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volumes of Agassiz’ Contributions to the Natural History of the United 
States; the publications of the Smithsonian Institution ; the’ s of the 
U. eben: DaTeR. see the pape the American Academy of 
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ansactions.—It is extremely yiaoray re a, Oa the first number 
of our Transactions has a ve fa bel received hel Shee aed at 
caioean 
receiving all the most prominent American stientitie “publications in Ae 
change for ours. Most of them are <o bo ighest value to stadents of 
ural History, and could only be procured by purchase at a cal veneiene 
2ans of idual: 
Through the politeness of Profs. sa sags and Baird of the Smithsonian 
Institution, and our associates Mr. E. C. Angelrodt and 
copies of ~ Transactions have ae distributed es ade re = force 1 scien- 
tific societi ncn tt e al- 
ready received advices that: Jelnihdnptilica tions oun tiairn ican ete 
we may reason nably expect equally valuable returns frem others, during 
the _gionseons 
In rear: the utility and acknowledged want of - scientific library i ba 
our city, it is is of the first i importance that we should continue 
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