be exactly traced, great fragments of _Pinites
Eiggensis_ are so abundant, that, armed with a mattock, I have dug out
of the rock, in a few minutes, specimens enough to supply a dozen of
museums. In short, judging from its fossiliferous remains, it seems not
improbable that old Oolitic Scotland was as densely covered with
coniferous trees as the Scotland of Roman times, when the great
Caledonian forest stretched northwards from the wall of Antoninus to the
furthest Thule.

IMPORTANT
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC WORKS,
PUBLISHED BY
GOULD AND LINCOLN,
59 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON.

* * * * *

ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY;

Or, Year Book of Facts in Science and Art. By DAVID A. WELLS, A.M. 12
mo, cloth, $1.25.

This work, commenced in the year 1850, and issued in the month of
January, annually, embraces an enumeration and description of every
Important Invention, Discovery, or Scientific Theory, reported
during the year. Each volume is distinct in itself, and contains
ENTIRELY NEW MATTER, with a fine portrait of some person
distinguished for his attainments in science and art.

LAKE SUPERIOR;

Its Physical Character, Vegetation, and Animals. By L. AGASSIZ, and
others. One volume, octavo, elegantly Illustrated. Cloth. $3.50.

THE PLURALITY OF WORLDS.

New Edition. With a SUPPLEMENTARY DIALOGUE, in which the author's
reviewers are reviewed. 12mo. cloth, $1.00

This masterly production, which has excited so much Interest in
this country and in Europe, will now have increased attraction in
the SUPPLEMENT, in which the author's reviewers are triumphantly
reviewed.

COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

By Prof. C. TH. VON SIEBOLD and H. STANNIUS. Translated, with Notes,
Additions, &c., By WALDO J. BURNETT, M.D. One vol., octavo, cloth,
$3.00.

This is unquestionably the best and most complete work of its class
ever yet published.

WORKS BY HUGH MILLER.

THE FOOTPRINTS OF THE CREATOR; or, The Asterolepis of Stromness. With
Illustrations. Memoir of the Author by LOUIS AGASSIZ. 12mo. cloth,
$1.00.

MY SCHOOLS and SCHOOLMASTERS; or, The Story of my Education. With an
elegant Likeness. 12mo, cloth, $1.25.

This is a personal narrative of a deeply interesting and
instructive character, concerning one of the most remarkable men of
the age.

THE OLD RED SANDSTONE; Or, New With Walk