ists. The first volume will be printed by the middle of 1875, to contain an account of publications for 1874. The work will probably occupy from two to three hundred pages, and be sold at 108. 6d. Among those who will take part in the work are Messrs. Carruthers, De Rance, D. Forbes, Professor Geikie, Professor T. R. Jones, L. C. Miall, Dr. H. A. Nicholson, Henry Woodward, and others. Authors of articles on the above-mentioned subjects are requested to forward copies for the purpose of having them properly noticed.-12 4, Oct. 22, 1874, 511.

LOAN EXHIBITION OF SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS.

The scientific department of the Committee of Council on Education, South Kensington, England, is preparing to make a loan exhibition of scientific apparatus in 1876, to begin on April 1st and last till the end of September. This will consist of instruments and apparatus employed for a variety of scientific purposes, as also of articles illustrating the progress of science and its application to the arts, with any specimens that may be supposed to have an interest on account of the persons who employed them. Drawings, photographs, etc., will also be admissible where the originals can not be sent. Special efforts are being made to render this collection complete, and Mr. W. Cunliffe Owen, director of the South Kensington Museum, has applied to various scientific establishments of this country-as the Smithsonian Institution for such specimens as may be considered desirable in this connection.

LIST OF THE MERCHANT VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES.

The Statistical Bureau of the Treasury Department has published a list of the merchant vessels of the United States, with the official numbers and signal letters awarded thema volume of nearly six hundred pages. This contains, first, a list of the merchant vessels, alphabetically arranged; second, a list of the unrigged merchant vessels, alphabetically arranged; third, a list of sea-going vessels, with signal letters arranged in their regular order; fourth, a supplemental list of vessels, officially numbered, up to June 30, 1874; fifth, a list of vessels in the revenue service; sixth, a list of vessels belonging to the United States Navy in 1874; sev

enth, a complete list of the vessels of the United States Navy from 1797 to 1874, together with the lists and numbers of the line, staff, and other officers, both active and retired.

This report is the sixth full statement of the kind, required by an act of Congress of 1866, and contains a new and very important feature in the list of sea-going vessels, with the signal letters assigned them, by reference to which shipmasters can readily ascertain the name, tonnage, and home port of any vessel exhibiting her signals at sea.

INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY.

The sixth biennial meeting of the International Astronomical Society, founded in 1863 at Heidelberg, took place from the 13th to the 16th of August, at Leyden, and was opened by the president, O. Struve. The representatives. appear to have been from Germany, Holland, Russia, Norway, Mexico, and Java, no French, English, or American names being recorded among those present. It was stated that the actual number of members is two hundred and thirty-five, embracing some of the most eminent names in astronomical annals. All the manuscripts of Professor Hansen had been recently presented to the society. Professor Struve was re-elected president for the coming year.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PEABODY MUSEUM OF ARCHEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY.

The annual report of the trustees of the Peabody Museum of Archæology and Ethnology, brought up to April, 1875, comes appropriately dressed in mourning, on account of the death of its first director, Professor Jeffries Wyman, whose loss American science was called upon to deplore some time in September, 1874. After his decease the establishment was placed in charge of Professor F. W. Putnam, who has made up the present report in part from Professor Wyman's notes. It is well known that the Peabody Museum is extremely rich in objects of European prehistoric civilization. Indeed, it may almost be said that no one European museum has a larger and more varied collection of specimens belonging to the Stone Age of different parts of that continent. Its additions of most note, however, during the past year, consist in a number of earthenware dishes and vases, obtained near

New Madrid, Missouri, and elsewhere in that state, by Professor J. C. Swallow, and purchased from him for the sum of $1500. An immense variety of curious vases, pots, and other articles was obtained, the former contracted at the top, where human and animal figures of considerable excellence of execution are represented. A very interesting por tion of the report is that in which Professor Putnam details the results of his visits to sundry caves in Kentucky and Indiana, and especially his discovery, in places far removed from the entrance, of foot-prints of the prehistoric races made in the dust, together with sandals of grass, various articles of dress, and clothing materials.

P. NECROLOGY.

In this list are embraced some names of noteworthy persons deceased in 1874, but not included in the Annual Record for that year.

Adami, Carl Ludwig. Known in Germany as a manufacturer of globes. Died at Potsdam, January 23d.

Aitken, W. C. A member of the Society of Arts, and author of many papers on ancient and modern metal-working. Died in Birmingham, March 24th.

