637 
of Edinburgh^ Session 1865-66. 
also been effected by natural causes ; but man, eagerly following 
nature, lias outstripped her in her work, and so identified this with 
bis own, that it now becomes scarcely possible to distinguish the 
one from the other. 
The following Donations to the Library w^ere announced: — 
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Phila- 
delphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Vol. XIII. Part 2. 
Philadelphia, 1865. 4to. — From the Society. 
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, held at Phila- 
delphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Yol. X. Xo. 74. 
8vo. — From the Society. 
Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. 
Yol. I. Xo. 1. 1866. 8vo.— AVom the Society. 
Journal of the Koyal Dublin Society. Xo. 34. Dublin, 1865. 8vo. 
— From the Society. 
Journal of the Chemical Society. Yol. lY. Xos. 37, 38. London, 
1866. 8vo. — From the Society. 
Proceedings of the British Meteorological Society, London. Yol. 
III. Xos. 21, 22. 8vo. — From the Society. 
The American Journal of Science and Arts. Yol. XLI. Xos. 120, 
121. Xew Haven, 1866. 8vo. — From the Editors. 
Quarterly Eeturn (with Supplement) of the Births, Deaths, and 
Marriages registered in the Divisions, Counties, and Districts 
of Scotland. Xo. XLIY. 8vo. — From the Registrar-General. 
Monthly Eeturn of the Births, Deaths, and Marriages registered in 
the Eight Principal Towns of Scotland. February, 1866. 8vo. 
— From the Registrar- General. 
Catalogue of the Specimens of Entozoa in the Museum of the 
Eoyal College of Surgeons of England. London, 1866. 8vo. 
— From the College. 
Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physischen classe der Koniglich 
Sachsischen Gresellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig. Band 
YII. Xo. 2, 3, 4, Philologisch-historischen classe. B. lY. 
Xo. 5, 6. B. Y. Xo. 1. 8vo.-^ — From the Society. 
Berichte fiber die Yerhandlungen der Koniglich Sachsischen Gresell- 
schaft der Wissenscliaften zu Leipzig. Philologisch-historische 
