The Members are requested to bear in mind that the power of the Council to make advantageous arrangements, will depend, in a great measure, on the prompt payment of the subscriptions, which are payable in advance on the 1st January, and are received by _The Secretary, WILLIAM DESBOROUGH COOLEY, 33, King-street, Bloomsbury; or at the LONDON LIBRARY, 12, St. James’s-square; and by T. RODD, 9, Great Newport-street, Leicester-square, who is the Society’s Agent for the delivery of its volumes._ Already Published. The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, KNT. In his Voyage into the South Sea in 1593. Reprinted from the edition of 1622, and edited by Capt. C. R. DRINKWATER BETHUNE, R.N., C.B. SELECT LETTERS OF COLUMBUS, With Original Documents relating to the DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD. Translated and Edited by R. H. MAJOR, Esq. THE DISCOVERIE OF THE EMPIRE OF GUIANA, By SIR WALTER RALEGH, KNT. Edited, with Copious Explanatory Notes, and a Biographical Memoir, by SIR ROBERT H. SCHOMBURGK, Phil. D., &c. SIR FRANCIS DRAKE HIS VOYAGE, 1595, By THOMAS MAYNARDE, together with the Spanish Account of Drake’s Attack on Puerto Rico, edited from the Original MSS. by W. D. COOLEY. Works in Progress. Narratives of Voyages made for the Discovery of a Passage by the Northwest to Cathaia and India, from A.D. 1490 to A.D. 1631, with Illustrations from unpublished MSS. by THOMAS RUNDALL. Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii. The earliest Account of Russia, by Sigismund von Herberstein, to be translated from the rare editions of 1549 and 1556, by R. H. MAJOR, Esq. The East India Voyage of Sir Henry Middleton, in 1604-5. From the rare edition of 1606, edited by BOLTON CORNEY, Esq. Works Suggested to the Council for Publication. TRADESCANT THE ELDER IN RUSSIA, 1618.—A Review of the early Voyages in the North, and of the origin of the Commercial Intercourse between England and Russia, by DR. J. HAMEL, 1847, to be translated from the German. CARPINI AND RUBRUQUIS.—The Travels of John de Plano Carpini, and of Guillaume de Rubruquis, to the Great Khan of Tartary, in 1245 and 1253 respectively. Translated from the text published by the Société de Géographie of Paris. FRESCOBALDI.—The Travels of Frescobaldi in Egypt and Syria, in 1384. Translated from the Italian text as edited by Manzi. BÉTHENCOURT.—A History of the Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands, made by Jean de Béthencourt, in 1402-25. From the French Narrative of his Chaplains, Pierre Bontier and Jean le Verrier. CA DA MOSTO.—The Voyages of Ca da Mosto along the Western Coast of Africa, in 1454. Translated from the Italian text of 1507. VARTHEMA.—The Travels of Ludovico de Varthema, in Egypt, Syria, Arabia, Persia, India, and Ethiopia, in 1503-8. Translated from the Italian text of 1510. DRAKE.—The _world encompassed_ by Sir Francis Drake, 1577-80. Written by Francis Fletcher, preacher, &c. Collated with a MS.