in the United States of America. 63 



of their Transactions. Some interesting botanical and geolo- 

 gical papers are to be found in these volumes ; it has been re- 

 cently incorporated with the Albany Lyceum, and is now 

 known as the " Albany Institute." Arrangements are making 

 to publish a volume of their Transactions *. 



10. Utica Lyceum of Natural History. Utica, N. Y. In- 

 corporated 1820. 



11. Chemical and Geological Society. Delhi, N. Y. 



12. Troy Lyceum of Natural History. Troy. Incorpo- 

 rated 1819. 



13. Hudson Lyceum of Natural Llistory. Incorporated 

 1821. 



14. Catskill Lyceum of Natural History. Incorporated 

 1820. 



15. Newburgh Lyceum of Natural History. Incorporated 

 1819. 



16. West Point Lyceum of Natural History. Instituted 

 1824. 



The greater number of these associations, although they have 

 published no separate Transactions, are spiritedly conducted ; 

 extensive and choice cabinets are formed, and a spirit of in- 

 quiry excited which cannot fail of producing valuable results. 

 The numerous communications of the members of these so- 

 cieties, are usually published in some scientific journal. 



17. Literary and Philosophical Society. New York. In- 

 corporated in 1815. Meet monthly for the purpose of re- 



* It will hardly be considered out of place, to speak here of the Rensse- 

 laer School, recently established by Stephen Van Rensselaer, of Albany, 

 which bids fair to become a nursery for Naturalists. It is now in success- 

 ful operation. Its object is to qualify teachers for instructing the sons and 

 daughters of farmers and mechanics, by lectures or otherwise, in the appli- 

 cation of experimental chemistry, philosophy, and natural history, to agri- 

 culture, domestic ceconomy, the arts, and manufactures. Mr. Eaton is 

 Professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy, and Lecturer on Geology, 

 Land Surveying, &c. Dr. L. C. Beck, a gentleman already advantageously 

 known as a botanist, is Professor of Botany, Mineralogy, and Zoology. 

 Well cultivated farms and workshops are established in the vicinity of the 

 school, as places of scholastic exercise for students, where the application 

 of the sciences may be most conveniently taught. They are also exercised 

 in giving lectures by turns on all the branches taught by the Professors and 

 their assistants. An ample scientific library, extensive apparatus, geologi- 

 cal and ether maps, and a very complete suite of American geological spe- 

 cimens, are to be found in this establishment. There is likewise an exten- 

 sive collection of plants, and the most necessary specimens in zoology. Of 

 the feasibility and great excellence of the plan of this school, and the ef- 

 fective character of the instruction, the trustees have already had a verv 

 gratifying proof by the exhibitions of several students. We know of no 

 institution in our country more useful in its aim, viz. the application of 

 science to the common purposes of life. See " Constitution and By-laws 

 of the Rensselaer School in Troy, N. Y." 



ceiving 



