- Haida grammar, by C. Harrison ; edited by Alex. F. Chamberlain
- The geological history of serpentines including studies of pre-cambrian rocks, by Thomas Sterry Hunt
- Presidential address before the Royal Society of Canada, with papers from the Transactions, by Sandford Fleming
- Synopsis of the geology of Canada, being a summary of the principal terms employed in Canadian geological nomenclature, by Henry M. Ami
- The origin of the Haidahs of the Queen Charlotte Islands, by John Campbell
- Language and conquest, a retrospect and a forecast, by John Reade
- The King's ship "L'Orignal", sunk at Quebec, 1750, by F.C. Würtele