The Natural History Societies of York, Newcastle upon Tyne, Worcester, Bristol, Bel- fast, and various other places, and the Entomological Society of London, are in a flourishing condition, and some of them have begun to publish volumes of their Transactions.

Not only are new periodicals, devoted wholly or partly to natural history, being established in the metropolis, but also in the provinces.

Among these deserve more especially to be mentioned, the EntomologiQal Magazine of London, and the Analyst of Worcester, The Continent of Europe, and more especially France and Ger- many, may be considered as having been long in advance of Britain in natural history pursuits.

In the United States of America Natural History Societies are on the increase, and, what redounds much to the honour of a new country, The American Journal of Science (Sillimans) has been some years established, and continues to be respectably supported.

There are societies in India whichembrace natural history, in common with agriculture and garden- ing ; and a magazine has been commenced in Australia, in which natural history forms a prominent feature.