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Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Sci- 

 ence. Seventh Meetings held at Cleveland, Ohio, July, 1853:— 

 and Ninth Meeting, held at Providence, R. I. August, 1855, 2 

 vols. 8vo. — From the Association. 



Vierzigster Jahresbericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Em- 

 den, fiir 1854. 8vo. — From the Natural History Society, Em- 

 den. 



Die Temperatur von Emden, als Ergebniss der daselbst von 1844 bis 

 1853, auf den Stand des Thermometers gerichteten Beobachtun- 

 gen : von Dr. M. A. F. Prestel. 1855. 4to. — From the Author. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. Vol. 5, Nos. 

 20, 21. Boston. 8vo. — Fro?n the Society. 



Chambersburg, in the Colony and the Revolution. A Sketch. By 

 Lewis H. Garrard, Mem. Hist. Soc. Penna. &c. Philadelphia, 

 1856. 8vo. — From the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 



Journal of the Franklin Institute. Third Series- Vol. XXXI. No. 5. 

 May, 1856. Philadelphia. 8vo. — From the Institute. 



The African Repository. Vol. XXXII. No. 5. May, 1856. Wash- 

 ington. 8vo. — From the Am. Colonization Society. 



Constitution and By-laws of the Academy of Sciences of Saint Louis. 

 St. Louis, 1856. 8vo. — From the Academy. 



Reports of the Prison Discipline Society, Boston, 1826 to 1853. 3 

 vols. Boston. 8vo. — From the Society. 



Flora Batava, of Afbeelding en Beschrijving van Nederlandsche Gew- 

 assen. Aflevering 178. Amsterdam. 4to. — From the King of 

 Holland. 



Standard Alphabet for reducing unwritten Languages and foreign 

 Graphic Systems to a uniform Orthography in European letters. 

 By Dr. R. Lepsius, Prof. Univ. and Mem. Roy. Acad. Berlin. 

 1855. 8vo. — From the Author. 



The American Journal of Science and Arts. Second Series. Vol. 

 XXI. No. 63. May, 1856. New Haven. &\o.—From Profs. 

 Silliman <S^ Dana, Editors. 



The U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemi- 

 sphere, during the yearsJ849, '50, '51, '52. Lieut. J. M. Gilliss, 

 Superintendent. Vols. 1, 2. Washington, 1855. 8vo — From 

 the Hon. Job R. Tyson. 



