34 KEPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The Societe d'eneouragenient pour PIndustrie Rationale, Paris, 14 

 volumes "Bulletiu:" 



The Societe Iinperiale et Ceutrale dAgriculture, Paris, 26 volumes 

 "Meinoires," 12 volumes "Bulletiu." 



Prom the Museum de Douai, 11 volumes and 15 pamphlets : consisting 

 principally of transactions and proceedings of societies. 



National Library, Madrid, 12 volumes and 15 pamphlets. 



The Meteorological Office, London, 6 volumes, 37 pamphlets, and 16 

 charts. 



The Hydrographic Office, London, 6 volumes, 10 pamphlets, and 43 

 charts, giving the results of the latest maritime surveys. 



From the National Library of Greece, Athens, 112 volumes and 39 

 pamphlets, principally on the philosophy and literature of ancient Greece. 



Thomason College of Civil Engineering, Bourkee, 13 volumes and 44 

 pamphlets. 



Koyal Asiatic Society (North China branch) Shanghai, 4 volumes 

 " Journal." 



Library of Parliament, Melbourne, 10 volumes and 14 pamphlets. 



Beal Sociedad Economica de la Habana, 630 volumes, 13 pamphlets, 

 and 1 chart. 



University and Government of Chili, Santiago, 58 volumes, 13 pam- 

 phlets, and 30 charts. 



Massachusetts State Library, 11 volumes. 



Ohio State Library, 10 volumes. 



.Vermont State Library, 11 volumes. 



But, perhaps one of the most interesting contributions is a work rela- 

 tive to history and philology published in folio parts of facsimiles of the 

 national manuscripts of England, presented by Eight Honorable the Sec- 

 retary of State for War. These fac-similes are executed with minute pre- 

 cision as to accuracy, by the photozincographic process, under the direc- 

 tion of Colonel H. James of the ordnance department. The series includes 

 documents belonging to each reign, from William the Conqueror to 

 Queen Anne, arranged chronologically so as to illustrate the changes 

 in the handwriting, and the language of diiferent periods of English 

 history. A translation is given of each document into modern English, 

 together with a short account of its history. The first volume extends 

 from William the Conqueror to Henry VII, and includes autographs of 

 each sovereign, beginning with that of Eichard II, and of many princes, 

 prelates and nobles, whose names have become famous in history. 

 Among the number are a series during the reign of Eichard III, and 

 several from the king himself. 



The second part is made up of facsimiles selected from the public 

 records of the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI. Among them 

 are holograph letters, and autographs of Henry VIII, Queen Catharine 

 of Aragon, Cardinal Wolsey, the Emperor Charles V, Anne Boleyn, 

 Archbishop Cranmer, Queen Catharine Parr, Ann of Cleves, &c. The 



