48o THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



and on the Hybrid Xature of the Common Oxslip ; Journal Linngean 

 Society, vol. x., 1867 (Botany), p. 437. 



Notes on the Fertilization of Orchids ; Annals Natural History, 

 September, 1869. 



GEOLOGICAL WORKS. 



The Structure and Distribution of Coral-reefs, 1842 ; pp. 214. 



Geological Observations on Volcanic Islands, 1844 ; pp. 175. 



Geological Observations on South America, 1846 ; pp. 279. 



On the Connection of the Volcanic Phenomena in South America, 

 etc. ; Transactions of Geological Society, vol. v. ; read March, 1838. 



On the Distribution of the Erratic Bowlders in South America ; 

 Transactions of Geological Society, vol. vi., read April, 1841. 



On the Transportal of Erratic Bowlders from a Lower to a Higher 

 Level; Journal Geological Society, 1848, p. 315. 



Notes on the Ancient Glaciers of Caernarvonshire ; Philosophical 

 Magazine, vol. xxi., 1842, p. 180. 



On the Geology of the Falkland Islands ; Journal Geological So- 

 ciety, 1846, pp. 267. 



On a Remarkable Bar of Sandstone off Pernambuco ; Philosophical 

 Magazine, October, 1841, p. 257. 



On the Formation of Mould ; Transactions of Geological Society, 

 vol. v., p. 505 ; read November, 1837. 



On the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy ; Transactions of Philosophical 

 Society, 1839, p. 39. 



On the Power of Icebergs to make Grooves on a Submarine Sur- 

 face ; Philosophical Magazine, August, 1855. 



An Account of the Fine Dust which often falls on Vessels in the 

 Atlantic Ocean ; Proceedings of Geological Society, 1845, p. 26. 



Origin of the Saliferous Deposits of Patagonia ; Journal of Geolo- 

 gical Society, vol. ii., 1838, p. 127. 



'Part Geology; Admiralty Manual of Scientific Inquiry, 1849. 

 Third edition, 1859. — Nature, 



SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF DR. PRIESTLEY. 



IT is unnecessary to call attention to the eloquent and imj^ressive 

 lecture by Dr. Draper which opens the present number of The 

 Popular Sciexce Monthly. It will be read with avidity and pleas- 

 ure by all classes as a beautiful tribute to a noble man, and as treot- 

 ing one of the most brilliant of scientific discoveries with the true 

 poetic inspiration w^hich well befits so grand a theme. Dr. Draper's 

 statement is as fresh and felicitous as if his lecture had just been pre- 

 pared to commemorate the centennial of the Discovery of Oxygen, 

 and but few will suspect on perusing it that it was delivered a quarter 



