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Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



R. Howlett : On the various methods of printing photographic pictures on paper, 

 with suggestions for their preservation. 12rno. London, 1856. 



A. Erman : Einige Beobachtungen uber die Krei deformation an der Nordkuste von 

 Spanien. 16 pp. 8vo, with a plate of fossils ; from the Zeitschr. d. deutschen geol. 

 Gesellschaft, 1854. 



R. Wolf : Ueber den Ozongehalt der Luft und seinen Zusammenhang mit der 

 Mortalitat, with a" plate. Bern. Mitheil. March, 1855. 



E. d'EicHWALD : Lethcea Rossica, or, Palceontology of Russia. 8vo. Stuttgart. 

 IVth number, Flora of the Palaeozoic, 17£ leaves, 268 pp. with 23 lithogr. plates, 4to. 



H. Bach : Geognostiche Ueber sichtskarte von Deutschland, der Schweiz, und den 

 angrenzenden Lander theil en. General Geological Chart of Germany, Switzerland 

 and the adjoining countries, after the large maps of E. de Billy, L. v. Buch, E. de 

 Beaumont, B. Cotta, etc., and additional observations. 9 lithochr. charts in folio 

 with 15 pages of text. Gotha, 1855. 



H. Burmeister : Systematische Uebersicht der Thiere Brasiliens. 2 Thl. Vogel. 

 Hft 3. Berlin, 1856. 8vo, pp. 321— 426. 



J. F. J. Schmidt : Das Zodiacallicht. Uebersicht der seitherigen Forschungen 

 nebst neuen Beobachtungen uber die Erscheinung in den Jahren 1843-1855. 8vo. 

 Ill pp. Braunschweig. 



H. v. Sydow : Oro-hydrographischer Atlas. 25 Boden- und Gewasser-Karten 

 uber alle Theile der Erde. Folio. Gotha. 



D'Archiac : Histoire des Progres de la Geologie de 1834 a, 1855. Volume VI. of 

 this most valuable work has recently been issued. It takes up the first part of the 

 Jurassic formation. — Price for the volume at Bailliere's, New York, $2,00. 



A. Moreau de Jonnes : Statistique de V Industrie de la France. 8vo, xxiv and 

 380 pp. Paris, 1856. 



G. A. Chatin : Anatomie Comparee des Vegetans; Comprenant (1) les Plantes 

 Aquatiques ; (2) les Plantes Aeriennes; (3) les Plantes Parasites; (4) les Plantes 

 Terrestres. 2nd and 3d Livraisons. 4to. Paris, 1856. Will be completed in about 

 20 numbers, each containing 3 leaves of text and 10 plates, 



E. Cosson : Rapport sur un Voyage Botanique en Algerie, de Philippe ville a 

 Biskra et dans les Montes Aures, entrepris en 1853. 8vo, avec un planche. Paris, 

 1856. 



Archives du Museum dHistoire Naturelle. 8th volume, 4to, with 34 plates. 

 Paris, 1856. — One volume is issued annually. 



M. Roret : Nouveau Manuel Gomplet da fabricant d'Etoffes imprimees et du 

 fabricant des papiers peints, par L. S. le Normand. 18mo. Paris, 1856. — Also 

 other works on related subjects. 



Pelouze et Fremy : Traite de Chimie Generate, comprenant les applications de 

 cette science a FAnalyse Chimique, a l'lndustrie, a 1' Agriculture, et a, l'Histoire Natu- 

 relle. 2me edit. Tome 5. Paris, 1856. — Another volume will complete the work. 



M. A. Becquerel : Des Applications de I'electricite a la Pathologic 8vo. Paris, 

 1856. 



F. Malaguti : Legons de Chimie Agricole professees en 1847. 18mo. Paris, 1856. 



Proceedings Bost. Soc. Nat. History, Vol. V, July, 1856 — Page 337, On a fac- 

 titious product alleged to have been taken from the jaw of the Musk Ox ; J. Wyman. 

 — p. 338, Note on two Fungi, Spiloccea frnctigena and Aster oma pomigena ; C. J. 

 Sprague. — p. 339, Analyses of Serpentine Rock ; A. A. Hayes, followed by remarks 

 by O. T. Jackson and W. B. Rogers. — p. 349, On the Monks Island Guano ; A. A. 

 Hayes. — p. 355, Narraganset artificial fish-guano ; C.T.Jackson. — p. 359, Death of 

 Dr. Warren. — p. 363, Appointment of officers for the ensuing year: C. T. Jackson, 

 M.D. and D. Humphreys Storer, M.D., Vice Presidents; S. L. Abbott, M.D., Cor- 

 responding Secretary ; B. S. Shaw, M.D., Recording Secretary ; N. B. Shurtleff, 

 M.D., Treasurer; C. K. Dillaway, Librarian. — p. 364, Origin of Greensand and its 

 formation in the oceans of the present epoch ; J. W. Bailey. 



Proceedings of the Amkrtcan Phil. Soc. Philadelphia. Vol. VI. Jan. — June, 

 1856, No. 55.— p. 167, Officers for the year: A. D. Bache, President, J. K. Kane, 

 R. Dunglison, J. F. Frazer, Vice Presidents, C. B. Trego, E. O. Kendall, F. Fra- 

 ley, J. L. LeConte, Secretaries. — p. 169, Improved carpenter's square; Rev. Dr. 

 Rogers. — p. 179, Skater's reel; Peale. — p. 184, New specimens in the U. S. Mint; 

 DuBois. — p. 186, Plants of the Arctic; Durand. — p. 189, Monks Island Guano; 

 A. S. Piggot.—p. 193, 201, Apparatus for taking specific gravities; Eckfeldt and 

 Dubois. 



