Monday, 5t\ January 1857. 



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Some Remarks on the Literature and Philosophy of the 



Chinese. By the Rev. Dr Robert Lee, . 433 



Observations on the Crinoidea, showing their connection with 

 other branches of the Echinodermata. By Fort-Major 

 Thomas Austin, F.G.S. Communicated by Professor 

 Balfofr, ..... 433 



Donations to the Library, .... 435 



Monday, 19<A January 1857. 



On the application of the Theory of Probabilities to the ques- 

 tion of the Combination of Testimonies. By Professor 

 Boole. Communicated by Bishop Terrot, . 435 



On New Species of Marine Diatomacese from the Firth of 

 Clyde and Loch Fine. By Professor Gregory. Illus- 

 trated by numerous drawings, and by enlarged figures, all 

 drawn by Dr Greville, . . . 442 



Short Verbal Notice of a simple and direct method of Comput- 

 ing the Logarithm^of a Number. By Edward Sang, Esq., 451 



Donations to the Library, . . . 451 



Monday, 2d February 1857. 



On the Urinary Secretion of Fishes, with some remarks on this 

 secretion in other classes of Animals. By John Davt, 

 M.D., F.R.SS. London and Edinburgh, . 452 



On the Reproductive Economy of Moths and Bees ; being an 

 Account of the Results of Von Siebold's Recent Re- 

 searches in Parthenogenesis. By Professor Goodsir, . 454 



On the Principles of the Stereoscope ; and on a new mode of 



exhibiting Stereoscopic Pictures. ByDrW. Macdonald, 455 



Donations to the Library, 455 



Monday, \Qth February 1857. 



On the Crania of the Kaffirs and Hottentots, and tlte Physical 

 and Moral Characteristics of these Races. By Dr Black, 

 F.G.S., .... . . 466 



On a Roche Moutonn^e- on the summit of the range of hills 

 separating Loch Fine and Loch Awe. In a letter from 

 the Duke of Argyll to Professor Forbes, . 459 



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