's analysis of the Poranas - } an ac- 

 count of the progress of the Trigonometrical Survey of India ; Hourly 

 Observations on the Barometer in the Fortress of Cavita, &c. 



Our readers will form abetter judgement of the nature and objects 

 of the Journal of the Asiatic Society from this sketch of its contents, 

 than from lengthened detail. We must, however, more particularly 

 call attention to the Summary of Meteorological Observations made 

 at Calcutta in 1829, 1830, and 1831, drawn up, as we understand, 

 by the editor, James Prinsep, Esq. F.R.S., as it contains the monthly 

 and diurnal oscillations of the barometer and thermometer at Madras, 

 Ava, Calcutta, Benares, and Seharanpore, or at five places situated on 

 an inclined plane between the 12th and 30th degrees of north latitude- 



