188 Miscellanies. 



and general science. The number of volumes is upwards of two 



thousand, viz : 



Folios, 377 



Quartos, - - - - - - 533 



Octavos, - - - - - - 772 



Duodecimos, - - - - - 577 



2259 



When it is recollected that Mr. Maclure, on a former occasion, 

 presented the Academy with fifteen hundred volumes, we cannot 

 too much admire and commend the spirit of hberality by which he 

 is actuated in the promotion of science. This gentleman is now 

 resident in the city of Mexico, where, for the benefit of a genial cli- 

 mate, he is passing the evening of his life ; and although at an ad- 

 vanced age, he seems to have lost none of his characteristic zeal for 

 the promotion of useful knowledge. 



43. Medical and Physical Researches, or original Memoirs in 

 Medicine, Surgery, Physiology, Geology, Zoology and Compara- 

 tive Anatomy, illustrated by plates containing 160 figures; by R. 

 Harlan, M. D., F. L. S., &;c. &;c. &c. — -This splendid volume, 

 remarkable both by its size, (nearly 700 pages, large 8vo.) and by 

 the number, and importance of the memoirs which it contains, de- 

 serves more than a passing notice ; but neither our time nor space 

 will suffice for more. There can be no doubt, that the volume will 

 do great credit to American Science, as many of the memoirs which 

 it contains, have already done. 



Dr. Harlan's name, and deservedly high reputation as a natural- 

 ist, are too well known, both at home and abroad, to require our 

 tribute of commendation. 



We cannot however suppress our regret, that the spurious rhino- 

 ceros jaw, is again crowded into company, to which it has no claim 

 whatever, among the undoubted fossil remains of extinct animals, 

 some of which were remarkable by their magnitude, their structure 

 and their habits. 



No person admits the genuineness of the supposed rhinoceros rel- 

 ic, or perceives in it any proofs of animal origin. 



Why then should Dr. Harlan continue to give the weight of his 

 eminent name to countenance error, when he has done so much to 

 enlarge the bounds of real truth, which is only another name for 

 science. 



