400 Miscellanies. 



We understand that a small work is promised by a female pupil of 

 Prof. Eaton, (which is to be under his supervision,) entitled Botan- 

 ical Teacher ; which may be of great use, especially in French 

 Seminaries. It is almost ready for the press. It will contain short 

 descriptions of every genus in North America, and descriptions of 

 all the species by a set of figures ; also the natural and artificial 

 methods, physiology, and vegetable chemistry, combined in the same 

 series of arrangement. Cost 75 cts. 



Chester County Cabinet of Natural History. — ^We observe with 

 pleasure, that this Institution, under the patronage of zealous and en- 

 lightened men, is proceeding with diligence and perseverance, in the 

 promotion of its objects ; the details of its progress are contained 

 in the sixth report, published in the present year, 1833. 



Hezekiah Howe &; Co., New Haven, have in press, to be pub- 

 lished in August next. Natural Philosphy for High Schools 

 and Academies, designed to hold an intermediate place between the 

 smaller elementary works, and the larger treatises used in Colleges ; 

 in one volume, 8vo., of about 300 pages. By Denison Olmsted, 

 A. M., Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Yale 

 College. 



H. H. &£ Co. have in preparation, and will shortly publish, under 

 the revision of Prof. Silliman, An Introduction to Geology, in- 

 tended to convey a praetical knowledge of the science, and com- 

 prising the most important discoveries, with explanations of the Facts 

 and Phenomena, which serve to confirm or invalidate various Geo- 

 logical Theories ; by Robert Bakewell. The second American 

 from the fourth London edition, greatly enlarged, with new plates, 

 and numerous cuts. 



Jire\y Haven, June, 1.833. 



(t^ Various communications for this No. came too late for inser- 

 tion, and others are under consideration, most, or all of which will 

 appear in a future number. 



