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I.-The Theory of the Picturesque. By W. H. SCOTT, M.A.,

II.-Views preliminary to the study of Political Economy. By

JOHN O'HAGAN, A.B.,

III-Celtic Studies. By HERMANN EBEL. Translated from the

German; with an Introduction on the Nature, Formation, and

Classification of Stems, with examples from the Greek, Latin,

and Gothic. By WILLIAM K. SULLIVAN,

IV. Hieroglyphic Studies. No. II.—By P. LE PAge Renouf,

Mathematical, Physical, and Natural Science.

V.-On the general solution of Cubic Equations, and the reduction of

what is called the Irreducible Case of Cardan's Rule. By REV.

W. G. PENNY, M.A.,

VI. On the Vertical Currents of the Atmosphere.

HENNESSY, F.R.S.,

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By HENRY

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VIL-Note on some Prismatic Forms of Calcite from Luganure,

county of Wicklow. By WILLIAM K. SULLIVAN,

VIII-Observations on the Geological Formation and Chemical Com-

position of the Surface Deposits from which Vegetable Soils

are Formed. By WILLIAM K. SULLIVAN,

IX. On the Question of Morbid Types and Species. By ROBErt D.

LYONS, M.D.,

CONTENTS OF NO. VI.

Literature.

I.-The writings of Seneca considered with reference to Christianity.

By ROBERT ORNSBY, M.A.,

II-On the Position of Phantasma in Aristotle's Philosophy. By

VERY REV. JOHN BRANDE CANON MORRIS,

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III.- Dr. Seyffarth and the Atlantis on Egyptology. By P. LE PAGE

RENOUF,

306

VI.-The Position of the Celtic.

From the German of HERMANN

338

EBEL. By W. K. SULLIVAN,

V.-The "Tri Thruaighe na Scéalaigheachta”, (i.e., the "Three Most

Sorrowful Tales",) of Erinn.-1. "The Exile of the Children

of Uisnech";-[edited from the old MS. called the "Yellow

Book of Lecain", in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin].

By EUGENE O'CURRY, M.R.I.A.,

VI. Hieroglyphic Studies, No. III. Translation of a Prayer from the

Egyptian Ritual. By P. LE Page Renouf,

Mathematical, Physical, and Natural Science.

VII.-On a New Hydrated Silicate of Potash, and on some of the con-

ditions under which the Reniform Structure in Minerals may

be developed. By WILLIAM K. SULLIVAN,

VIII. On the Structural Anatomy and Physiology of the Muscular

System of Animal Life. By THOMAS HAYDEN, F.R C.S.I.,

IX.-On the Question of Morbid Types and Species. By ROBERT D.

LYONS,

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Tables of Lithological character of surface deposits of Wicklow and Kildare, to follow page 218.

Table A. Genealogy of the Milesians, opposite page 382.

ERRATUM.
Page 306, motto, for Beide read Beede.

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From Professor Gould, Cambridge,
Massachusetts.

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Vienna.

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27. Dissertation de Syrorum Fide et Disciplina in Re Eucharistica, acedunt veteris ecclesiæ Syriace Monumenta 16. Magnetische Untersuchungen duo: Joannis Telensis, resolutiones in Nord-Deutschland, Belgien, Hol- canonicæ Syriace nunc primum editæ land, Dänemark, von Dr. J. Lamont. et Latine reddita; Jacobi Edesseni

1859. 17. Monatliche und Jahrliche Resul-versione Latina nunc primum elaborata. tate der an der königl. Sternwarte bei München von 1825 bis 1856 angestellten meteorologischen Beobachtungen.