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but will give discriminately-selected quotations from the leading 

 periodical publications on Agriculture, Arcb^ology, Astronomy, 

 Botany, Chemistry, Ethnology, Geography, Geology, Palgeontology, 

 Medicine, Mechanics, Meteorology, Mining, and Mineralogy, Micro- 

 scopy, Photography, Physics, Zoology, and Comparative Anatomy. 

 Nor shall technical science alone receive consideration, but selections 

 will be made from such essays in the ' Magazines,' Popular 

 Science Journals, and 'Eeviews,' as may appear to the Editors to 

 be of interest or importance." Living, as we do, in an age of 

 scientific discoveries, when few men can grasp even the literature of 

 any single science, but, at the same time, when every well-informed 

 gentleman is expected to be acquainted with all the leading questions 

 of the day, we see no other method except to obtain such a Journal 

 as the above, which might also give a well-digested resume of scien- 

 tific progress from week to week, or if that be too often, let it be 

 monthly ; onlj^, when done, let it be well done. 



North London Nattjealists' Club. — We are glad to see the an- 

 nouncement of the formation of a Field-Club in the North of London, 

 and we heartily wish it all success. It is, we believe, the only club 

 in the neighbourhood of London devoted to the study of Natural 

 History. 



We have to record the death of Dr. Whewell, on Tuesday, the 

 6th March, from injuries occasioned by a fall from his horse some 

 days previous. The Eev. William Whewell, M.A., D.D., F.E.S., 

 F.G.S., Hon. Mem. E.I.A., etc.. Master of Trinity College, and 

 Professor of Casuistry in the University of Cambridge, was bom 

 of humble parentage, at Lancaster, in 1794 (or 1795). HisT\Titings 

 have been both numerous and important, amongst which are, " A 

 History of the Inductive Sciences," " The Philosophy of the Induc- 

 tive Sciences," " Novum Organon Eenovatum," " The Philosophy of 

 Discovery,"- " The Bridgewater Treatise on Astronomy," "Indica- 

 tions of the Creator," etc., as well as works on Moral, Mathematical, 

 and Architectural subjects. He contributed papers to the Eoyal, 

 Geological, and Cambridge Philosophical Societies. In 1837 he was 

 elected President of the Geological Society of London, and delivered 

 Addresses at the Anniversary Meetings in 1838 and 1839. He was 

 President of the British Association at the meeting at Plymouth in 

 1841 ; he also delivered an Address when acting as Secretary to the 

 meeting at Cambridge in 1833. Until the day of the accident 

 which proved fatal to him, Dr. Whewell retained possession of all 

 his intellectual powers unimpaired, although upwards of 70 years 

 of age. 



Col. T. S. Heneken, F.G.S. , who has contributed largely to our 

 knowledge of the Geology of San Domingo, is reported as deceased. 

 The results of his observations are published in the Geological 

 Society's Journal for 1850 and 1853. 



