in.] COLLEGE COURSE, 1828-29. 43 



It is thus that James Forbes notes in his astronomical 

 journal the conclusion of his anonymous correspondence : 



1 My anonymous correspondence with Dr. Brewster is 

 now ended, and a happy termination its well as continu- 

 ance it has had. In the beginning of March I hope to 

 find myself a member of the Royal Society, a sort of 

 consummation I have long looked to with faint hope. 

 And here it may be proper to give a list of every- 

 thing I have transmitted to Dr. Brewster for publication ; 

 any particular account of my transactions being unne- 

 cessary. 



' October 1826. On the Apparent Number of the 

 Stars. 



'1826. Heat and Cold. 



' July 1827. On Mount Vesuvius. 



' October 1827. On the Climate of Naples. 



'January 1828. On the Horary Oscillations of the 

 Barometer at Kome, Part I. Eclipse of the Sun. 



' April 1 828. Caves Mount Testaccio. Horary Oscil- 

 lations, Part II. 



' July 1828. Materials and Styles of Buildings in 

 Italy. Meteorology, 1826-7. Notices in Astronomy and 

 M'-teorology. Solar Spots. Radiation. 



' October 1828. Physical Notices of the Bay of Naples* 

 No. I. On Mount Vesuvius. Self-registering Thermo- 

 meters. 



' January 1829. Physical Notices of the Bay of 

 Naples, II. Buried Cities. Self-registering Thermo- 

 meters. Notice of Auroral Arch/ 



Shortly after this recognition Dr. Brewster proposed 

 his newly discovered correspondent for admission to the 

 Eoyal Society of Edinburgh. That society is the most 

 ancient and distinguished scientific society in Scotland, 

 and has long numbered among its members all that the 

 country contains of scientific eminence, and not a little 

 of the literary genius of each age. To become a 

 member of it is regarded as an honour by men of ripe 

 age and reputation. But for a youth to be elected before 



