456 Bibliography. 
Vil. acetate of some new species of Reptiles from the region of 
Lake Superio 
Vill. Repor on the Birds collected and observed at Lake Superior, 
by J. E..C 
IX. Ronse: of some species of Lepidoptera Hie: ne northera - 
shores of Lake Superior, by Dr. Thaddeus William 
X. The Erratic Phenomena _ pe Superior. 
XI. The outlines of Lake Superi 
Geological relations of the various Copper deposits of Lake ‘Su- 
perio 
5. "A natural Scale of Heights by the application of which the pee 
ures of different countries are reduced to a common measure to 
all Geographers, constructed by Miss CottrHurst.—Presented to os 
Royal cepa eat Society, by G. B. Greenover, V. P., [and by him 
forwarded to us.]—The standard is an equatorial, geographical mile, @ 
fixed quantity suiversaly known and derived from the figure of the 
earth 6086-78 English feet. Five of these miles being divided each | 
into 100 parts or degrees, give a scale of 500 degrees each of which 
is equal to 603 English feet. 
The measures of different countries are arranged separately in pars 
allel vertical columns, each with its own caption; and adjoining each 
on the left, is the scale derived from the centesimal division of the geo- 
graphical miles, and the co be ered numbers. or lines eae _ 
values of the different me : 
the Rev. J. A. Spencer, MA. With illustrations from origina 
ings. G. P. Putnam, New York. pp. 503, 8vo, in cloth, gilt. 1850 # 
As the physical features of these countries form a prominent topic in 
this agreeable and instructive volume of travels, it may be proper, 
mentioned in this Journal. It follows with advantage after the more 
pleasure and useful infeoetlik from the perusal, and can 
ee it, 
Man Primeval, or the Constitution and Primitive condition @ 
hth being, §c.; by Joun Harris, D.D., President of Cheshunt 
480, cloth. 1850.—Although this new work of Dr. Harris is a c¢ 
tion to theological science, it has like its predecessor, “ 'T 
amite Earth,” by the same author, such intimate relations to geo 
and like that work, it presents such enlarged and just views of s 
wer it is entitled to respectful mention in this Journal. 
. A Systematic Treatise, Historical, Etiological and Practical, 
North Am 
the "Principal diseases of the Interior valley 0 t erica; ast 
appear in the Caucasian, —o Indian and Esquimaus varieties 
its Population; by Dante. Drake, M.D. 878 pp. 8vo: Cincinnati,” 
Ohio, 1850. Winthrop B. ‘Smith & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia.—This 
very elaborate work treats first, of G General Etiology, pp. 701; an 
secondly, of the Febrile diseases of the region, pp. 703-863. In Book I, 
