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Dana NATURAL History Socrery.— We had hoped before this to ha 
found space to notice the good work being done by Mr. A. J. Ebell, whois 
now lecturing eok: various educational institutions, and also cattle 
ing numerous chapte e Dana Na ners istory Society 
eer eae a + Matawan N. J., held its first regular mee 
Glenwood Ins e, , 1867, when on Samuel Lockwood, a ce 
ane to the igen RN ‘scien a lecture on the study of Natural 
tory. 
The Dana Natural =r Society of the North-west College, Ev 
Illinois, have re he mber of additions to their Museum w 
selections from Sias s cabinet. A lecture was delivered on March 
in the college nahin by Mr. Ebell, the proceeds of which are se 
the Museum and Library. 
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CORRESPONDENCE. 
W. C., Cheyenne, Dakota.—The snails sent were Helix Cooperi, 
species peculiar to California agd adjacent territo: 
C. S. M., Jamaica Plains, Mass. — The name of the shell of which yo 
send a pencil sketch is Natica heros. You will find a description ofi 
Gould’s Invertebrata of Massachusetts, p. 231. The work B 
in any public library. 
E. H. J., Pawtucket, R. I.— Papers and peace © of American j 
are scattered through the proceedings of the various Scientific n 
Binney’s Terrestrial Mollusca will cost oi or ed 35 oul ; 
work on New England Shells. A new edition, with all the spe 
trated, will be out in the course of a year. As for fresh-water 
the experience you will gain by a few patient attempts ats 
will be worth more than all the books. Be careful not to have toon 
animals in one tank. x 
Anon.,* Pen Yan, N. Y.—‘‘The English Cyelopeeia by Char 
Nature) History, in five volumes, 4to, Lon aird’s “ cre 
Natural Sciences.” ‘An Expository Fae p Beit 50, F 
Modern Scientific Terms,” by R. G. Mayne. London (Chure 
8vo. “Dictio onary of Terms used in Geology, with their $ 
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papol spine 
Land ped Water, irch 7-28. London. 

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