PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 487 
“iron cannot be reduced to the metallic state by the blowpipe, whilst all other 
metals (except manganese) can ;” but, passing over these, the work will be found 
useful to land-owners and others interested in mining pursuits. 
Sur 1 Unité des Phénoménes Géologiques dans le Syst’me Planétaire du Soleil. 
Par L.Semann. Paris, 1861. A notice of this interesting memoir will appear 
in our next Number. 
Lables of Measures: English, Old French, and Metrical. By Arthur Wurtele, 
Provincial Land Surveyor and Civil Engineer. Montreal: B. Dawson and Son. 
1861. In this useful little brochure, a series of Tables of corresponding French 
and English weights and measures, amounting to thirty-three in number, are 
given in a portable and convenient form. These tables should find a place in 
every engineer’s and surveyor’s office. In the Lower Province more especially, 
where the old French measures are still obstinately retained in spite of the 
modern system, they will be found quite indispensable, and will meet undoubtedly 
with a ready sale. 
Journal of Education: Lower Canada. Our best thanks are due to the able 
conductor of this Journal for the regular transmission of copies. We hope to 
notice more fully in another issue the volumes for the present year, and in the 
mean time we may sincerely congratulate their editor on the success which has 
attended his efforts in promoting the cause of education in the Eastern Province. 
Remarks on Upper Canada Surveys, with Extracts from the Surveyors’ Reports, 
containing a description of the soil and timber of the Townships in the Huron and 
Ottawa Territory. Appendix No. 36 to the Report of the Commissioner of 
Crown Lands for 1860. Quebec, 1861. In issuing this Report in an easily 
accessible shape, the commissioner of Crown Lands has acted most judiciously, 
It contains a large amount of valuable information on the newly arranged 
districts of the Huron and Ottawa Territory, and it is furnished in addition with 
a carefully prepared map. Intended settlers and others interested in this exten- 
sive region, will do well to procure copies without delay. The notices of the 
townships are briefly and clearly given, and are confined to really useful 
details—describing the soils, minerals, timber, streams, mill-sites, and other 
matters of practical interest. For the copy kindly sent to us, we are indebted 
to Thomas Devine, Esq., of the Crown Lands office, by whom the map which 
accompanies this Report, has been compiled. 
Map of the United Counties of Prescott and Russell. By J. S. Abbot Evans, 
P.L.S. This valuable map, of which a copy has been forwarded by Mr. Evans 
to the Canadian Institute, shews in addition to general topographical features, 
the positions of all the town-halls, post-offices, schoolhouses, mills, and more 
mportant inns throughout the area embraced within its Survey, thus rendering 
it of more than ordinary utility. 
Other publications, received at a late date, will be noticed in our next issue. 
E. J.C. 
