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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



least where thev are the most flourishing . 

 they are not in the nature of a charity, as 

 some seem to beUeve, but are an assertion 

 of the right of the State to demand that its 

 people should have the education necessary 

 to its preservation and prosperity. Much 

 of the opposition to high schools has arisen 

 from mistakes that have been made in their 

 management. They should not undertake 

 to teach Latin and Greek, or other branches 

 that the pupil may not have occasion or 

 opportunity to apply or continue in after- 

 life, but should aim rather to teach him 

 how to study, and to inspire him with love 

 of learning. 



The Geological and Natural History of 

 Minnesota. The Eighth Annual Report, 

 for the Year 1879. St. Paul : the Pio- 

 neer-Press Company. 18S0. Pp. 183. 



The year's work of surveys was carried 

 on chiefly in the northern part of the State, 

 and resulted in the extension of the surveyed 

 area in northeastern Minnesota, except as to 

 some points oi^ the Cascade River, as far 

 west as the Poplar River, and over a consid- 

 erable district west of that stream. Studies 

 have also been made of the drift-covered 

 counties in the central and western part of 

 the State, with especial reference to their 

 topography, glacial geology, and economic 

 resources. Collections have been made of 

 animals and plants on the shores of Lake 

 Superior, and a partial catalogue of species 

 of birds is given. 



Ninth Report of the State Entomologist 

 ON the Noxious and Beneficial Insects 

 OF THE State of Illinois. Fourth An- 

 nual Report by Cyrus Thomas, Ph. D. 

 Springfield, Illinois : Weber & Co., State 

 Printers. Pp. 142. 



The increasing demand for the State 

 Entomological Reports is regarded as indi- 

 cating that farmers and horticulturists are 

 paying more attention to entomology than 

 formerly, and attests the usefulness of the 

 office of State Entomologist. The present 

 report gives especial attention to the history 

 of the European cabbage-worm ; and, though 

 the author considers it a diversion from his 

 legitimate field, in answer to repeated re- 

 quests furnishes information in reference to 

 parasites infesting domestic animals. 



Abridgment of the Nautical Almanac for 

 1881. Philadelphia: Riggs & Brother. 

 Pp. 150. Price, 25 cents. 



Besides the hydrograpbic notices, the 

 rules of the road at sea, and the catalogue of 

 lighthouses, this abridgment contains an im- 

 portant paper on maritime meteorology, by 

 Professor Thompson B. Maury. The paper 

 embraces a synopsis of the nature and direc- 

 tion of the prevailing winds of the Atlan- 

 tic coast and ocean, and of the laws that 

 appear to govern the course of hurricanes ; 

 to which are added hints for handling ships 

 in or near cyclones, by the observance of 

 which shipmasters may be enabled to decide 

 upon and pursue the course most likely to 

 insure the safety of their vessels. 



Mr. Henry George has in the press of 

 D. Appleton & Co., and will shortly publish, 

 a new book, entitled " The Irish Land Ques- 

 tion : AVhat it involves, and how alone it 

 can be settled." 



PUBLICATIONS RECEmiD. 



The Causes which produce the Great Prevail- 

 ing Winds and Ocean-Currents, and their Effeete 

 on Climate. By C. A. M. Taber. Boston : Da- 

 vid Clapp & Son, printers. 1881. Pp. 54. 



Report on the Marine Isopoda of New Eng- 

 land iind Adjacent Waters. By Oscar Harger. 

 Pp. 166. with Thirte n Plates. From the Report 

 of the United Slates Commissioner of Fish and 

 Fisheries. Part VI for 1878. 



The Development of Osseous Callus in Frac- 

 tures of the Bones of Man and Animals. By 

 Henry O. Marcy, M. D. Philadelpi.ia: Coilins's 

 printing-house. 1880. Pp. 20. 



Report of the Analvsis of the Ohio River Wa- 

 ter. By C. R. Stuntz, M.D. Cincinnati ; Rob- 

 ert Clarke & Co. 1881. Pp. 29. 



Dr. Edward Jenner's Discovery of Vacci- 

 nation. By E. L. B. Godfrey, M. D. Philadel- 

 phia: Hoeflich & Senseman, printers. Pp.16. 



Higher Education of Medical Men. By F. D. 

 Lente, M. D. New York ; C. L. Birmingham & 

 Co. 1881. Pp. 16. 



A Syllabus of Anglo Saxon Litnrature. By 

 J. M. Hart, University of Cincinnati. Cincin- 

 tiati : Robert Clarke & Co. 1881. Pp. 69. 



The Strong Galvanic Current in the Treat- 

 ment of Sciatica. By V. P. Gibney, M. D. Pidl- 

 adelphia: Collins, printer. 1880. Pp.11. 



Second Biennial Renort of the Superintend- 

 ent of Public Instruction of the State of Colo- 

 rado. Denver, Colorado: Tribune Publishing 

 Co. 1881. Pp. 133. 



Nasal Catarrh and Ozaena. By George Py- 

 hurn, M. D. Sacramento, California: Day & 

 Joy, printers. 1881. Pp. 16. 



Clinical Anatomy of the Lower Extremity. 

 By W. W. Keen, M. D., of Philadelphia. Illus- 

 trated. Brooklyn, New York. 1881. Pp. 20. 



The Structure and Affinities of Euphoberia : 

 a Genus of Carboniferous Myriapoda. By Sam- 

 uel H. Scudder. Reprint Irom the "American 

 Journal of Science." Pp. 5. 



