504 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



afterward, in 1847, was reestablished for the fifth time, the Pope 

 giving it the modified title " Accademia Pontificia de' nuovi 

 Lincei."* 



Finally, Rome having emerged from the dynasty of the popes, 

 and become the Capitol of United Italy, under Victor Emmanuel, 

 an extraordinary session was held in January, 1874, for the revis- 

 ion of the constitution. Among the changes, there was, first, the 

 restoration of the original name " Accademia dei Lincei" with the 

 addition of the prefix " Reale, " recognizing the new government 

 under which it existed. Next, the Academy was divided into two 

 sections ; one, of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Science, and 

 the other of Moral, Historical and Philological Science ; the former 

 to consist oi forty National Associates, ten Foreign Associates, 

 and sixty Correspondents ; and the latter of the same, excepting 

 that the number of National Associates was made thirty. Eight 

 foreign associates of the first section have been since elected ; three 

 residing in Great Britain, three in Germany, one in France, and 

 one in the United States. 



Of the Atti of the Academy, a second series was commenced in 

 1873, and three volumes have been published; vol. I. for 1873- 

 1874; II. for 1874-1875, and III. for 1875-1876. They contain 

 papers on Mathematical or Mathematico-physical subjects, by Vol- 

 picelli, Bataglini, Betti, Dini, Conti, Favero, Ascoli, Valentino, 

 Cremona, Menabrea, -pQ— • - - • " ^' ^— 



scopv, by Respighi and \ ,-^ , ^ 



and Volpicelli ; m Chemistry by Cannizaro and Paterno ; in Zool- 

 ogy, by Cadet, Maggiorani, Boll, Colasanti, De Sanctis, Moriggia, 

 and Todaro, (the paper of the last an elaborate discussion of the 

 anatomy of the Salpa with 10 4to plates; in Paleontology by 

 Gastaldi, Capellini, Meneghini and G. Ponzi; on Volcanoes of 

 Lazio, by G. Ponzi ; on some Fungi Uredinei, by C. Bagnis Calor ; 

 in Meteorology, at the observatory of Campidoglio, by L, Respighi, 

 and on the climate of Rome, by R. Paveto ; Archaeological discov- 

 eries about Rome by R. Canevari and others. Many of the arti- 

 cles are illustrated by plates. 



Signer Cav. Quintino Sella is now President of the Academy. 



2. Statistics of Mines and Mining in the States and Territo- 

 ries zcest of the Bocky Mountains ; being the Seventh Annual 

 Report of Rossitek W. Raymond, U. S. Commissioner of Mmmg 

 Statistics. 540 pp. 8vo. Washington, 1875.— This volume brings 

 the subject down to the close of the year 1874. The condition of 

 mining industry in California, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, 

 Utah, Colorado and Arizona, is given in about 400 pages, forming 

 Part I, full of interesting details and accurate information gleaned 

 with care from many sources, and states with great condensation 

 often in tabular form, and arranged for easy reference. Part 

 II is devoted to metallurgical processes— its Progress in the west 

 ig historical facts are tak 

 1848, by Volpicelli, on 



