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their branches. In strict accuracy, a fourth trunk, for the Danish Sweno and 

 his Royal descendants would have been required. Instead of this the Danish 

 line is made to spring as a branch from the Anglo-Saxon trunk. But such earlier 

 difficulties and complications got over, — the Norman and Anglo-Saxon trunks 

 are at length seen to unite at the Conquest, and to shoot up a vigorous stem, 

 with needful Lancastrian, York, and Tudor ramifications ; while alongside «f it 

 flourishes the separate Scottish tree, until their branches also coalesce in the 

 union of the Scottish James IV., with Margaret Tudor ; and at length in their 

 great-grandson the whole ramifications are seen concentrated in the line of the 

 Royal Stuarts ; and the later fortunate Hanoverian stem. Crowning the topmost 

 branch of the flourishing Genealogical Oak-tree, appears our loved Queen 

 Victoria's name,' with the dates of her birth, accession, and marriage ; and a 

 branching series of leaflets, bearing the names of Albert Edward Prince of 

 Wales, the Princess of Prussia, and all the other royal children. The chart la 

 very creditably executed, and coloured so as to present an attractive appearance, 

 well calculated to invite the attention of the youthful students of our schools, 

 and so to engage their' study, and pleasantly secure the acquirement of some 

 important facts and dates in British History. 



Descriptions of new Lower Silurian {Primordial), Jurassic, Cretaceous, and 

 Terti&ry Fossils, collected in Nebraska, Sfc, ^c. By F. B. Meek and F. V. Hayden. 



Descriptions of new Cretaceous Fossils from Nebraska Territory. By F. B. Meek 

 and F. V. Hayden. 



Descriptions of new Cretaceous Fossils from Texas. By B. F. Shumard, M.D. 



On the Outline on the Head of the Comet of Donati. By Professor Bond. 



Astronomical Notices: On the Proper Motion of Sirius in Declination. By 

 T. H. Saflbrd, Assistant at the Observatory of Harvard College. 



Our restricted space will only allow us, at present, to give the titles of these 

 latter publications. 



CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1861. 



The Council of the Canadian Institute have the honor to present the following 

 Rbport of the proceedings of the Society for the past year : 



Since the last Annual Report twenty-seven new members have been added to 

 the society ; on the other hand there has been from various causes a loss of 

 twenty-five ; there has been therefore an increase of two in the total number at 

 present on the books. This is a alight iinprovement on the statistics of List year, 

 and the Council earnestly hope that the efforts of those who take an interest in 

 the Society's operations, will be such as to enable a still more favourable report to 

 be given at the close of the ensuing year. 



