X CONTENTS. 



Miscellaneous. 



Page 



Rev. L. Jenyns on the Variation of Species 101 



GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY. 



Mr. Egbert Austin's Report of an Expedition to explore the Interior of 

 Western Australia 10-5 



Dr. W. B. Baikie on recent Discovery in Central Africa, and the reasons 

 which exist for continued and renewed Research 105 



Professor Buckman on some Antiques found at Cirencester as Evidence of the 

 Domestic Manners of the Romans 108 



The Aechdeacon of Caedigan on the Site of Ecbatana 108 



Mr. R. Cull on a more positive Ivnowledge of the Changes, both Physical and 

 Mental, in Man, with a view to ascertain their Causes 108 



Dr. L. K. Daa on the Varanger Fiord 108 



on the Torenic System of the Ugrians (Finns), Albanians, and 



other Populations 108 



on the Relation of the Siberian and Armenian Languages .... 108 



Mr. J. Babnabd Davis on the Fomis of the Crania of the Anglo-Saxons .... 108 

 Mr. A. G. FiNDLAY on some Volcanic Islets to the South-East of Japan, in- 

 cluding the Bonin Islands 110 



Mr. F. D. Hahtland on Vesuvius and its Eruptions ; illustrated by a Col- 

 lection of Drawings by W. Baylis Ill 



on the most Ancient Map of the World, from the Propa- 

 ganda, Rome Ill 



on Vesmdus and its Eruptions Ill 



Professor Hennessy on the Homolographical Maps of M. Babinet 112 



Captain Ieminger on the Ai'ctic Current aroimd Greenland 112 



Dr. E. K. Kane's Report on his Expedition up Smith's Sound in Search of 



Sir John Franklin 113 



Colonel A. Laxe, an Original Letter from General Mouravieff 113 



Rev. Dr. D. Livingston's Retiim Journey across Southern Africa 113 



Mr. John Locke on a New Route to India — the Syro-Ai-abian Railway .... 114 



Dr. D. Macpherson's Researches in the Crimean Bosphorus, and on the site 

 of the Ancient Greek City of Panticappeum (Kertch) 115 



Mr. Ja^o:s Nasmyth on the Plastic Origin of the Cuneiform Characters, and 

 its Relation to om* own Alphabet 118 



Dr. John Rae on the Esquimaux 119 



Captain Sphatt on the Route between Kustenjeh and the Danube 119 



Captain Charles Sturt on recent Discoveries in Australia 119 



Mr. E. Vivian on the earliest traces of Human Remains in Kent's Cavern .... 119 



STATISTICS. 



Lord Stanley's Opening Address 122 



Mr. T. Barwick Lloyd Baker's Statistics and Suggestions connected with 

 the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders 128 



