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19. Lyceum of JVeiv York. — This fine institution now appears 

 with renovated vigor. Aided by the liberality of citizens of New 

 York, it has erected a large and elegant building in the upper part of 

 Broadway, containing all desirable accommodations for its extensive 

 museum and library, for its lectures and various pursuits. 



It has recently issued a new No. of its annals, being the con- 

 clusion of Vol. in, of 437 pages. This No. is entirely occupied by 

 a botanical paper by Prof. John Torrey, being a monograph on 

 North American Cyperaceaj ; to which is added a catalogue of offi- 

 cers, &LC. 



This paper we are assured is characterized by the author's well 

 known acuteness and accuracy, and will without doubt add to his 

 reputation, and to that of the Lyceum, as well as to the stock of bo- 

 tanical knowledge. 



We understand that the Lyceum is to be opened to the public for 

 courses of lectures, to be given by different gentlemen during the 

 current winter, and that Dr. Francis vv'ill deliver the introductory 

 discourse. 



20. A Synopsis of the family of JYaiades, by Isaac Lea, Mem. 

 of the Amer. Philos. Soc. he. he. Philadelphia : Carey, Lea h 

 Blanchard. London : John Miller. — At the last moment this beau- 

 tiful little work has been placed in our hands. We presume that 

 conchologists will find it to be another elegant and accurate addition 

 to the valuable contributions heretofore made by Mr. Lea in this 

 department of Natural History. 



21. Conrad's UnionidcB, (^c. — Judah Dobson, Philadelphia, has 

 published, and now ready for sale, Conradh Unionida, No. 7 ; also 

 Dr. Holbrook's North American Herpetology, Vol. I, with splendid 

 colored plates, in royal 4to. 



22. Obituary* — the late Mr. George Chilton. This excellent 

 chemist and most worthy man, was extensively known to the cultiva- 

 tors and amateurs of science, not only in this country, but in Europe. 

 He was a native of England, and emigrated to the United States in the 

 year 1797, at the age of thirty. Soon after he settled in New York, 



* For several of the facts stated in this notice, we are indebted to a notice signed 

 J. T. published in the New York American of Nov. 17, 1836. 



