vi CONTENTS. 
Histoire abrégée des anomalies de l’Organisation dans les 
Végétaux, 374.—A Manual of Botany, 375.—Report on 
the Manufacture of Iron, 376.—Report on the Inverte- 
brate Animals of Massachusetts: Reports on the Herba- 
ceous Plants and Quadrupeds of Massachusetts, 378.— _ 
Boston Journal of Natural History: Transactions of the 
Royal Society of Edinburgh, 382.—First Annual Report 
on the Geology of the state of New Hampshire, 383.— 
Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts, 384.— 
Fifth Annual Report on the Geology of Pennsylvania, 
385.—A sketch of the Geology of Surrey, 386.—Popular 
Lectures on Geology: Notice of the Relation between 
the Holy Scriptures and some parts of Geological Sci- 
ence, 387.—Astronomy for Schools: Pantology, or a Sys- 
tematic Survey of Human Knowledge, 389.—Notes on 
Gun powder, Percussion powder, Cannon and Projectiles : 
Army Meteorological Register for the years SSO, se . 
390, i 
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Bids 
XIV. Proceedings of Learned Societies :-—British Assocation ; 
Sor the Advancement of Science, 1 
Micewtariis —Observations on the Shading Gai of Res. 9 anit 
10, 1841, 399.—American Polythalmia from the pes Mis- 
sissippi, and also from the Cretaceous Formation 
Missouri, 400.—On New Substances foes he- 
Gilding by Electrography, 402.— ‘St 
7, 1838: Scientific visit of Charles Lyell, Esq. of Pinion ¢ to c 
the United States: Shower of red matter like blood and mus- 
cle, 403. 2 
ERRATA. : 
In Mr. Hodge’s article on the tertiary of the Southern se are the following 
mistakes.—For Cytherea reporta, passim, read pect rl repos 
‘ Plagiostoma palagicum, read P peli, pa. $37.1 Wandil. 
** that the home-made, read and the home-made, pa. 341 1. 11 fr. bot. 
“ Venus mercinaria, read V. mercenaria, pa. 344], 7 fr. bot. ee 
