396 Miscellanies. 



ry and practice of physic. He early took a stand in relation to yel- 

 low fever, which he maintained to the last. He was a most liberal 

 promoter of the sciences and the arts. Few individuals have a rich- 

 er collection of rare works in store than Dr. H. His History of the 

 Erie Canal, and the life of his friend De Witt Clinton, belong to the 

 times. We trust some talented gentleman will write a biography of 

 Dr. Hosack, which will be most acceptable to the public. — N. Y. 

 Daily Advertiser. 



It would be difficult to name two men, who shone in their appro- 

 priate sphere, with a brighter and more steady lustre, than Mr. 

 Vaughan and Dr. Hosack. In both we have found warm friends of 

 our humble labors, and Mr. Vaughan not unfrequently contributed 

 to our pages, but bis singular modesty would never permit his name 

 to appear, or any allusion to escape him by which he might be known. 



36. LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



American. 



The JVaturalist^s Oion Book ; comprising Descriptions and au- 

 thentic Anecdotes of Quadrupeds, scientifically arranged according 

 to the system of Cuvier. By the author of the " Young Man's Own 



Book." 1vol. 12mo. 1835. Philadelphia. (Key &i Biddle.) 



Turner, (Edward,) M. D. F. R. S. &ic. : Elements of Chemistry', 

 including the recent discoveries and doctrines of the science. Fifth 

 American, from the fifth London Edition ; with Notes and Emenda- 

 tions, by Franklin Bache, M. D. 12mo. xix, and 682 pp. Philadel- 

 phia. 1835. .f 2 50. Conrad, (T. A.) Curator of the Academy 



of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia : Monography of the Family 

 Unionida or JVaiades of Lamarck of JVorih jirnerica, illustrated by 

 Figures drawn on stone from nature. No. I. 12 pp. Svo. Philadel- 

 phia. 1835. Contents, Unio fasciatus (plate 1), ovatus (plate 2), 

 slava (3), decirus (3), reflexus (4), flexuosus (4), Phillipsii (5), me- 

 taneura (5.) Transactions of the Geological Society of Penn- 

 sylvania, vol. 1. pan 2., x. and 177 — 247 pp. Svo. Philadelphia. 

 1835. 



GENERAL NATURAL HISTORY. 



Foreign. 



JYouvelles Annates du museum d''histoire naturelle, tome iv; Ire 

 Uvraison de 1836 ; in 4° de 95 p. Paris, Roret. Analyse des 



