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9. Recent Scientific Publications in the United States. 
Natural History of the Fishes of Massachusets, embracing a prac- 
tical Essay on Angling, By Jerome V. C. Smith, M. D. 12mo. pp. 
vii, and 400. Boston, Allen & Ticknor. 
Rambles of a Naturalist, by John D, Godman, M. D.; to which 
are added, Reminiscences of a Voyage to India. By Reynell Coates, 
M. D. 12mo. pp. 151. Philad., Thos. T. Ash—Key & Biddle. 
A Compendium of Natural Philosophy ; adapted to the use of the 
general reader, and of Schools and Academies. By Denison Olm- 
sted, A. M., Prof. of Math. and Nat. Phil. in Yale al 8vo. pp. 
xvi, and 336. New Haven, H. Howe & Co. 
_ A New Theory of Terrestrial Magnetism. (Read before the New 
York Lyceum of Natural History.) By Samuel L. Metcalf, M. D., 
member of the N. Y. Lyc. of Nat. Hist. 8vo. pp. v,and 158. New 
York, G. & C. & H. Carvill. 
The Philosophy of the. Human Voice; embracing its Physiologie- 
al History ; together with a system of Principles, by which eriticism 
in the art of Elocution may be rendered intelligible, and instruction, 
definite and comprehensive. 'To which is added a brief analysis of 
Song and Recitative. By James Rush, M. D. Second edition, en- 
larged, 8vo. pp. 432. Philadelphia, Grigg & Elliot. 
The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for 
the year 1834, 12mo. pp. xii, and 336. Boston, Charles Bowen. 
Popular Lessons in Astronomy, on a New Plan, in which some of 
the leading principles of the science are illustrated by actual compar- 
isons, independent of the use of numbers. By Francis J. Grund. 
4to. pp. 24. Boston, Carter, Hendee & Co. 
First Lessons in Algebra, designed especially for the benefit of 
Common Schools. By Ebenezer Bailey. 12mo. pp. 227. 
ton, Carter, Hendee & Co. 
An Introduction to Algebra, being the first part af a Course of 
Mathematics, adapted to the method of instruction in the American 
Colleges. By Jeremiah Day, Pres. of Yale Coll. Twelfth edi- 
tion, 8vo. pp. viii, and 332. New Haven, Hezekiah Howe & Co. 
The Geography of the Heavens, or familiar instructions for find- 
ing the visible stars and constellations, accompanied by a: Celestial 
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