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From the Hon. John C. Spencer, inviting the attendance of 

 the members of the Society at a meeting of the scientific and 

 literary men of the United States, to be held in Washington, 

 on the first Monday of April, 1844, under the auspices of the 

 National Institution. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Kongl. Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, for ar 1840. Stock- 

 holm, 1842. 8vo. — From the Royal Swedish Academy. 



Arsberattelse om Framstegen I Fysik och Kemi, afgifven den 31 

 Mars, 1840; af Jac Berzelius, K. V. A. Secret. Kemi, Mineralo- 

 gi, och Geologi. Stockholm, 1840. 8vo. — From the same. 



Arsber'attelser om nyare Zoologiska Arbeten och Upptackter, till 

 Kongl. Vetenskaps-Academien afgifne for Aren 1837 — 1840; af 

 C. J. Sundenwall. Stockholm, 1841. 8vo. — From the same. 



Arsberattelse om Technologies framsteg till Kongl. Vetenskaps- 

 Academien afgifven den 31 Mars 1840; af G. E. Pasch. Stock- 

 holm, 1841. 8vo. — From the same. 



Arsberattelse om Framstegen I Fysik och Kemi, afgifven den 31 

 Mars, 1840; af Jac. Berzelius. Stockholm, 1841. — From the 

 same. 



Tal om Jordbrakets narvarande tillst&nd inom faderneslandet, hind- 

 ren for dess forkofran och utsigterna for des framtig — Hal let I 

 Kongl. Vetenskaps-Academien vid Praesidii Nedlaggande den 6 

 April, 1842; af August Anckarsw'ard, &c. &c. Stockholm, 

 1842. 8vo. — From the same. 



Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. Vol. 

 III. Parts 3 & 4. Vol. IV. Part 1. 8vo.— From the Society. 



Twelve Annual Reports of the Council of the Literary and Historical 

 Society of Quebec, from 1831 to 1843. 8vo. — From the same. 



The African Repository and Colonial Journal. Vol. XIX. No. 4. 

 8vo. — From the American Colonization Society. 



The American Journal of Science and Arts. Conducted by Prof. 

 Silliman and B. Silliman, Jr. Vol. XLIV. No. 2. April, 1843. 

 8vo. — From the Editors. 



Report of the Select Committee relative to the Renewal of the State 

 Railways with Pennsylvania Cast-iron Rails : Mr. Trego, Chair- 

 man. April, 1843. 8vo. — From Mr. Ellwood Morris. 



The Philosophy of Storms. By James P. Espy, A.M. Boston, 1841. 

 8vo. — From the Author. 



