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THE ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY; 



Or, Year Book of Facts in Science and Art, cxhibitiug Ui=ci)veiics and iniproveinent^s in Jleciianics Useful Arts 

 Natural Pliilosopliy, Chemistry, A^trunciny, Mcteor^ilogj', ZjBlogy, Botany, iMirieralosy, Genlogj-, Geography, 

 Antiquities, &c, ; witli a list of recent .Scientific Publications ; a list of Patents ; obituaries of eminent Scientific 

 Men ; index of important papers in Scientific Journals, Reports, iSlc. Edited by David A. Wells, A. M. Each 

 volume will be adorned with a fine likciiess of some di.rliii<rni::hed scientific man. .Agassiz, Silliman, and Ifenrj' 

 appear in the volumes already published. 12mo. Cloth. 1,25. Paper cover, 1,03. 



This work will be issued annually, so that all important facts discovered or announced during the year may easily 

 be obtained. 2:5= Each volume is distinct in itself, and contains entirely new mutter 



The Editor has the approbation, and will continue to receive the counsel and personal contributions, of Professora 

 Agassiz, Horsford, and Wyman, of Harvard University, and many other scientific gentlemen. 



THE POETRY OF SCIENCE; 



Or, The Phvsical Phenomena of Nature. By Robert Hunt, author of " Pantliea,"> " Researches of Light," &c. 

 12mo. Cioth. 1,25. 



LAKE SUPERIOR: 



Jts Physical Character, Vegetation and Animals, compared with tliose of other and similar regions, by L. Agassiz, 

 and contributions from other eminent and scientific gentlemen. VVitli a narrative of the Expedition, and illustra- 

 tions by J. E. Cabot. One volume octavo, elegantly illustrated. Cloth. 3,50. 



This is one r.f the most valuable scientific vviirks that has appeared in this countrj'. 



THE FOOTPRINTS OF THE CREATOR; 



Or, the Asterolepis of Stromness, with numerous ilUistratioiis. By Hugh Miller, author of "The Old Red Sand- 

 stone," &c. With a Memoir of the author, by Louis Agassiz. 12mo. Cloth. 1,00. 



Dr. Buckland says, " 1 would give my left hand to possess such povt'ers of description as this man." 



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THE OLD RED SANDSTONE; 



Or, New Walks in an Old Field. By Hugh Miller. Illustrated with Plates and Geological Sections. 13mo. 

 Cloth. 1,00. 



" It is, withal, one of the most beautiful specimens of English composition to be found, conveying information on 

 a most difficult and profound science, in a style at once novel, pleasing, and elegant." — llbamj Spectator. 



THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SPECIES; 



Its Typical Forms and Primeval Distribution. W^ifii elegant illustrations. By Charles Hamilton Smith. With 

 an Introduction, containing an abstract of the views of Blumenbach, Prichard, Bachman, Agassiz, and other 

 writers of repute. By Samuel Kneela.nd, Jun., M. D. 12rao. Cloth. 1,25. 



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 in every page. An introductory essay of some seventy or eighty pages forms a valuable addition to the work. It 

 comprises an abstract of the opinions advocated by the most eminent writers on the subject ; such as Prichard, Agassiz. 

 Blumenbach, Bachman, fcc. The statements are made with strict impartiality, and, without comment, left to the 

 judgment of the reader." — Sartain's Magazine. 



THE EARTH AND MAN; 



Lectures on Comparative Physical Geography, in its relation to the History of Mankind. By Arnold Gutot 

 Translated from the French by Prof. C. C. Felton. With iJlustrations. I2ino. Cloth. 1,25. 



" The grand idea of the work is happily expressed by the autlior, where he calls it the geographical march of hvt- 

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 the ear like an epic poem. N^w it reads like historj-, and now it sounds like prophecy. It will find readers in 

 whatever language it may be published." — Christian Examiner. 



COMPARATIVE PHYSICAL AND HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; 



Or, the Study of the Earth and its Inhabitants. A Series of Graduated Courses, for the use of Schools. By Ac.told 

 Guyot, author of "Earth and Man," &c. 



The series hereby announced will consist of three courses, adapted to the capacitj' of three different ages and pe- 

 riods of study. The two parts of the first or preparatory course are now in a fiirward state of preparation, and will 

 be issued at an early day 



MURAL MAPS; 

 A series of elegant colored Maps, projected on a large scale, for the Recitation Room, consLstrng of a Map of the 



World, North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, etc., exliibiting the Physical Phenomena of tlie Globe. 



By Arnold Guyot. 



A GEOLOGICAL CHART, 



Giving an ideil pcripn of the successive geological formations, with an actual section from the Atlantic to the Pa- 

 cific Ocean- . !'y Pr f. James Hall, of Albany. Price, mounted, 0,00. 



This Chart has been prepared at the request of P. S. Randall, Deputy Superintendent of the Coinnion Schools 

 •f New York, and A. G. JchnL^on, Deputy Secretary of the State of New York. It has been examined, and is higiilv 

 rommended, by Prof. Agassiz, Charles Lycli, Edward Hitchcock, J. D. Dana, A. I). Bache, JoSeph Henrj', J. VV 

 Mailey, T. S. Hunt, J. W. Foster, S. S. Holdeman, and many other scientific gentlemen. 



A Key to Geological Chart. By. Prof. James Hall. l8mo. Price a> conti. 



