
          suit him.  He says the monog. is your work.  Yes, but in
 a great measure from Schev. materials, and all in Schev.
 name, for whom you are acting as his representative,
 and are therefore to be considered in the matter, [illegible]
 as himself.  He says he announced and published first.
 Did he announce or publish before the [Anal. Table?]
 Did he not know or had he not reason to believe that this
 was the Prodromus of a more complete work, which should
 contain the full [illegible] description of  the new sp. there
 manner and indicated?  His conduct appears to me dis-
 courteous and unfair, though I do not think it of much
 consequence whether he does on publishing or not.  Only we
 must take care to give the widest possible circulation to the
 [illegible] in Europe.  There are 30 extra copies to be printed.


     I do not believe that there is any [illegible] at the
 Lyceum, although the [illegible] has been a great [illegible] upon
 the contributions to the Annals.  We are very desirous to com-
 plete the vol. by the end of the year, but as there have been
 no papers read that will suit us, owing to the eternal C...?]
 I fear we shall not do it.  There will be at least half of
 no. 12 to fill up after the {C...?] are finished. We may
 look to you for those [materials/minerals?], the mineralogists are
 grumbling.

        