NOTICE. 



THE following catalogue includes all the regular serial 

 publications of foreign learned societies, state governments, 

 universities, public libraries, and private parties, in possession 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, July 1, 1858. The new publi- 

 cations which have been received while the List was passing 

 through the press, are added in a Supplement. 



The Institution, being particularly desirous of completing its 

 collection of works such as are recorded in the catalogue, 

 would respectfully request of its correspondents that deficient 

 series, volumes, or parts of volumes, be supplied, and that any 

 works of the same kind which are not found in the catalogue be 

 added, whether published by the donors or duplicates at their 

 disposal. 



JOSEPH HENRY, 



Secretary S. L 



WASHINGTON, August, 1859. 





