Comparative Eiicourageinenl to the Study, Sec. 3'J7 



Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, and so many unrivalled 

 works, should be so deficient in this respect. 



Germany, including Prussia, which, previous to 1818, issued 

 from the press thirteen works of this kind, of which three were 

 monthly, five were annuals, and the other five the occasional 

 publications of learned societies ; has increased her total number 

 to forty, whereof fifteen are monthly, and three quarterly. These 

 are " Jakrbucher fur Mineralogie, Geologie, und " Petrefactenkunde" 

 of Leonhard and Brown. " Archiv. fur Mineralogie und Geog- 

 nosie," ^c. by Karstcn, and " Krilischer Wegzoeiser im Gebiete der 

 Landkarten of Berlin. The German publications are becoming 

 very much devoted to geology. Austria, exclusive of her Italian 

 dominions, contributes twelve publications of tliis nature, three 

 of which are monthly, and all of them, save one, are posterior to 

 the year 1818, The brother of the emperor, the Archduke 

 John, is a zealous promoter of natural history, and has been at 

 great pains to extend geological reconnaissances over the district 

 under his government. Prince Metternicht, also, has paid a 

 great deal of attention to Geology.* Under the auspices of such 

 men, and through the impulse which will be given to natural 

 science, by the annua! meeting of naturalists, composing the 

 Deutscher JVaturforscher Versammhing, which was to convene this 

 year at Vienna, it is probable that Austria, strong in mineralogy, 

 will soon become distinguished in the cultivation of natural his- 

 tory. 



Italy, which before 1818, possessed but five periodicals, has 

 now fifteen, of which ten are monthly, and the Annali of Fusi- 

 nieri, once every two months. In Russia, which, before 1818, 

 produced only two annual works, there are now twelve, of 

 which six are monthly, the others are published by different 

 societies. The Imperial Mineralogical Society of St. Petersburg, 

 and the Society of Naturalists of Moscow, are patronised by the 

 emperor. In astronomy, Russia is now taking the lead in Eu- 

 rope. Sweden also, since the same period, has tripled her pub- 

 lications, which amount at this time to nine. Denmark has 

 increased hers in the same proportion, and has now three. Nor- 

 way has one; at Christiania, in that country, geology is a 

 favourite pursuit. Holland possesses five journals, a monthly, a 



* See American Monthly Journal of Geology and Natural Science, December 

 1831, p. 285. 



