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Leffmann, Henry, and Beam, William. Analy- 

 sis of Milk and Milk Products. Philadelphia: P. 

 Blakiston, Son, & Co. Pp. 93. $1. 



Lord, John. Two German Giants Frederick 

 the Great and Bismarck. New York : Fords, 

 Howard & Hulbert. Pp. 173. $1. 



Macfarlane, Alexander, Univer.?ity of Texas. 

 On Rainmaking. Pp. 10. 



Mayer, I. H., M. D. Domestic Economy. Lan- 

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Mendenhall, T. C., Superintendent. Funda- 

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 ton: United States Coast and Geodetic Snrvey. 

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Philadelphia Kecord Almanac for 1894. Pp. 

 96. 



Pickering, E. C, Director of Astronomical Ob- 

 servatory of Harvard College. Miscellaneous Re- 

 searches during the Years 1883-189.3. Pp. 227. 

 Comparison of Positions of Certain Stars, 1870 to 

 1884. By W. A. Rogers. Pp. 381. Account of 

 the Observatorv. Pp. 4. Investigations of the 

 New England Meteorological Society for 1891. By 

 W. M. Davis, J. W. Smith, and R. D. C. Ward. 

 Pp. 284, with Plates. Observations made at the 

 Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory in 1892 un- 

 der the Direction of J. Lawrence Rotch. Pp. 138. 



Pilling, James Constantine. Bibliography of 

 the Salishau Languages. Washington : United 

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Plummer. T red. G. Illustrated Guide-book to 

 Mount Tacoma. Tacoma, Wash. Pp. 10, with 

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Pope Manufacturing Company, Boston, Mass. 

 Columbia Desk Calendar for 1894. Pp. 365. 



Powell, J. W., Director. Ninth Annual Report 

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Pres'singer, W. P. The Widening Use of Com- 

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Putnam, George Haven. Authors and their 

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Pyle, J. S., Canton, Ohio. A Plea for appro- 

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Richards, Ellen H. The Story of the New Eng- 

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Ricks, George. Object Lessons and how to 

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Rotch, J. Lawrence. The Meteorological Sta- 

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Savage, M. J. Jesus and Modem Life. Bos- 

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Stevenson, John J. Origin of the Pennsylva- 

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Simpson, Charles T. Fossil Unios and Fresh- 

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True, Frederick W. Notes on Mammals from 

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POPULAR MISCELLANY. 



Pcstalozzianism in Amerifa. An article 

 under this title, by Mr. George W. Boutwell, 

 in The Popular Science Monthly of Novem- 

 ber, 1893, undertakes to correct in one im- 

 portant point my article on the Oswego Nor- 

 mal School, in The Popular Science Monthly 

 of the preceding May. I fidly agree with 

 Mr. Boutwell that Pestalozzian principles 

 were known and discussed in this country 

 long before the Oswego movement. This 

 was implied in my article, if not distinctly 

 stated. I did not state where, when, and by 

 whom they were introduced, not because of 

 a desire to detract from the honor due to 

 Pestalozzian pioneers in Massachusetts or 

 elsewhere in America, but because these 

 matters were not directly within the scope of 

 my article, and limitations of space did not 

 permit excursions from the subject. It is 

 claimed for Dr. Sheldon and his associates 

 that they were the first to systematically ap- 

 ply Pestalozzian methods to a system of pub- 

 lic schools in all its grades, and the first to 

 give to teachers systematic training in these 

 methods. This claim will, I believe, bear 

 investigation, and will keep in honorable 

 remembrance the work done at Oswego. 

 William M. Abek. 



Prehistoric Trepanning. A considerable 

 number of examples of trepanning and of in- 



