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Briefe aus ^gypten, JSthiopien und der Halbinscl des Sinai. Von 

 Richard Lepsius. Berlin. 1852. 8vo. — From the Author. 



Nautisches Jahrbuch, oder vollstandige Ephemeriden und Tafeln fur 

 das Jahr 1854: lierausgegeben von Dr. C. Rremilver, Plankammer 

 Inspector, &c. &c. Berlin, 1851. 8vo. — From the Editor. 



Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating a Report of 

 the Engineer in Chief of the Navy, on the Comparative Value 

 of Anthracite and Bituminous Coals: made to the Senate, May 

 24, 1852. Washington. 8vo. — From Hon. James Cooper, 

 U. S. Senate. 



Speech of the Hon. Volney E. Howard, of Texas, on the Mexican 

 Boundary Question, the Pacific Rail Road, the Collins Steamers: 

 delivered in the House of Representatives, July 6, 1852. Wash- 

 ington. 8vo. — From the Author. 



Official Report of the United States Expedition to explore the Dead 

 Sea and the River Jordan. By Lieut. W. F. Lynch, U. S. Navy. 

 Baltimore, 1852. 4to. — From the Author. 



The Bible a Perfect Book: An Address delivered before the 'Bible 

 Society of Pennsylvania College and of the Theological Semina- 

 ry, April 13, 1852. By Rev. C. P. Krauth, Pastor of the Evan- 

 gelical Lutheran Church, Winchester, Va. Gettysburg, 1852. 

 8vo. — From Prof. Stoever. 



The Medical News and Library. Vol. X. No. 116. Aug. 1852. 

 Philadelphia. 8vo. — From Blanchard ^ Lea. 



The Plough, the Loom and the Anvil. Vol. V. No. 2. Aug. 1852. 

 N. York and Philada. 8vo. — From the Editors. 



The African Repository. Vol. XXVIIL Nos. 7, 8. July, August, 

 1852. Washington. Svo. — From the American Colonization 

 Society. 



A Catalogue of Stars near the Ecliptic, observed at Markree during 

 the years 1848, 1849, 1850, and whose places are supposed to 

 be hitherto unpublished. Vol. L, containing 14,888 stars. Dub- 

 lin. 1851. 8vo. — From the Royal Society. 



The Committee appointed at last meeting, on Dr. Wetherill's 

 paper "On a new variety of Asphalt," reported in favour of 

 its publication in the Transactions, which was ordered accord- 

 ingly, and the Committee discharged. 



The minutes of the Board of Officers and Council at their 

 meeting on the 13th inst. were read. 



Pending nominations, Nos. 275 to 279, and 283 to 285, in- ■ 

 elusive, were read. 



