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BOOKS, &c., RECEIVED. 



" The Canadian Naturalist." May, 1860. 



"Manchester Geological Society's Journal of Transactions." April, 1860. 

 " Abstracts of Proceedings of the Royal Institution." 



" On some of the Differences in Deposition of Coal." By S. Baines, Esq. of 

 Lightcliffe. Leeds: E. Baines & Son. 



*' The Dental Review." Vol. IL No. 6. June, 1860. London : Bailliere. 



" Rambles Round Chard with a Hammer." By J. Jones. Chard : T. Young. 

 1860. 



The Geological Examiner." By D. Page, F.G.S. London and Edinburgh, 

 Blackwood. 1860. 



The Future." No. I. London : TrUbner & Co. 1860. 

 " The Old Glaciers of Switzerland and North Wales." By A. C. Ramsay, 

 F.R.S., F.G.S. London : Longman & Co. 1860. 



" The Rocks of Worcestershire." By G. E. Roberts. London : J. Masters. 

 1860. 



" The American Journal of Science and Arts." Conducted by Professors 

 Sillimau and J. D. Dana. Vol. XXIX. Nos. 85, 86, 87. New Haven. 1860. 



" Lettres sur les Roches du Jura et leur Distribution Gdographique dans las 

 deux Hdmispheres." By Jules Marcou. Vols. L and IL Paris : F. Klincksieck. 1860. 



"Geological Gossip; or Stray Chapters on Earth and Ocean." London: 

 Routledge & Co. 1860. 