Andree, Dr. Karl T. Author of valuable geographical works; editor or translator of several treatises of a similar character, the most important being the "Geography of the Commerce of the World." Died August 16th, aged sixty-eight.

Argelander, Professor W. A. An eminent German astronomer. Superintendent of the Observatory of Bonn. Author of a celestial atlas comprising all the stars to those of the tenth magnitude. Born at Munich, March 22d, 1790. Died at Bonn, February 17th, aged almost eighty-five. Barnes, M. Thomas. An African traveler and geologist. Died May 8th, on his way toward the Tattin.

Baudelot, Professor E. A distinguished French physiologist and naturalist. Author of several papers on the anatomy and physiology of the mollusks and radiates. Died February 23d, at the age of forty.

Becker, Carl L. C. Well known in England as a constructor of electrical and physical apparatus. Born in 1821. Settled in London in 1845.

Brasseur de Bourbourg, Abbé. A distinguished traveler, especially zealous in the study of the archæology of the New World. Author of "The History of the Civilization of the Ancient Mexicans and Central Americans;" as also of a large number of memoirs illustrating his discoveries. Born at Bourbourg, in France, in 1814. Died at Nice, January 8th, 1874.

Bradley, Dr. Leverett. A well-known inventor and manufacturer of practical electrical devices, such as telegraph machines, helices, etc. Died at Jersey City, September 6th, at the age of seventy-six.

Burkart, Dr. J. H. map of that country.

of seventy-six.

Author of travels in Mexico and of a geological Died at Bonn, in Germany, in November, at the age

Cairns, Professor. As a chemist his researches were especially upon the sulphur compounds, the oxysulphides of phosphorus, etc. Died at Marburg, April 17th, at the age of forty-six.

Campbell, Dr. Archibald. A British medical officer, resident at Dar

jeeling, in India, the sanitarium for the British army in Bengal. A high authority on the geography, natural history, ethnology, and geology of India and Central Asia. Died in London in the seventieth year of his age.

Collomb, Edward. Treasurer of the Geological Society of Paris. A companion of Professor Agassiz in Alpine travel, and of Verneuil while studying the economical mineralogy of certain portions of Spain. Died in June.

D'Arrest, Professor Henri Louis. Professor of Astronomy at the Universities of Leipsic and of Copenhagen. Discoverer of several comets and an asteroid. Born at Berlin. Died June 14th, in the fifty-third year of his age.

Deshayes, G. B. An eminent and veteran conchologist of Paris. Died June 9th.

D'Halloy, D'Omalius. A Belgian geologist, and author of many memoirs on geological subjects. Born in Liege, February 16th, 1783. Died January 15th, at the age of ninety-two.

Diehl, Israel S. A zealous collector of objects of Natural History, and at one time United States Consul at Batavia. Aided in the introduction of a large number of Cashmere goats into the United States. Died near Gettysburg, in Pennsylvania, January 4th, at the age of forty-nine.

Doubleday, Henry. An authority on the subject of the Lepidoptera of Great Britain, and familiar with its general natural history. Died June 29th, in the sixty-seventh year of his age.

Dufour, General H. W. Well known to geographers from the topographical maps of Switzerland produced under his direction as chief of the Swiss general staff. Died at Geneva about the middle of July.

Findlay, A. G.

An eminent geographer and author of many excellent maps and charts. Publisher of sailing directions for various parts of the world, to the amount of over 6000 pages. Born in London, January 6th, 1812. Died at Dover, May 3d, in the sixty-fourth year of his age.

Franklin, Lady. Distinguished as the wife of Sir John Franklin, and the companion of his geographical and other pursuits, from the date of her marriage, November 5th, 1828, until his departure on his last journey in 1845. She was devoted to the effort to secure the relief of or information respecting the fate of her husband even to the time of her own death, and was the only woman besides Mrs. Somerville who enjoyed the distinction of having the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society conferred upon her. Died July 15th, at the age of eighty-three.

Goodenough, Commodore J. G. A British naval officer and geographer. Born in 1830. Entered the navy in 1844, on the Collingwood. Killed by a poisoned arrow while trying to open friendly intercourse with the natives of Santa Cruz Island, August 20th.

Gray, Dr. John Edward. The veteran zoologist of the British Museum, with which he was connected fifty years, and for thirty-five years its keeper.