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Blandet, — . Progres recents de la geogenie. [Recent Progress in 

 Cosmic Geology.] Bull. Soc. Geol. FratiGe, 3 ser. t. iv. pp. 43-53. 



Blytt, Axel. Essay on tho Immigration of the Norwegian Flora 



during alternating Rainy and Dry Periods. 

 Notes on recent changes of climate, the Glacial Period, &c. (Notice 

 in Academy, July 29, p. 116.) 



Bou^, Dr. A. Ueber die Fortschritte des Wissens durch Professoren 

 und Privatgelehrte, iiber die Lehre der geognostischen Lander- 

 typen und der Methode der geologischen Muthmassungen a priori. 

 [Types of Geological Structure, &c.] Sitzh. Jc. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 

 math.-nat. CI. Abth. i. Bd. Ixxiv. Heft 2, pp. 241-265. 

 Instances examples of a. priori conclusions as to the geological cha- 

 racter of certain districts laid down in his geological maps, and verified 

 by subsequent surveys. Discusses the varying types of some formations 

 in different districts, (fee. E. B. T. 



Brisse, A., and L. de Rotroii. Le Dessechement du Lac Fucino. 

 4to. Pp. i, 304, with atlas. 



Fucino was the largest lake in Central or Southern Italy ; its area 

 averaged 37,050 acres, height above the sea 2094 feet, depth 48 feet., 

 The lake had no outlet. A tunnel to drain it, 6178 yards long, was 

 made by the Emperor Claudius ; but this soon became useless. A table 

 of the rocks passed through is given. The lake has recently been 

 drained by Prince Torlonia. (See abstract in Proc. Inst. Oiv. Bug. vol. 

 li. pp. 367-371.) W. T. 



Buckley, Miss A. B. A short History of Natural Science. 8vo. 

 London. 



Describes Gesner's work on mineralogy, and devotes' a chapter of 

 10 pp. to the history of geology during the eighteenth century, and 

 another of 12 pp. to the chief incidents in geological discovery during 

 the nineteenth. J. E. T. 



Capellini, — . Sur I'homme tertiairc, etc. [Tertiary Man.] Bull. 



Soo. Anihrop. Paris, ser. 2, t. xi. ]Dp. 522-529. 

 Refers to ribs of Balcenotus bearing marks of alleged human industry. . 



Challis, Professor. The Relation of the Scripture account of the 

 Deluge to Physical Science. Travis. Vict. Inst. vol. x. pp. 66-102. 



Argues that geological science does not actually point either to a 

 deluge-epoch or an antiquity of man that can be shown to be incon- 

 sistent with historical statements in Genesis. R. B. N. 



Chambers, W. . The Age of the World. Cliamhers' Journal, Sep- 

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Contejean, Prof. C. De Tinfluence du terrain sur la Vegetation.- 



