IV CONTENTS. 



Eeviews and Notices of Books. 



Handbook of Geological Terms ; by David Page, F.G.S., 77 



Evenings at the Microscope ; by P. H. Gosse, F.R.S 78 



Dura Den ; a Monograph of the Yellow Sandstone ; by the Rev. 



John Anderson, D.D., F.G.S., &c., VS 



Nuggets from the oldest Diggings ; or Researches in the Mosaic 



Creation; by R. W. Vandyk, 79 



On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selections ; by 



Charles Darwin, M. A., 80 



Notes of a Clerical Furlough; by Robert Buchanan, D.D.,... 159 

 The Life, Travels, and Books of Alexander von Humboldt. 



With an introduction by Bayard Taylor, 209 



A first lesson in Natural History ; by Actoea. (Mrs. Agassiz.) 209 

 A Manual of Scientific and Practical Agriculture for the School 



and the Farm ; by J, L. Campbell, A.M., 210 



The British Tortrices ; by S. J. Wilkinson, 211 



The Rudiments of Botany ; by Christopher Dresser, 212 



Professor Hall's Report on the Geology of Iowa, 213 



Report of the Geological Survey of Canada for the year 1858, 326 



The Zoologist, June, 1860. — Van Voorst, London, 328 



Specimens of Marine Algae : presented to the Natural History 



Society ; by Dr. Durkee, Boston, 328 



Acadian Geology, and a Supplementary Chapter thereto, 450 



Elements of Chemical Physics ; by J. P. Cooke, jr., 455 



Salmon Fishing in Canada ; by a Resident, 457 



The Glaciers of the Alps ; by J. Tyndall, F.R.S., 458 



What may be Learned from a Tree ; by Harland Coultas, 459 



Unity in Variety ; by Christopher Dresser, 460 



Miscellaneous. 



British Association for the advancement of Science, 70 



The late Professor George Wilson of Edinburgh, 75 



Communication by Dr. Dawson to the Geological Society of 



London, 222 



Distribution of Forests in North America, 223 



Catalogue of Coleoptera from the H. B. Territories, 227 



The Oil Wells of Mecca, 325 



British Association 382 



Proceedings of the Natural History Society, 408 



On an undescribed Fossil Fern from the Lower Coal-measures 



of Nova Scotia ; by Dr. J. W. Dawson, 460 



Note on a specimen of Neaera, collected by Mr. R. S. Fowler, 461 

 Notes on Relics of the Red Indians of Newfoundland, collected 



by xMr. Smith McKay, 462 



Kingston Botanical Society, 462 



The Liverpool Naturalists Field Club, 468 



Correspondence. 



Letter from Mr. D. W. Beadle, St. Catherines, C.W., 215 



Remarks on the Fauna of the Quebec Group of Rocks, and the 

 Primordial Zone of Canada ; by Sir Wm. E. Logan, 472 



British Association. 



Report of meeting at Aberdeen, 216 



Annual Report op the Natural History Society, 230 



Donations to the Natural History Society of Montreal, 477 



Errata, 240 



Index, 480 



