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Archivfiir Natiirgeschichte. Gegriindet von A. F. A. "Wiegman. Fortgesetzt 

 von W. F. Erichson. III. 1854. 8vo. Berlin. 



New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal. Vol. XI. No. 4. January, 1855. 



Michigan Farmer. Vol. XIII. No. 2. Detroit. 



Silliman's American Journal of Science and Arts. No. 56. March, 1855. 



New York ]\Iedical Times. No. 6. Vol. IV. March, 1855. New York. 



New York Journal of Medicine and Collateral Sciences. Vol. XIV. Nos. 

 1 and 2. March, 1855. New York. 



Genera of Eecent Mollusca. By Henry and Arthur Adams. Nos. 14-20. 

 8vo. London, 1854-5. 



Thesaurus Conchyliorum. By G. B. Sowerby, Jr. Part 2, 1842. Part 15, 

 1854. 8vo. London. 



History of British ]\Iollusca and their Shells. By Edward Forbes and Sylva- 

 nus Hanley. Part 32. 8vo. London. Exchancje. 



Memoirs of Napoleon, his Court and Family. By the Duchess d'Abrantes, 

 (Mad. Junot.) 2 Vols. 8vo. New York, 1855. 



Notes on Duels and Duelling. By Lorenzo Sabine. 8vo. Boston, 1854. 



Memoirs of Celebrated Characters. By A. De Lamartine. 2 Vols. 12mo. 

 NcAV York, 1854. 



EncA'clopffidia Britannica. Vol. VII. 4to. Boston, 1854. Deposited by the 

 Republican Institution. 



April 4, 1855. 

 The President in the Chair. 



The President, in accordance with a vote passed at the 

 last meeting, nominated the following gentlemen as mem- 

 bers of the " Cochituate Committee," viz.: — Dr. A. A. 

 Gould, Prof. Wm. B. Rogers, Prof. H. D. Rogers, Dr. C. 

 T. Jackson, Dr. A. A. Hayes, Prof. Jeffries Wyman, Dr. 

 John Bacon. These nominations were confirmed by the 

 Society. Prof. H. D. Rogers then declining to serve upon 

 the Committee, on motion of Dr. Jackson, Dr. Silas Durkee 

 was chosen to fill his place. 



A letter was read from Rev. P. H. Greenleaf, of Madi- 

 son, Indiana, returning thanks for his election as Corres- 

 ponding Member, and presenting a communication on a 



