Miscellanies. 425 



9. Recent Scientific Publications in the United States. 



Natural History of the Fishes of Massachusets, embracing a prac- 

 tical Essay on Angling, By Jerome V. C. Smith, M. D. 12mo. pp. 

 vii, and 400. Boston, Allen h Ticknor. 



Rambles of a Natm-alist, by John D. Godman, M. D. ; to which 

 are added. Reminiscences of a Voyage to India. By Reynell Coates, 

 M. D. 12mo. pp. 151. Philad., Thos. T. Ash— Key &; Biddle. 



A Compendium of Natural Philosophy ; adapted to the use of the 

 general reader, and of Schools and Academies. By Denison Olm- 

 sted, A. M., Prof, of Math, and Nat. Phil, in Yale College. 8vo. pp. 

 xvi, and 336. New Haven, H. Howe h Co. 



A New Theory of Terrestrial Magnetism. (Read before the New 

 York Lyceum of Natural History.) By Samuel L. Metcalf, M. D., 

 member of the N. Y . Lye. of Nat. Hist. 8vo. pp. v, and 1 58. New 

 York, G. &i C. & H. Carvill. 



The Philosophy of the Human Voice ; embracing its Physiologic- 

 al History ; together with a system of Principles, by which criticism 

 in the art of Elocution may be rendered intelHgible, and instruction, 

 definite and comprehensive. To which is added a brief analysis of 

 Song and Recitative. By James Rush, M. D. Second edition, en- 

 larged, 8vo. pp. 432. Philadelphia, Grigg &; Elliot. 



The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for 

 the year 1834, 12mo. pp. xii, and 336. Boston, Charles Bowen. 



Popular Lessons in Astronomy, on a New Plan, in which some of 

 the leading principles of the science are illustrated by actual compar- 

 isons, independent of the use of numbers. By Francis J. Grund. 

 4to. pp. 24. Boston, Carter, Hendee h Co. 



First Lessons in Algebra, designed especially for the benefit of 

 Common Schools. By Ebenezer Bailey. 12mo. pp. 227. Bos- 

 ton, Carter, Hendee h Co. 



An Introduction to Algebra, being the first part of a Course of 

 Mathematics, adapted to the method of instruction in the American 

 Colleges. By Jeremiah Day, Pres. of Yale Coll. Twelfth edi- 

 tion, 8vo. pp. viii, and 332. New Haven, Hezekiah Howe h Co. 



The Geography of the Heavens, or familiar instructions for find- 

 ing the visible stars and constellations, accompanied by a Celestial 

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