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near St. John, N. B., by W. D. Matthew; 

 The Geology of Essex and Willsboro Town- 

 ships, Essex County, N. Y. ; and Microscopic 

 Organisms in the Clays of New York State, 

 by Heinrioh Hies. Several are illustrated 

 with plates or cuts. Appended to the vol- 

 ume is a catalogue of the articles shown at 

 the first annual reception and exhibit of re- 

 cent progress in science held by the acad- 

 emy, March 12, 1894. 



The Report of the Smithsonian Institution 

 for 189293 is a record of work of the usual 

 character done in the institution and its sev- 

 eral allied bureaus the United States Na- 

 tional Museum, Bureau of Ethnology, National 

 Zoological Park, and Astro-Physical Observa- 

 tory. In accordance with the custom of sev- 

 eral years past, the progress of science during 

 the year of the report is represented by a 

 considerable number of papers, mostly re- 

 printed or translated from scientific journals, 

 but some appearing first here. The subjects 

 thus represented include photography in col- 

 ors and photography of moving objects, 

 aerial navigation, the ice age, polar explora- 

 tion, American bows and arrows, descriptions 

 of biological and meteorological stations, and 

 a biographical sketch of Henry Milne-Ed- 

 wards. 



The operations carried on under the di- 

 rection of the United States Commissioner of 

 Fish and Fisheries in 1891-'92, as set forth 

 in his Report, comprise inquiries into the 

 causes of the decrease of food fishes in the 

 waters of the United States, the collecting 

 of statistics and accounts of methods of the 

 fisheries, culture of fish at twenty-two sta- 

 tions and their distribution to the number of 

 228,000,000 fry, 75,000,000 eggs, and 2,000,- 

 000 adults and yearlings. Preparations for 

 the extensive exhibit at the World's' Colum- 

 bian Exposition of the following year were 

 carried on. Appended to the Report are 

 several papers, the most considerable of 

 which is on the Parasites of Fishes, by R. R. 

 Gurley. Some Notes on the Oyster Industry 

 of New Jersey are furnished by Ansley Hall, 

 and there is a bibliography on oysters, by 

 C. H. Stevenson. 



The large and handsomely printed volume 

 numbered two, which has been issued by the 

 Iowa Geological Survey, is a full account of 

 the Coal Deposits of Iowa, by Charles R. 

 Keyes. After a general description of the 



carboniferous basin of the Mississippi Val- 

 ley, the geology of the Iowa coal region is 

 described in more detail, and the lithology 

 and stratigraphy of the coal measures in 

 this area are successively set forth. The 

 coal beds now operated throughout the State 

 are then taken up by counties, after which 

 the composition and properties of Iowa coals 

 are stated, and some information on waste 

 in coal mining and the extent of the coal in- 

 dustry in the State is given. The volume 

 is illustrated with many maps, views, and 

 diagrams. 



From the Sixty-second Annual Report of 

 the Perkins Institution, of Boston, it appears 

 that the total number of blind persons in 

 the school, kindergarten, and workshop for 

 adults, including sixteen employees, was 237 

 in September, 1893, an increase of twenty- 

 seven daring the preceding year. Music is 

 so often a source of remunerative employ- 

 ment for the blind that this department re- 

 ceives special attention. There were three 

 blind and deaf children Edith Thomas, 

 Willie Robin, and Tommy Stringer in the 

 school, and making more than satisfactory 

 progress. Their portraits and special ac- 

 counts of their school work are given. Ten 

 or a dozen books were issued from the print- 

 ing office in the course of the year. A sec- 

 ond building for the kindergarten had been 

 completed, and the number of pupils in that 

 department had increased to sixty-four. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Agricultural Experiment Stations. Reports and 

 Bulletins. Connecticut : Eighteenth Annual Re- 

 port. Parts II, III, and IV. Pp. 224. Cornell 

 University: Peach Yellows. B. L. H Bailey. 

 Pp. 20. Massachusetts : Nos. 54, 55, and 57. Me- 

 teorological Summaries and Analyses of Pood, 

 Fodder, and Manures. Pp. 8, each. New Jersey : 

 Fungous Diseases of Beets. By P. D. Halsted. 

 Pp. 13. Field Experiments with Fungicides. By 

 B. D. Halsted and J. A. Kelsey. Pp. 32. New 

 York : No. 81, Manufacture of Cheese. Pp. 64. 

 No. 83. Insects and Insecticides. Pp. 32. No. 84. 

 Spraying Pear and Apple Orchards. Pp. 36. No. 

 85. Analyses of Commercial Fertilizers. Pp. 28. 

 North Dakota : Meteorological Summary, Febru- 

 ary. Pp. 13. Ohio : No. 55. The Russian Thistle. 

 Pp. 16, with Plates. The San Jose Scale. Pp. 16, 

 with Plate. University of Illinois : No. 34. Ex- 

 periments with Wheat and Oats. Pp. 24. No. 35. 

 The Russian Thistle. Pp. 4. No. 37. Corn Ex- 

 periments. Pp. 24. 



Alvarez, Antonio M., Director. Revista Po- 

 tosina (weekly). San Luis Potosi, Mexico : Jose 

 Guerre. Pp. 8. 



American Forestry Association. Proceedings, 

 Vol. X. Pp. 93-140. 



American Society of Naturalists. Records. 

 Vol. I, Part XIV. Boston. Pp. 32. 



