200 Canadian Record of Science. 
REPORT OF THE LIBRARY COMMITTEE. 
The following books and pamphlets have been received during 
the past year in addition to the exchanges. 
Dana’s Manual of Mineralogy from Mr. H. Martin. 
Laboratory Manual of Chemistry from American Book Com- 
pany. 
Illustrations of North American Grasses, from Department of 
Agriculture, Washington. 
Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. 
Report of Geological Survey of Canada. 
Report of U. 8. Geological Survey. 
Monographs of U. 8. Geological Survey. 
Geology of Illinois, 2 vols. 
The following were presented by the Authors :— 
Systematic Mineralogy, by Dr. Sterry Hunt. 
Our Trees, by J. Robinson of the Essex Institute. 
Old Memories, by Mrs. Macpherson. 
Notes on Parka decipiens, by Sir J. W. Dawson. 
Select extra-tropical plants eligible for naturalization, by Baron 
Von Mueller, Victoria, Australia. 
Polyzoa of the St. Lawrence, by Rev. T. Hincks. 
Mollusca, collected in Japan, By F. Stearns. 
Catalogue of British fossil Vertebrata, by Woodward & Sherborn. 
The Society has been enabled by the purchase of twelve of the 
earlier volumes of the German Geological Survey to make up what 
is believed to be the only complete set in Canada of that useful 
geological work. 
At the request of your Committee the Council have appropriated 
the sum of $100 for the purchase of Standard works on the differ- 
ent departments of Natural History, books which are so often en- 
quired for by the members. The following have already been re- 
ceived from the booksellers :— 
French's Butterflies of the United States. 
Say’s Entomology of North America, 2 vols. 
Coue’s Key to North American Birds. 
Ridgway’s Manual of North American Birds. 
Micrographic Dictionary. 
Scientific Papers of Asa Gray, 2 vols. 
Treasury of Botany, 2 vols. 
Text Book of Mineralogy, Dana. 
Compendium of Geology, Le Conte. 
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