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Cyclopoedia of Anatomy and Ph3'siology. By E. D. Todd. Part 47. 8vo. 

 London, 1855. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History. No. 93 for September, No. 94 for 

 October, No. 95 for November, No. 96 for December, 1855. Received from the 

 Courtis Fund. 



Life of J. P. Curran. By his Son, W. H. Curran. 8vo. Redfield, New York. 



Pictures of Europe framed in Ideas. By C. A. Bartol. 12mo. Boston, 1855. 



Travels in Europe and the East. By S. J. Prime. 2 Vols. 12mo. New 

 York. 



Japan as it was and is. By Richard Hildreth. 8vo. Boston, 1855. 



A Visit to India, China, and Japan, in 1853. By Bayard Taylor. 8vo. New 

 York, 1855. 



History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain. By William H. 

 Prescott. 2 Vols. 8vo. Boston, 1855. 



Life and Works of Goethe. By G. H. Lewes. 2 Vols. 12mo. Boston, 1856. 

 ■ Life of George Washington. By Washington Irving. Vols. I. II. 8vo. New 

 York, 1855. 



Prose Writers of Germany. By F. H. Hedge. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1848. 

 Deposited by the Republican Institution. 



January 2, 1856. 



The President in the Chair. 



The Secretary read a communication from Dr. James 

 Lewis, of Mohawk, N. Y., Corresponding Member, as 

 follows : — 



Mohawk, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1855. 



Dear Sir : Previous to commencing the task of packing 

 and sending you some shells for the Boston Society of Natural 

 History, permit me to present you a statement of what I have 

 attempted and what I have accomplished, in tracing out the 

 mollusca of this region during the past season. 



The season having been an unfavorable one for any success- 

 ful efforts in studying the Naiades of this region, my attention 

 has been more closely fixed on shells of other families, and par- 

 ticularly, on the genus Paludina^ in relation to which I have 

 heretofore communicated. 



