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its aspects, and by counties and towns. The general physical characteristics of South Carolina as a whole are described in the introductory chapter, while the six chapters that follow it are devoted to the several "regions" into which the State is divided, according to the character of their topographical features and products, viz.: the "Coast Region," the "Lower Pine Belt, or Savannah Region," the "Upper Pine Belt," the "Red Hill Region," the "Sand Hill Region," the "Piedmont Region," and the "Alpine Region." The ninth chapter is devoted to the water-powers, and in the three chapters that follow it are given lists of the vertebrate animals, of the invertebrate fauna and of the plants of the State. In the second part of the volume are reviewed the statistics, relations, and movements of the population, the vital statistics, and the institutions of the State; a sketch of "Education" is inserted; and full information is given respecting the churches, occupations, the insane, etc., the history and present condition of transportation, "Debt and Taxation," and the "Farms of South Carolina."



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Opium Addiction among Medical Men. Pp. 9. The Genesis of Opium Addiction. Pp. 8. By Dr. J. B. Mattison, Brooklyn, N. Y.

A Periodical Painful Affection. Pp. 19. Irritation of the Prostate. Pp. 7. By Harvey Reed, M. D., Mansfield, Ohio.

The Volcanic Problem from the Point of View of Hawaiian Volcanoes. By W. L. Green, Honolulu. Pp. 7.

Man in the Tertiaries. By Edward S. Morse, Salem, Mass. Pp. 12.

"Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society," 1883-1884. J. W. Gore, Secretary, Chapel Hill, N. C. Pp. 97.

Yellow Fever at Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia, in 1855. Pp. 19. Reparative Surgery. Pp. 10. By P. B. Stevenson, M. D., U. S. Navy.

Tobacco: Its Uses and Effect on the Human System. By Lemuel Clute, Ionia, Mich. Pp. 6.

Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, Amherst. Bulletin No. 11. Pp. 12.

New York Agricultural Experiment Station. Report for 1883. Albany. Weed, Parsons & Co. Pp. 279.

The History and Philosophy of Atheism. By Professor A. H. Darrow, Hartford, Kansas. Pp. 71. 25 cents.

Bureau of Iowa Agricultural College, Department of Entomology. By Herbert Osborn, Ames, Iowa. Pp. 56, with Plates.

Descriptive Catalogue of Sections (Microscopical) of Rocks. By Dr. M. E. Wadsworth. Boston The Prang Educational Company. Pp. 20.

Chicago Manual Training-School. Inaugural Address of the Director, Henry H. Belfield. Pp. 15.

Proper Medical Education. By Henry Leffman, M.D. Pp. 3.

Protection and Free-Trade To-Day. By Robert P. Porter. Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co. Pp. 48. 10 cents.

Diccionario Tecnológico. Part VIII. By Nestor Ponce de Leon. New York: N. Ponce de Leon. Pp. 48. 50 cents.

The True Issue (Tariff Reform). By E. J. Donnell. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 79.

A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Part XIX. By George Grove, D. C. L. New York: Macmillan & Co. Pp. 128. $1.

Alexander the Priest. By William A. Swank. Pp. 40.

Suggestions respecting Educational Exhibit (Bureau of Education). Washington: Government Printing-Office. Pp. 281.

Russell's Improved Process for the Lixiviation of Silver-Ores. By C. A. Statefeldt, New York. Philadelphia: Sherman & Co. Pp. 72.

On the Amount of the Atmospheric Absorption. By S. P. Langley. Pp. 18.

Fifth Annual Report of Sapporo Agricultural College. Japan, 1881. Pp. 84.

The Psychical Relation of Man to Animals. By Joseph Le Conte. Pp. 26.

Town and County Government In the English Colonies of North America. By Edward Channing. Baltimore: N. Murray. Pp. 57. 50 cents.

Modern Low-Cost Houses: Shoppell's Building Plans. New York: Co-operative Building - Plan Association. Forty Designs. 50 cents.

The Steam-Engine Indicator and its Use. By William Barnet Le Van. New York: D. Van Nostrand. Pp. 169. 50 cents.

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Correspondences of the Bible. The Animals. By John Worcester. Boston: Massachusetts New Church Union. Pp. 294. $1.

Essays by Wheelbarrow. Chicago: "Radical Review." Pp. 132.

Practical Work in the School-Room. Object-Lessons on the Human Body. Now York: A. Lovell & Co. Pp. 157.

Education by Doing. By Anna Johnson. New York: E. L. Kellogg & Co. Pp. 109.

"The Jukes." Studies of Criminals. By R. L, Dugdale. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 120, with Charts. $1.25.

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Life and Labor in the Far, Far West. By W. Henry Barneby. London and New York: Cassell & Co. Pp. 432. $2.

Mineral Resources of the United States. By Albert Williams, Jr. Washington: Government Printing-Office. Pp. 813.

The National Dispensatory. By Alfred Stillé, M. D., and John M. Maisch, Phar. D. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea's Son &, Co. Pp. 1,755.

American Newspaper Annual. 1884. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. Pp. 994. $3.

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