308 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
2. Contributions to the Paleontology of Lowa, being descriptions of 
new species of Crinoidea and other fossils (supplement to vol. i, part ii, 
of the Geological Repository of Iowa); by James Harz.—Eight sheets of 
an early copy of these contributions have reached us from the Author in 
advance of publication. As we hope soon ia receive a complete copy, we 
reserve a list of its contents for a second n 
Personat.—Prof. Dana returned to “a "United States early in Au- 
gust, improved in health by his European visit, but not yet in a state to 
permit the resumption of his accustomed labors. Lapy FRANKLIN was 
passenger on the same ship. 
aha and Prof. ALExIs abe agente i. Brown University 
are among the American tourists in Europe this se 
Prof. Extas Loomis, LL.D., late of New York “University, has been 
elected to the chair of Nataral Philosophy and Astronomy in Yale sess 
lege made vacant by the death of Prof. D. Olmsted. 
now in Europe for the piles of making ditch to the physical abinet 
of Yale College. 
. SHEFFIELD, Esq., a citizen of New sti ciehee for 
his enlightened liberality, has at his sole charge, pre and 
commodio uilding for the uses of the YALE tronai pla em- 
bracing jane apartments for the Engineering, Mechanical and P hysical 
departments—a pe rfectly appointed chemical Laboratory fitted for mi 
special students, and _ private laboratories es for the Professors—a Metall 
Transactions or THe Am. Puttos. Socrery, Phila., vol. xi, new series. Part m, 
1860.— Art. ate By 187-258, Revision of Buprestide of the U.S., with a plate. By 
John L. LeCon MD—xvii, p. 259-402, Analytic Orthography ; an Investigation 
of the sources of the voice and their Alphabetic notation. By Prof. 8. 8. Halde- 
mann, 
Procerpines or Am, Part. Soc. Puriap., 1860, January to oss Tee 174, Deine 
of members announced—p, 175, Phosphoresence of the Diam 
p.176, Gale of July 9th and ‘0th, 1860—Effects u Pua Ges ° Wark 
Oresson.—p. 17, Sanscrit and English a perc Pliny E. Ohase.—Geo 
of the Arctic Archipelago sess from Mc Klintock’s narrative, J. P. sley—P> 
Registering Thermometer ; James Lewis.—p. 297. Biographical notice of the late 
Tuomas Nurratt—p. 320. Optical education : oy: Emerson.—Obituary ® 
JosEPH Apois ISON ALEXANDER ; John Leyburn, D. 
RANSACTIONS OF THE AcapmMy OF SAINT yl ;) vo ae aoe te Observations 
on the cretaceous strata of Texas; B. F, Shumard—p. 6, Deseriptions ag oid 
cretaceous fossils from Texas; B. F. Shama rd. The au a ap a8 the followi 
Nautilus Texanus; Janira Wrightii; Ostrea quadriplicata ; O. be bella, Pee on 
daris hemigranosus—p. 624, Descri tion of five new species 0 
the Coal measures bd a B oped from the Potam Sa cana ye of Texas, 2B jE 
Shumard, viz eurotomaria Br j i P. Riddellii ; P. 8 
dula ; Murchis LANG 3 r ! 
Méwomes pe . Acapémiz ImpéRtate pes Sorences, Arts et Bevt s-Lerress ts 
Dison, second se es, Tome vii, 1858-1859. Dijon, 1859, 800 pp., ecient es 
alogues des Tiascioe coléoptéves du département de la Cote-d’or (suite), pa 
Ronget. 
rea visite 4 la vistas te 4 Fouvent ee ine fossiles et debris ” 
dustrie humain re posthume de J, Nodo 
