Miscellaneous Intelligence. AIT 
BITUARY.—Professor J. F. W. Jounsron, the distingoiatiel Agricul- 
tural Chemist, died at gs residence at Durham, England, on Tuesday 
the 18th of Septem 
[The following sa have been received by us, but on account of 
the Index for volumes 11 to 20, here added to this number, we are un- — 
able at this time to give them extended notices, as well as to insert our 
re miscellanies.— Eps. 
Ranking’s Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences. oe 21, 
Bare. pp. 300. Philadelphia—Lindsay and Blakiston, June, 1 
This admirable Semi-annual, contains a very large collection of saw 
ble articles, selected from the current medical literature of both em is- 
medium for quack medicines, 
I t be an invaluable work for the practical physician whose con- 
stant occupation allows him but little leisure to keep himself well in- 
bist of the rapid progress which the Medical Sciences are now 
ki g- 
oa. Elements of Natural Philosophy ; by W. H. C. Barttett, LL.D., 
Prof. of Nat. and Exper. Philosophy, U.S. Military Academy, West 
8 
and “Analytic Mechanics:” IV. Spherical Astronomy, 466 pp. 8 
New York, 1855. A. S. Barnes & Co.—The high reputation of Prof 
eg is a sufficient guaranty for the excellence of his works. 
8. Mathematical Dictionary aap Cyclopedia le Mathematical denies 
ii definitions of all the terms employed in Mathematics, an 
analysis of each branch, and of the whole as forming a single Science, 
by Cuartes Davies, LL.D., author of a complete course of Mathe- 
matics, and Witiiam G. Pscx, A.M., Assistant Professor of Mathe- 
matics, U.S. Military sien 592 pp. 8vo. New York, 1855; A.S. 
Barnes & Co.—This work has been prepared with care and is well 
illustrated with figure 
Annual Report rf the Superintendent of the U. S. Coast Survey 
for 1854. pp. 4to, with a large number of maps and potty This vol- 
ume besides its beautiful maps, and its coast information, contains vari- 
ous memoirs of great value on Tides, the Gulf Stream and other sub- 
jects, by Prof. A. D. Bacue, Superintendent, and additional ia by 
different persons connected with the surve A Some of these chapters 
we me cite in a future volume of this Journal. 
10. Report on the Minerals and Mineral olor of Chile ; by J. Law- 
RENCE Suri, Prof. Chem. Med. Depart. Univ. of Louisville. 25 pp. 4to 
1. Esquisse Géologique du Canada, pour servir a Pintelligence de 
la carte géologique et de la collection des Minéraux économiques, en- 
voyées a l’ Exposition Universelle de O Ports. 1855; by W. E. Locan, 
Member of the pare Society of London, etc., and T. Srerry er 
1855. Paris: H. Boss 
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