PLAN OF THE WORK. 
BBE 
Tuts Journal is intended to embrace the circle 
of tHe Puysican Sciences, with their application 
to rHe Arts, and to every useful purpose. 
It is designed as a deposit for orxginal American 
communications ; but will contain also occasional 
selections from Foreign Journals, and notices of 
the progress of science in other countries. Within 
its plan are embraced © 
Natorat Hisrory, in its three great depart- 
ments of Mineratoey, Borany, and Zoo.oey ; 
Cuemistry and Natrurat Pxivosopny, in their 
various branches: and Maruemarics, pure and 
mixed. - 
It will be a leading object to illustrate Amert- 
can Narurat History, and especially our Minr- 
RALOGY and GroLoey. 
The Appr.iications of these sciences are obvi- 
ously as numerous as physical arts, and physical 
wants; for no one of these arts or wants can be 
named which is not connected with them. 
While Science will be cherished for is own 
sake, and with a due respect for its own inherent 
dignity ; it will also be employed as the hand- 
maid to the Arts. Its numerous applications to 
Acricutture, the earliest and most important 
of them; to our Manuracrures, both mechanical 
