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at 11 p. M., on the 2d of September last. The name Euphro- 

 syne has been given to this asteroid by its discoverer. Its 

 approximate ephemeris with the last observations accompany 

 the letter. 



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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Vol. VII. Nos. 1, 2. 



London, 1854. 8vo. — From the Society. 

 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Vol. III. Nos. 



37-40 ; with List of Members, April 23, 1854. London. 8vo. 



— From the Society. 

 Archseologia; or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity: pub- 

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Part 2. London, 1854. 4to. — From the Society. 

 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 



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 A Descriptive Catalogue of the Historical Manuscripts in the Arabic 



and Persian Languages, preserved in the Library of the Asiatic 



Society: by W. H. Morley, M. R. A. S. London, 1854. 8vo. 



— From the same. 

 Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus: by Ram Raz, native 



Judge and Magistrate at Bangalore, cor. mem. Asiatic Society. 



With 48 plates. London, 1834. 4to. — From the same. 

 Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Vol. IX. Part 



3. Cambridge, 1853. 4to. — From the Society. 

 Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij 



der Wetenschappen te Haarlem. Tweede Verzameling. Tiende 



Deel. Haarlem, 1854. 4to. — From the Holland Society of 



Sciences. 

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XVIII. No. 54. November, 1854. New Haven. Svo.— From 



Professors Silliman <S^ Dana, Editors. 

 Catalogue of my EngHsh Library: collected and described by Henry 



Stevens, Literary Agent in London, of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion. London, 1853. Svo. — From the Author. 

 On the Construction, Organization and General Arrangements of 



Hospitals for the Insane: by Thomas S. Kirkbride, M. D., Phys. 



Penn. Hosp. Insane. Philadelphia, 1854. Svo. — From the 



Author. 



