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Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, from Jati. 1 to 

 May 21, 1851. Boston. 8vo. — From the Society. 



The American Journal of Science and Arts. Second Series. Vol. 

 XII. No. 35. Sept. 1851. New Haven. 8\o.— From Profs. 

 Silliman and Dana, Editors. 



The Medical News and Library. Vol. IX. No. 105. Sept. 1851. 

 Philadelphia. 8vo. — From Blanchard ^ Lea. 



The Plough, the Loom and the Anvil, Vol. IV. No. 3. Sep- 

 tember, 1851. Philadelphia. 8vo. — From F. G. Skinner, Esq. 

 Editor. 



Deposition of Richard C. Taylor, respecting the Asphaltum Mine at 

 Hillsborough, in the county of Albert and province of New Bruns- 

 wick. Supreme Court, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Abraham Gesner 

 vs. Halifax Gas Light Company. Philadelphia, 1851. 8vo. — 

 From Richard C. Taylor. 



The Terrestrial Air-breathing Mollusks of the United States and the 

 adjacent Territories of North America : described and illustrated 

 by Amos Binney. Edited by Augustus A. Gould. Vols. 1, 2. 

 Boston, 1851. 8vo. — From Drs. A. A. Gould and D. H. 

 Storer, in pursuance of the Will of the late Dr. Binney. 



Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. Vol. V. 

 No. 3. May, 1851. New York. 8vo. — From the Lyceum. 



Mr. Lea announced the death of James Fenimore Cooper, a 

 member of this Society, who died at Cooperstown, N. Y., on 

 the 14th of the present month, aged sixty-two. 



Dr. F. Bache announced the death of Peter Pedersen, a mem- 

 ber of this Society, who died at Copenhagen, August 16, 1851, 

 nearly eighty years of age. 



Mr. Peale, in the name of the Officers and Clerks of the U. 

 S. Mint, presented to the Society a medal of Dr. Robert M. 

 Patterson, on silver gilt, presented by them to Dr. Patterson, 

 late Director of the Mint. Mr. Peale read the proceedings of 

 the officers of the Mint on the occasion of the retirement of Dr. 

 Patterson from the office, with his reply, and explained the 

 character of the medal and the devices thereon. 



Mr. Lea read the following correspondence between himself 

 and Prof. Agassiz, in relation to the observations of Mr. Lea 

 on the Anatomy of the Naiades, laid before the Society on the 

 21st of March last. 



