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Etudes d'Astronomie Stellaire : Sur la voie lactee, et sur la distance 

 des etoiles fixes. Rapport fait a son Excellence M. le Comte 

 Ouvaroff, Ministre de I'Instruction Publique, et President de 

 I'Academie Imperiale des Sciences. Par F. G. W. Struve, Di- 

 recteur de I'Observatoire Central de Russie. St. Petersbourg, 

 184:7.— From F. G. W. Struve. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Bo- 

 tany, and Geology. Vol. XX. No. 134. November, 1847. 

 8vo. — From Sir Wm. Jar dine, Bart. 



The Past, the Present, and the Future. By H. C. Carey, Author of 

 "Principles of Political Economy," &c. Philadelphia, 1848. 

 8vo. — From H, C. Carey. 



Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. New 

 Series. Vol. I. Part 1. 4to. — From the Academy. 



The African Repository and Colonial Journal. Vol. XXIII. No. 12. 

 December, 1847, and Vol. XXIV. No. 1. January, 1848. 8vo. 

 From the American Colonization Society. 



Medical News and Library. Vol. VI. No. 61. January, 1848. 

 8vo. — From Lea <^- Blanchard. 



Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania. Vol. 

 XLV. No. 265. Third Series. Vo!. XV. No. 1. Jan. 1848. 

 8vo. — From the Institute. 



Senate Journal : Journal of the Senate of the United States of Ame- 

 rica ; being the Second Session of the Twenty-ninth Congress, 

 begun and held at the City of Washington, December 7, 1846, 

 in the 71st year of the Independence of the United States. Wash- 

 ington, 1846-7. 8vo. 



House Journal : Journal of the House of Representatives of the United 

 States ; being the Second Session of the Twenty-ninth Congress, 

 begun and held at the City of Washington, December 7, 1846. 

 Washington, 1846-7. 8vo. 



Public Documents: Printed by order of the Senate of the United 

 States, during the Second Session of the Twenty-ninth Congress. 

 In Three Volumes. 8vo. Washington, 1847. 



Executive Documents: Second Session of Twenty-ninth Congress. 

 In Four Volumes. 8vo. Washington, 1846-7. 



