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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.

products of fisheries; preparation, care, and manufacture of fishery products; and economy of the fisheries. The present volumes) relate to the natural history of aquatic animals. For the preparation, the coast, lakes, etc., of the country were mapped off into twenty-four districts, each of which was assigned to a "field assistant" investigator; while another body of assistants were employed in the office.


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Kinnear, B. O., M. D. Remarks on Neuro-Dynamic Medicine. Boston: Cupples, Upham, & Co. Pp. 24. Dangers of Careless application of Heat to the Spine. New York: Trow's Printing and Bookbinding Company. Pp. 14.

Corthell, E. L, C. E. Exposition of Errors and Fallacies in Rear-Admiral Ammen's Pamphlet on Nicaragua Canal and Eads Ship Railway. Washington: Gibson Brothers. Pp. 52.

Jameson, J. F., Ph. D. Introduction to the Study of the Political and Constitutional History of the States. Pp. 82. Bandall, D. B. A Puritan Colony in Maryland. Pp. 48. Baltimore: N. Murray. 50 cents each.

Martin, H. N. and Brooks, W. K. Studies from the Biological Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University. Vol. Ill, Nos. 5 and 6. Pp. 48 and 84, with Plates. 50 cents and 60 cents.

The Political Science Quarterly. March, 1886. Vol. I, No. 1. Boston: Ginn & Co. Pp. 152. 75 cents, $3 a year.

Bulletins of the United States Geological Survey, No. 24. List of Marine Mollusca. Pp. 336. No. 25. Present Technical Condition of the Steel Industry. Pp. 85. No. 26, Copper-Smelting. Pp. 107.

Lewis T. H. Ancient Rock Inscriptions in Eastern Dakota. Pp. 3, with Plate. The Monumental "Tortoise Mounds" of "Decoodah." Pp. 5.

Richards, Edward. Principles and Methods of Soil Analysis. Washington: Government Printing-Office. Pp. 66.

Munroe, Charles E. Notes on the Literature of Explosives. No. 10. Pp. 18.

Comfort, George F. Modern Languages in Education. Syracuse, N. Y.: C. W. Bardeen. Pp. 40. 25 cents.

Mills, T. Wesley, Montreal. Innervation of the Heart of the Slider Terrapin. Pp. 12.

Smith, Edgar F., and Knerr, E. B. Substitution Products obtained from Salicylic Acid. Pp. 7.

Mays, Thomas J. The Analgesic Action of Theine. Pp. 28.

Lloyd, James Hendrie. M. D. Faith-Cures. New York: Trow's Printing and Bookbinding Company. Pp. 12.

Nipher, Francis E. . and Springer. Frank. Address on the Condition of the State University of Iowa. Pp. 22.

Crocker, Uriel H. The Depression in Trade and the Wages of Labor. Boston: W. B. Clarke and Carruth. Pp. 31.

Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences. February, 1886. Pp. 16.

Zoological Society of Philadelphia. Directors' Report. Thomas Hackley, Secretary. Pp. 18.

Becker, George F. Cretaceous Metamorphic Rocks of California. Pp. 10.

Committee of the Franklin Institute. Report on Water-Gas. Pp. 57.

Richardson, Clifford. Report on the Composition and Properties of American Cereals. Washington: Government Printing-Office. Pp. 82.

Wilder, Burt G. Biological Section Address, American Association. Pp. 18. Paper on Serrulæ of Amia. Pp. 3. Anatomical Technology as applied to the Domestic Cat. Specimen pages. Memorial Address on Louis Agassiz, June 17, 1885. Pp. 6.

Koesting, Professor Gustav. Observations on the Academic Study of Romance Philology. American Modern Language Association. Pp. 32.

International Electrical Exhibition. Reports on Electro-Medical Apparatus, and Applications of Electricity to Artistic Effects, etc., and to Musical Apparatus. Pp. 23 and 13.

Yale College Observatory. Report for 1884-'85. Pp. 23.

Orton, Professor Edward. Sectional Address, Geology and Geography, American Association. Salem Press, Mass. Pp. 27. Relation of the State to the Health of the People. Columbus (O.) Gazette. Pp. 20.

Lazenby, W. R., Columbus, O. Report of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. Pp. 256.

University of Pennsylvania, Biological Department, and Auxiliary Department of Medicine. Catalogue and Announcements, 1885-1886. Pp. 32.

Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences. Proceedings, Vol. IV., 1882-1884. Pp. 347.

Shufeldt, R. W., M. D., U. S. N. Contribution to the Comparative Osteology of the Trochilidæ, Caprimulgidæ, and Cypselidæ. Pp. 32, with Plates.

Superintendent H. A. Kinney and others. Outlines and Suggestions to the Teachers of Harrison County, Iowa. Missouri Valley, Iowa. Pp. 26.

Sabbrin, Celin. Science and Philosophy in Art. Philadelphia: William F. Fell & Co. Pp. 21.

Dolbear, Amos E. On the Conditions that determine the Length of the Spectrum. Pp. 2.

Cowan, Frank. Australia. Greensburg, Pa. Pp. 40.

Hall, G. Stanley, and Jastrow, Joseph. Studies of Rhythm. Pp. 8.

Penhallow, D. P. Variation of Water in Trees and Shrubs. Pp. 12. Physical Characteristics of the Ainos. Pp. 10.

Brookville (Ind.) Society of Natural History. Bulletin, A. W. Butler and A. N. Crecraft, editors. No. 2. Pp. 52.

Kunz, George F. New York. Mineralogical Notes. Pp. 24.

Cornell University Proceedings in Memorial of Louis Agassiz and Hiram Sibley. 1885. Pp. 38.

Pierce, C. S., and Jastrow, Joseph. On Small Differences of Sensation. Pp. 11.

Cassell's National Library. No. 11. She Stoops to Conquer, and the Good-natured Man. By Oliver Goldsmith. No. 15. Selections from the Table-Talk of Martin Luther. No. 16. The Wisdom of the Ancients and the New Atlantis. By Lord Bacon. No. 17. Francis Bacon. By Lord Macaulay. No. 18. Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, Cowley. By Samuel Johnson. No. 19. Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches. By Edmund Burke. Pp. 190-192. 10 cents each.

Q. P. Index Annual. 1885. Bangor, Me. Pp. 40.

Brooks, Henry M. The Olden Time Series. No. 1, Curiosities of the Old Lottery, pp. 73; No. 2, Days of the Spinning-Wheel, pp. 99; New England Sunday, pp. 65. Boston: Ticknor & Co. 50 cents each.

Sully, James. Teacher's Hand-Book of Psychology. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 414. $1.50.

The Wealth of Households. Oxford (England): at the Clarendon Press. Pp. 151. $1.25.

Tilden, William A. Watts's Manual of Chemistry Organic. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son, & Co. Pp. 662.