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extremely useful had they been drawn up in any language of 

 extensive circulation. They were commenced in 1821, for the 



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year 1820, under the title of Arsberiittelsen om Yedenskapernes 

 Framsteg afgivne af Kongl. Vetenskaps Akademiens Embetsman, 

 under the four different heads of Chemistry and Physics, Astro- 

 nomy and Mathematics, Zoology, and Botanyi Zoology by Dalman, 

 and afterwards by Sundevall, and in the later volumes subdivided 

 between Sundevall, Boheman, and Loven, was continued for 

 thirty-five years, ceasing in 1855 and 1856. Botany by "Wikstrom 

 was carried on till the close of his life in 1849, and an excellent 

 index up to 1838 added by Anderson. These botanical reports 

 were generally translated into G-erman by Beilschmid ; but some 

 time naturally elapsed before the translations appeared, and the 

 reports were too wordy to retain their interest when old. They 

 appear now to have been entirely given up. The plan is an 

 excellent one, and has since been carried out for Zoology as men- 

 tioned below in Wiegmann's Archiv, in a more suitable lan- 

 guage. The great drawback, indeed, to the whole of the scientific 

 publications of the Stockholm Academy is the use of a language 

 limited for general purposes to a moiety of the Scandinavian 

 Peninsula, and totally unknown to the great majority of the 

 scientific world. Linnaeus himself was accustomed to give in 

 Latin whatever he considered to be of more than local interest. 



The Eoyal Society of Science and Literature of Goteboeg, 

 after having published a few thin octavo parts of old Transactions, 

 commenced a new series in 1808, which extended to five thin parts 

 in small octavo, 1808 to 1822, under the title of JSTya Handlingar 

 af Kongl. "Wettenskaps och Witterhets Samhallet i Goteborg, 

 containing, amongst a few others, several papers on the Pishes of 

 the Bohusland with coloured plates. Again, in 1850, the present 

 series was commenced in octavo, with much-improved typography, 

 entitled G-oteborg's Kongl. Yetenskaps och Yitterhets Samhalles 

 Handlingar, Ny Tidsfold. It extends to eight thin volumes, the last 

 dated 1863, and comprises, amidst Literature, Physics, &e., several 

 papers on the Swedish Pauna, especially Pish, Insects, and Mol- 

 lusca, but very little Botany. 



Of the Physiographiska Siillskapets Tidskrift, 8vo,LiT]srD, I have 

 only seen a first volume, dated 1837-38, containing a paper of 

 some length on East-Indian Birds by Sundevall, besides short 

 papers on the local fauna and flora, mathematical and other 

 subjects. 



The Pinland Society of Science at Helsingeoss, although 



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