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Museum, would feel much obliged to the Editor of the Annals of Phi- 

 losophy, if he would permit him, through the medium of the Annals, 

 to correct a few errors which have crept into the above article, and 

 which might be considered as instances of bad faith or ignorance were 

 they not acknowledged to proceed from the hurry of the moment, and 

 the want of an opportunity of correcting the proof sheet. 



Page 382.— The price of the Elgin marbles is stated at 8000/. ; but 

 it should have been 6000/. 



Page 885. — Murex Carinatus is misprinted M.carincelus. 

 Page 389.— The paragraph beginning " The purchases made two or 

 three years ago by Dr. Leach," should have run thus: — " The pur- 

 chases made several years ago for the Museum included some extremely 

 rare and splendid trochili, or humming birds, some of which would 

 bring three or four guineas a piece." 



Page 390, line 18. — " This immense herbarum," should have been, 

 M His immense, &c." 



Page 390. — The trustees are said to be 41 ; but they are now 43. 

 Page 391.— They should have been stated at 21 official trustees^ 

 including the three principal Secretaries of State; 7 family trustees, of 

 which 1 represents the family of Sloane, 2 that of Cotton, 2 that of 

 Harley, 1 that of Townley, and 1 Lord Elgin. The elected trustees 

 are 15, making in all 43. 



There are a few minor errors of trifling importance, because they 

 do not affect the accuracy of the statements : but the author has the 

 satisfaction of knowing that his strictures have produced a sensation in 

 the quarter where he most desired it ; and the next opening of the 

 Museum will convince the public that his animadversions have pro- 

 duced beneficial effects. He has been the cause of the destruction of 

 numberless moths ; and some of the insect treasures of the Museum 

 have been recently brought to light. He had but one object — to call 

 public attention to a great abuse ; and if his zeal for the cultivation of 

 a favourite study has betrayed him into warmth of expression, he hopes 

 that he has indulged in no unbecoming personalities. 



An Old Cokrespondent. 



Article XVI. 

 NEW SCIENTIFIC BOOKS. 



PREPARING TOR PUBLICATION. 



M. de la Beche will shortly publish a Selection of the Geological 

 Memoirs contained in the Annales des Mines, together with a Synop- 

 tical Table of Equivalent Formations, and M. Brongniart's Table of 

 the Classification of Mixed Rocks : in 1 vol.8vo. 



Mr. C. Chatfield has in the press a Compendious View of the History 

 of the Darker Ages, with Genealogical Tables ; to form 1 vol. 8vo. 



A Guide to the Mount's Bay and the Land's End, comprehending 

 the Topograohy, Botany, Agriculture, Fisheries, Antiquities, Mining, 

 Mineralogy, and Geology, of Western Cornwall : Second Edition. 

 Illustrated by Engravings on Copper and Wood. By a Phybictuu. 

 To form 1 pocket volume. 



