Alphabet, proposed change in the English, xxxix, 197; xlvii, 420.
Alpnach, slide of, xxiv, 124.
Alps, notice of Hugi's Travels in, with some account of the geology of, xxviii, 296.
—, Bernese, ascent of the high peak Fisteraarhorn, by Hugi, xxviii, 301.
—, atmospheric "cannonade" in, xxviii, 303.
—, notice of Forbes's travels in, and account of icebergs, xlvi, 172.
Alum, manufacture of, at Salem, Mass., vi, 372.
—, manufacture of, at Glasgow, xli, 49.
—, used for alabaster, xxx, 168.
— method of coloring crystal of, vii, 194.