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of Entomology in the Buffalo Society of Nat- 

 ural Sciences, published " Notes on the Sphin- 

 gidae of Cuba ; " Mr. George W. Tryon, Jr., issued 

 a third volume of his " Contributions to Con- 

 chology, containing the Synonymy of the Spe- 

 cies of Strepomatidae (Melanians) of the United 

 States ; with Critical Observations on their Affin- 

 ities and Descriptions; of Land, Fresh Water, 

 ' and Marine Mollusca," with two Plates. The 

 Essex Institute (Salem, Mass.), one of the most 

 efficient Natural History Societies in the coun- 

 try, issued a " Naturalist's Directory of North 

 America and the West Indies," and published 

 two monographs of some of its zealous members, 

 entitled, " Notes on the Habits of some Species 

 of Humble-Bees, and on the Leaf-Cutting Bee," 

 by F. W. Putnam, and " The Humble-Bees of 

 New England and their Parasites, with Notices 

 of a New Species of Anthophorabia and a New 

 Genus of Proctotrupida>," by A. S. Packard, Jr. 



The Museum of Comparative Zoology, at 

 Cambridge, have commenced the publication 

 of an Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum, and 

 jn their first number give lists, with illustrations 

 and descriptions, of the Ophiuridas and Astrophy- 

 tidas, prepared by Theodore Lyman. They also 

 issue a periodical Bulletin. A son 'and daughter 

 of Professor Agassiz have made their contribu- 

 tion to the science in which their father stands 

 preeminent, in a little volume entitled, " Sea- 

 side Studies in Natural History," in which they 

 describe the Radiates found on the coast of Mas- 

 sachusetts. A Spanish naturalist, Senor Marco 

 a Rojas, has published in his own language, in 

 New York, a brief manual of Natural History 

 entitled, "El Reino Animal segun la classifi- 

 cation de Guvier 6 Historia Incinta de los Seres 

 amenados, a Companada de Reflexiones muy 

 utiles." In popular, as distinguished from exact 

 science, we have " Superior Fishing : or, the 

 Striped Bass, Trout, and Black Bass of the Nor- 

 thern States. Embracing full Directions for Dress- 

 ing artificial flies, with the Feathers of American 

 Birds, an Account of a Sporting Visit to Lake 

 Superior," etc., by Robert B. Roosevelt, author 

 of "The Game Fish of North America;" and a 

 work which, while making little pretension to 

 science of any sort, is yet very interesting. 

 " Curious Facts in the History of Insects, in- 

 cluding Spiders and Scorpions. A complete 

 collection of the Legends and Superstitious Be- 

 lief and Ominous Signs connected with Insects ; 

 together with their Uses in Medicine, Art, and 

 as Food, and a Summary of their Remarkable 

 Injuries and Appearances," by Frank Cowan. 



The works on Natural Philosophy and Chem- 

 istry ; published during the year, were of no 

 great importance. " The Annual of Scientific 

 Discovery, for 1865," gave a resume of the 

 most important discoveries in these and kin- 

 dred sciences ; and the " American Journal of 

 Science and the Arts," the ablest scientific 

 journal maintained by private enterprise in 

 the world, had its usual number of able papers 

 on both subjects. Aside from these, the only 

 original publications bearing even remotely on 



Natural Philosophy were "Rays of Sunlight 

 from South America," seventy photographs, by 

 Alexander Gardner, and a treatise on the 

 " Preparation and Mounting of Microscopic Ob- 

 jects," by Thomas Davies. Two reprints were 

 issued, one, an admirable lecture on Radiation, 

 by Prof. John Tyndall ; the other, a sort of en- 

 cyclopaedia of popular science, with the title 

 of " That's It, or Plain Teaching." The only 

 original work on chemistry was " Schultz and 

 Warker's Mineral Spring Waters, their Chemi- 

 cal Composition, Physiological Action, and 

 Therapeutical Use, with a Short Review of 

 the History of Mineral Waters," by Carl 

 Schultz. 



In POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, the num- 

 ber of works was considerable, and some of 

 them were valuable contributions to the discus- 

 sion of the subjects of which they treated. Mr. 

 Henry C. Carey, one of the highest authorities 

 on Political Economy now living, published a 

 series of letters under the title of " The Way to 

 Outdo England without Fighting Her ; " " Let- 

 ters to the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of 

 the House of Representatives, on the Paper, 

 the Iron, the Farmers, the Railroads, and the 

 Currency Questions ; " a condensation of Mr. 

 Carey's great work, " The Principles of Social 

 Science," by Kate McKean, well known as the 

 author of several popular text-books, was also 

 published during the year, under the title of 

 " Manual of Social Science." Other works of 

 importance on political and social science, were 

 " Words for the People, in three Parts, I. Civ- 

 il Government, II. Government of the United 

 States, III. Social Duties," by Origen ; " The 

 Fiscal Convention, Hints for the People, etc., 

 in pro-forma Debates of a Convention of Dele- 

 gates from Different Classes and Interests, with 

 a Platform of Principles unanimously recom- 

 mended to the National Government." " The 

 Curse, or the Position in the World's History 

 occupied by the Race of Ham," by Rev. In- 

 crease N. Tarbox. Prof. Arthur L. Perry, of 

 Williams College, published, near the close of 

 the year, "Elements of Political Economy," 

 which, though intended as a text-book, is yet 

 deserving of notice for its clear and somewhat 

 original statement of the principles of this 

 science. "The Reconstruction of States," a 

 Letter of Major-General Banks to Senator 

 Lane ; " The Old Farm and the New Farm, a 

 Political Allegory," by Francis Hopkinson, 

 member of the Continental Congress, with an 

 Introduction and Historical Notes, by Benson 

 J. Lossing ; "The Laws of the Commonwealth, 

 shall they be Enforced? " speech of Wendell 

 Phillips, Esq., before the Legislative Committee, 

 February 28, 1865; "England and America," 

 a Lecture by Goldwin Smith ; " The New Man 

 for the New Times," a Sermon by Rev. H. W. 

 Bellows, D. D. ; " Woman's Dress, its Moral 

 and Physical Relations," by Mrs. M. M. Jones ; 

 " The American Union shown to be the New 

 Heaven and the New Earth, and its Predicted 

 Restoration to Life within Four Years from its 





