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History of Uussia, from the earliest period to the present time, com- 

 piled from the most authentic sources, including Karamsin, Tooke, 

 and Segur, by W. H. Kelly, vol. 1 ; with fine Portrait of Catharine 

 the Second. 



Locke's Philosophical Works ; with general index and fine Portrait, 

 vol. 2. 



Defoe's Works, edited by Sir Walter Scott, Vol. 1 ; containing the 

 Life, Adventure, and Piracies of Captain Singleton, and the Life 

 of Colonel Jack.— Volume 2, containing Memoirs of a Cavalier, 

 Adventures of Captain Carleton, Dickory Cronke, &c. 



Gibbon's Roman Empire ; Vols. 4 & 5 : with flue Map of the Eastern 

 Empire. 



Prior's Life of Burke, new edition, revised by the Author; with fine 

 Portrait. 



Burke's Works, Vol. 1 : containing his Vindication of Natural Society ; 

 Essay on the Sublime and Beautiful ; and various Political Jlis- 

 cellanies. 



The Elegies of Propertius, the Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter, and the 

 Kisses of Johannes Secundus, literally translated, and accompa- 

 nied by Poetical Versions, from various Sources ; to which are 

 added the Love Epistles of Aristocretus, translated by K. Brins- 

 ley Sheridan and H. Halhed. Edited by Walter H. Kelly. 



The Geography of Strabo, translated, with copious notes, by W. Fal- 

 coner, M.A., and H. C. Hamilton, Esq. ; vol. 1. 



Xenophon's Anabasis or Expedition of Cyrus, and Memorabilia, or 

 jNIemoir of Socrates, translated with notes, by the Rev. J. S. Wat- 

 son, M.A.., and a Geographical commentary by W. F. Ainsworth, 

 F.S.A., F.R.G.S., &c. Frontispiece. 



Logic, or the Science of Inference, a popular Manual, by J. Davey. 



India, Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical, from the Earliest Times 

 to the Present. Illustrated by upwards of one hundred fine 

 engravings on wood, and map of Hindostan. 



Nicolini's History of the Jesuits : their Origin, Progress, Doctrines, 

 and Designs. With fine Portraits of Loyola, Laines, Xavier, 

 Borgia, Acquavira, Pfere la Chaise, Ricci, and Pope Ganganelli, 



Odericus Vitalis ; his Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, 

 translated with notes and the introduction of Guizot, by F. 

 Forester, M.A. ; vol. 3. 



Matthew Paris's English Chronicle, translated by Dr. Giles : Vol. 3 

 completing the work, with index to the whole, including the por- 

 tion published under the name of Roger of Wendover. 



Lamb's Specimens of English Dramatic Poets of the time of Elizabeth ; 

 including his Selections from the Garrick Plays. 



Marco Polo's Travels, the Translation of Marsden, edited with notes 

 and introduction, by T. Wright, M.A., F.S.A., &c. 



Florence of Worcester's Chronicle, with the Two Continuations ; com- 

 prising Annals of English History, from the Departure of the 

 Roman's to the Reign of Edward I. Translated, with Notes, by 

 Thomas Forester, Esq. 



Ennemoser's History of Magic, translated from the German by Wil- 

 liam Howitt ; with an appendix of the most remarkable and best 

 authenticated Stories of Apparitions, Dreams, Second Sight, Pre- 

 dictions, Divinations, Vampires, Fairies, Table-turning, and Spirit- 

 Rapping, &c. Selected by Mary Howitt ; in two volumes. 



The Works of Philo Jud^us, translated from the Greek, by C. D. 

 Yonge, B.A. : vol. 1. 



^ BOOKS FROM THE PUBLISHERS. 



Lives of the Queen's of England before the Conquest, by Mrs. Matthew 



Hall. (Blanchard and Lea, Philadelphia.) 

 The American Almanac for 1855. (Phillips, Sampson & Co., Boston.) 

 The following gentleman was elected member : — 



Sixtli Ordinary Sleeting-'Saturday) January ^7, 1855. 



William Glynn, Toronto. 



Professor Chapman read a paper " On the Object of the Salt Condi- 

 tion of the Sea." 



Professor Cherriman read a paper " On the Meteorological Results 

 Of 1854.". 



The discussion " On Carbonate of Lime as an Igneous Product ;" 

 with reference to Professor Chapman's note cmnmnnicated at the 

 preceding meeting, was renewed. 



The names of the following Candidates for membership were read : — 



Robert Bell, Carleton Place. 



Robert Grier, Toronto. 



The following gentlemen were elected members- — 



James Gilbert, (Junior Member) Toronto. 



Seeker Brough, " 



A paper was read by James Bovell, M.D., "On the Transfusion of 

 JNfilk, as practised in the Cholera Sheds at Toronto in 1854." 



A communication was made by Professor Wilson, L.L.D, " On the 

 use of Types and Printing amongst the Romans of the Second and 

 Third Centuries." 



LITERARY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF 

 QUEBEC. 



LITERARY OR STATED MEETING. 



Wednesday, 6th December, 1854. 

 The following donations were announced : — 

 Some ancient Roman Coins, from W. D. Campbell. 

 A communication was read by Wm, A. HoUwell, in continuation of 

 his Paper on a " New Projectile," &c., read at the last stated meeting. 

 A committee was appointed to make experiments for the purpose of 

 testing the value of Mr. HoUweU's Projectile, &c. 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING. 



Wednesday, 13th December. 



The following donations were announced from Robert Symes : 



1. Specimen of Iron Ore from the ore bed of the Marmora Foundry 

 Company. 



2. Specimens of Iron Pyrites from the same locality. 



3. Wild Rice from Rice Lake, Upper Canada. 



4. Deer Horns in the velvet state, from Marmora. 



5. Eggs of the large Mud Turtle (Croiv River). 



6. Axe used in Bonaparte's Kitchen at St. Helena. 

 Viscount Bury was elected an Associate Member of the Society. 



STATED MEETING. 



Wednesday, 20th December. 



A communication on the subject of education and Model Schools 



was read by Frederick Boxer. 



E. A. MEREDITH, Vice-President. 



MR. BOHN'S LIBRARIES. 



We have frequently had the opportunity of recording the presenta- 

 tion of numerous volumes to the Library of the Canadian Institute 

 by Mr. Bohn, the celebrated London Publisher of Literature for the 

 People. By reference to the proceedings of the Institute which 

 appear in the present number of this journal, it will be seen that Mr, 

 Bohn has again transmitted a valuable donation from England of 

 twenty-six volumes of his Standard Library, British Classics, Classical 

 Library, Illustrated Library, Philological Library, Antiquarian Library, 

 Scientific Library, and Ecclesiastical Library. 



Canadians have gradually become so accustomed to the cheap Liter- 

 ature of this country and the United States, to the reprints of Standard 

 works as well as of the current European literature of the day, that 



