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Colonial Period, and tho other on some points of the History and 

 Peculiarities of the Entjjiish Language; by Professor Henry Reed, 

 of the University of Pennsylvania. 



A course of lectures on the Chemical Operations of Nature; by Profes- 

 sor Lewis C. Beck, of Rutgers College, New Jersey. 



The first part of a general course, giving an exposition of the DynamicaJ 

 Phenomena of Geology ; by Proltssor Henry D. Rogers, of Boston. 



Whatever may have been the effect of these lectures in the way 

 of Diffusing Knowledge, it is evident from the character of the men 

 by whom they were delivered, that they presented truths intended 

 to elevate and improve the morals and intellectual condition of the 

 hearers. 



All of which is respectfully submitted, 



JOSEPH HENRY, Secrcfari/ 



Of the Smilhsojiian Insliiuiion. 



