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D. APPLETON & CO. have the pleasure of announcing that they have made arrangements for publishing, and will shortly commence the issue of, a Series of, or small works, under the above title, which will embody the results of recent inquiry in the most interesting departments of advancing science.

The character and scope of this series will be best indicated by a reference to the names and subjects included in the subjoined list, from which it will be seen that the cooperation of the most distinguished professors in England, Germany, France, and the United States, has been secured, and negotiations are pending for contributions from other eminent scientific writers.

The works will be issued simultaneously in New York, London, Paris, and Leipsic [sic]. That by, on the Forms of Water, is now in press, and will appear soon; several others are nearly ready.

is entirely an American project, and was originated and organized by, who has spent the greater part of the past year in Europe, arranging with authors and publishers.

Some of the following titles are provisional:

Professors, and , have engaged to write, but have not yet announced their subjects. Other eminent authors, as, and , have given strong encouragement that they will also take part in the enterprise.