Number One. Papers relating to a suit A. D., 1664, between John Pickering and the owners of the "New Mill" (now the City Mills) in Salem, communicated by W. P. Upham Almanacs and their Authors, communicated by Matthew A. Stickney Notices of Elder John Browne and some of his descendants, communicated by B. F. B. Materials for a History of the Ropes Family, collated by E. S. W. (concluded) Essex County Court Records, communicated by A. C. Goodell, jr. (continued) Owing to various unforeseen circumstances, a very great delay has occurred in the issue of this number of the Historical Collections. It is intended to print the remaining numbers of this and the succeeding volume during the present year. TERMS: -Two dollars per annum; Single numbers, thirty-five cents. All communications to be addressed to the Secretary of the Essex Institute, Salem, BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURER. PERIODICALS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS Bound in Plain and Ornamental Style. Paper Ruled, and Blank Books made to all patterns. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO BINDING PIANO MUSIC AND ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPERS. HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS of the Essex Institute, Svo. (Bi-monthly) Vol. I. 1859. 200 COLE'S Infusoria of Salem. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1853. WHITE'S Covenant of the First Church. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1865. 0 50 0 10 Salem. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1853. ENDICOTT'S Account of Leslie's Retreat. Pamphlet, Svo, 1853. 0 25 0 15 0 15 0 30 WEINLAND'S Egg Tooth of Snakes and Lizards. Pamphlet, 8vo, with a plate, 1857. 0 15 Pamphlet, Svo, 1859. THE WEAL-REAF, a Record of the Essex Institute Fair. Pamph., 8vo, 1830. UPHAM'S Memoir of Gen. John Glover, of Marblehead. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1853. 050 0 30 PUTNAM'S AND PACKARD'S Notes on Humble Bees, &c. Wild Bees of New 073 0 25 THE MOSS-ANIMALS, OR FRESH WATER POLYZOA, by Alpheus Hyatt. With a plate. p. 57. THE FERTILIZATION OF FLOWERING PLANTS, by J. T. Rothrock, p. 64. INSECTS AND THEIR ALLIES, by A. S. Packard, Jr., M. D. Illustrated. p. 73. THE AMERICAN SILK WORM, by L. Trouvelot. Continued. Illustrated. p. 85. THE LAND SNAILS OF NEW ENGLAND, by E. S. Morse. Continued. Illustrated. p. 95. REVIEWS: Preliminary Report of the Geological Survey of Kansas, by G. C. Swallow; Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1865; The American Journal of Conchology, p. 101. NATURAL HISTORY MISCELLANY.—Botany. The Tertiary Flora of Brognon, France; Drying Plants by Heat-two methods. p. 103. Zoology.-Flights of Butterflies. p. 104. Geology. The First appearance of Man on our Planet; The Eozoon in Austria. p. 104. CORRESPONDENCE.-Wasps as "Marriage Priests" to Plants. Illustrated. p. 105. NATURAL HISTORY CALENDAR.-New England Reptiles in April; Ornithological Calendar for April; The Insects of Early Spring. p. 107. PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. p. 112. GLOSSARY FOR THE NUMBER. p. 3 of cover. EDITORS. ALPHEUS S. PACKARD, jr., in connection with EDWARD S. MORSE, ALPHEUS HYATT and All communications and remittances should be addressed to the Editors of the American Naturalist, TERMS: $3 per year. To clubs:-five copies to one address, $13; ten copies to one address, $25. For clubs of twenty, an extra copy will be sent free to the person who forwards the money ($50) for the club. Single numbers 35 cents. Canvassers wanted in every city and town. THE NEW ENGLAND Historical and Genealogical Register -AND ANTIQUARIAN JOURNAL, PUBLISHED QUARTERLY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, AT No. 13 BROMFIELD STREET, BOSTON, MASS., ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, APRIL, JULY AND OCTOBER, at $3.00 per annum. The design of this work, is to gather up and place in a permanent form, the scattered and decaying records of the domestic, civil, literary, religious and political life of the people of New England; to rescue from oblivi on the illustrious deeds and virtues of our ancestors; to perpetuate their honored names, and to trace out and preserve the genealogy and pedigree of their families. A carefully prepared index of names and subjects accompanies every volume. Number Two. A History of the Salem and Danvers Association for the Detection of Thieves and Robbers. Communicated by Henry Whipple, A Letter by Rev. John Higginson to the County Court, 1670, Biographical Sketch and Diary of Rev. Joseph Green, of Salem Village. By Samuel Opinion in re Winthrop vs. Endicott. By a Boston Lawyer, Almanacs and their Authors. Communicated by Matthew A. Stickney (continued), Notice of some of the descendants of Joseph Pope, of Salem. By H. Wheatland, Some Notes on Chipman Hill. Read at the Institute by R. S. R., Essex County Court Records. Communicated by A. C. Goodell, jr. (continued), TERMS: -Two dollars per annum; Single numbers, fifty cents. All communications to be addressed to the Secretary of the Essex Institute, Salem, BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURER. PERIODICALS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS Bound in Plain and Ornamental Style. Paper Ruled, and Blank Books made to all patterns. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO BINDING PIANO MUSIC AND ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPERS. |