172 Publications received. 
or other of which he was always busy.” His name will descend to 
posterity associated with great and successful efforts to diffuse the know- 
ledge of the natural sciences among all classes of the community, and to 
illustrate in the productions of nature the wisdom and goodness of God. 
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 
Compte rendu Annuel, addressé 4 S. Exe. M. de Knajévitch. Ministre 
des Finances, par le Directeur de l’Observatoire Physique Central, A. T. 
Kupffer, 1858. St Petersburg.—From the Author. 
American Journal of Science and Art, November 1860 and January 
and March 1861.—F rom the Editors. 
Discussion of Magnetic and Meteorological Observations made at Phila- 
delphia. By Professor A. D. Bacuz, LL.D. Part 1—From the Author. 
On certain Storms of Europe and America, December 1856. By Ex1as 
Loomis, LL.D.—From the Author. 
Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey for 
1858.—From Professor A. D. Bache. 
Check-Lists of the Shells of North America.—From the Smithsonian 
Institution. 
The Motions of Fluids and Solids relative to the Earth’s Surface. By 
W. Ferret, A.M.—From the Author. 3 
Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester 
for April 1861.—From the Society. 
Proceedings of the Californian Academy of Sciences, 1855 to 1859.— 
From the Academy. 
A Treatise on Attraction, Laplace’s Function, and the Figure of the 
Earth. By Archdeacon Pratt.—From the Publishers (Macmillan and Co.) 
The Quadrature of the Circle; Correspondence between an Eminent 
Mathematician and James Smith, Esq., Member of the Mersey Docks and 
Harbour Board.—From the Publishers (Simpkin, Marshall and Co.) 
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, No. IV., for 1860.—From the 
Secretary. 
Mineral Veins, an Enquiry into their Origin, founded on a study of the 
Auriferous Quartz Veins of Australia. By Tuomas Bert.—From the 
Author. 
List of American Writers in Recent Conchology, with Titles of their 
Memoirs and dates of publication. By Gzuorncz W. Tryon.—From the 
Author. 
The Past and Present Life of the Globe. By Davin Page.—From the 
Publishers (Messrs Blackwood). 
Errata and Addenda in last Number of the Journal. 
Page 287.—It should have been stated that the degrees given by M. Martins 
are Centigrade. 
Page 269, line 8 from the bottom.—For injured, read uninjured. 
