478 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
far as we can see, no opening, or channel through which the frost 
sould possibly have reached a he s e 
There are other mines in the same vicinity in a like frozen state 
trates into the earth, it does not appear probable that it could 
have reached the depth of ara hundred feet through the solid rock 
in the tevens Mine, nor even through the crevice matter of the 
os se 
2. Hranz-Joseph Land.—Two papers are published in the cur- 
rent volume of Petermann’s Geographical Journal (p. 381), on the 
Austrian Arctic discoveries, one by Petermann, and the other by 
Dr. Joseph Chavanne. The accompanying map represents the 
Francis-J oseph Land as a group of large and small islands, between 
pd ea of 79° 50’ and 83° 10’, and between the meridians of 
Stewart. 132 16iae. (D. Appleton & Co., New York.— 
— little work, simple in languate; clear in its explanations 
illustrations, and Re in its science, 
The Transit of Venus ; by Grorcr Forsss, B.A., Prof. Nat. 
Phil. in the Andersonian sr ersity, Glasgow. 100. pp. 12mo, 
with numerous illustrations. London and New York (Macmillan 
the diffe t gor ernments. The Canoes of the subject are 
made is aieniciaw as the case admits of, and are well illustrated 
_ by figures. 
5. Swedish Iron Ores.—A collection of the Swedish ores has 
been received by Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, from 
the iron department under the Swedish government. 
Tidal Researches; by ‘ge ely etree Assistant U oast Survey. 
268 pp. 4to, with 3 plates From the U. S. Gace Sareay oneet iv 1574 
