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A box of Chinese curiosities. From Rev. Dr. Parker, Canton, 

 China. This box was detained in N. Y. Custom House, six mo's. 

 or it would have been sooner noticed. 



An Alligator in alcohol, from S. Carolina. W. T. Hatch, Esq. 



Several rare Cape Bulbs Gladiolus Ixia Sparaxis, and also seeds 

 and flowers of several species of Zeranthemum Ammobum, &jc. 

 From Rev. George Champion, through Mrs. J. Bliss, Boston. 



A box of Fossils from Niagara. From Mr. Strong. 



Box of Bituminized Wood from the banks of the Mississippi. 

 From Prof Carpenter, Jackson College, La. 



Box of Fossils from Alabama. ' From Miss Shedden to Yale Nat. 

 History Society. • « 



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NEW EDITION OF DR. MANTELL'S WONDERS OF 



GEOLOGY. 



A full notice was given of this work in our Vol, xxxiv, p. 387, "^ 

 and we announced in Vol. xxxv, p. 384 that arrangements had been 

 made with the author and his publishers, by which Mr. A. H. Maltby 

 of New Haven would publish the new edition in this country as soon 

 as ft could cross the ocean, and that by the author's approbation it 

 would appear under the direction of Prof. Silliman, with introductory 

 remarks by him ; the proper type and illustrations to be identical 

 with those of the London edition. This work is now received in an 

 enlarged and improved edition: it has 10 plates and sections, of 

 which six are colored, and nearly 100 additional engravings. While 

 it is full and exact in science, it is without doubt the most attractive 

 and interesting work on Geology which has ever been published. It 

 does not interfere with the excellent treatises of Bakewell, Lyell, 

 Murchison, De la Beche, Daubeny and other eminent geologists; 

 it occupies a peculiar niche of its own, and reflects both the image 



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of geological nature and of the author's own elegant and accom- 

 plished mind. Without any other than a friendly interest in these 

 volumes, we cordially recommend them, as being equally instructive 

 and delightful. — Eds. 



