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author. With the frankness and generosity which belong to his char- 
acter, he bestows upon Leopold Von Buch, the veteran geologist of 
Prussia, the well deserved honor of the Wollaston medal, and annexes 
to the annunciation a sketch of those numerous and important labors of 
his, which are less known than his great classical works. 
He announces also the bestowment, by the council of the Geoligied 
Society, of the Wollaston fund for the past year upon Mr. Morris, toas- 
‘ sist him in preparing a table of British organic remains. In the pain- 
ful duty of naming members who have died during the late year, he 
mentions, with just eulogy, the name of Sir Francis. Chantrey, the 
great sculptor; Mr. J. E. Bowman, whose) valuable papers in the 
Transactions of the Manchester Geologi¢al Society we have perused 
with much interest and advantage; also, Mr. Thomas Edington of 
Glasgow, Mr. Snow of Highgate, Dr. os and. the Rev. Mr. 
cEnery. — 
_ The President having returned from a d ao tour ar. igoiigh 
Russia, (mentioned in Vol. xu1, p. 207,) announces with well merited 
satisfaction, the vast expansion of the Silurian system in that empire, 
and in many other parts of the world, but above all other foreign coun- 
tries, he remarks, ‘‘ North America appears to be rich in rocks of the 
same age. Of this fact, indeed, the Geological Society received the 
Sena: evidence in the excellent section of Mr. James Hall, and the 
fine suite of American minerals which accompanied it.” In a note he 
adds, “ I was very much struck with the clear, unpretending and werk- 
manlike manner in which Mr. Hall had the kindness to communicate 
his views to = ne the Silurian and other Palzozoic 1 
of the United Sta 
He objects, oe we think with good reason, to an —_ subversion 
of his own nomenclature of the lower fossiliferous rocks, 
being the first thoroughly to explore, had a full right to name; the 
geological world has acquiesced in the designation, and we trust that 
even the justly respected authority of Mr. Phillips will not avail to sub- 
vert it 
Of : a recent work by Mr. Hugh Miller, in a 12mo. with plates and 
colored sections, entitled, “« The Old Red Sandstone, or New. Walks in 
an Old ‘Field, ” hé thus speaks in terms of merited commendation: 
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