188 Miscellanies. 



and general science. The number of volumes is upwards of two 

 thousand, viz: 



Folios, 

 Quartos, 



Octavos, 

 Duodecimos, 



377 

 533 



772 



577 



2259 



When it is recollected that Mr 



presented the Academy with fifteen hundred volumes, we cannot 



too 



is actuated in the promotion of science. This gentleman is now 



Me 



mate, he is passing the evening of his life ; and although at an ad- 

 vanced age, he seems to have lost none of his characteristic zeal for 

 the promotion of useful knowledge. 



43. Medical and Physical Researches, or original Memoirs in 

 Medicine, Surgery, Physiology, Geology, Zoology and Compara- 

 tive Anatomy, illustrated by plates containing 160 figures; by R. 

 Harlan, M. D., F. L. S., &c. &c. &c. — This splendid volume, 

 remarkable both by its size, (nearly 700 pages, large 8vo.) and by 

 the number, and importance of the memoirs which it contains, de- 

 serves more than a passing notice ; but neither our time nor space 

 will suffice for more. There can be no doubt, that the volume will 

 do great credit to American Science, as many of the memoirs which 

 it contains, have already done. 



Dr. Harlan's name, and deservedly high reputation as a natural- 

 ist, are too well known, both at home and abroad, to require our 

 tribute of commendation. 



We cannot however suppress our regret, that the spurious rhino- 

 ceros jaw, is again crowded into company, to which it has no claim 

 whatever, among the undoubted fossil remains of extinct animals, 

 some of which were remarkable by their magnitude, their structure 



d 



inoceros 



rel- 



ic, or perceives in it any proofs of animal origin. 



Why then should Dr. Harlan continue to give the weight of his 

 eminent name to countenance error, when he has done so much to 



another 



science. 



