Vin ADVERTISEMENT. 



In acconiance witli the rules adapted in tlic prooramme of oro-anization, each 

 memoir has lieen favorably reported on by a connnission appointed for its exam- 

 ination. It is, however, impossible in most cases to verif}^ the statements of an 

 author; and therefore neither the commission nor the Institution can l)e respon- 

 sil)le for more than the "eneral character of a m(^moir. 



