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highest development. The other sermons 

 are on " The Newspaper its Good and its 

 Evil " ; " A True Republic " ; " Progress and 

 Poverty " ; " Religious Transition " ; and 

 " The Reign of the Dead." 



On the Relations of Micro-organisms to 

 Disease. By William T. Belfield, 

 M. D. Chicago : W. T. Keener. Pp. 

 131. 



This volume is composed of the four 

 " Cartwright Lectures " delivered by the au- 

 thor in February last, before the Alumni 

 Association of the College of Physicians and 

 Surgeons of New York. It presents a clear 

 and intelligent discussion of the subject, 

 considering the nature and classification of 

 the micro-organisms, their action on plants 

 and animals, the diseases they occasion, and 

 the methods of studying them, with remarks 

 on the germ theory of disease, accompanied 

 by good illustrations. We have been asked 

 to name some comprehensive work on the 

 bacteria. The present treatise is concise 

 and methodical, and makes full use of the 

 latest investigations. 



Handbook of Vertebrate Dissection. By 

 H. Newell Martin, D. Sc, and William 

 A. Moale, M. D. Part II. How to dis- 

 sect a Bird. New York : Macmillan & 

 Co. Pp. 174. Price, 60 cents. 



The intention of the series of which this 

 book is a member is not to enable the stu- 

 dent to determine species, but to give the 

 young morphologist practical directions as- 

 sisting him to learn for himself what a fish, 

 an amphibian, a reptile, a bird, and a mam- 

 mal are, when considered from an anatomical 

 point of view and contrasted with one an- 

 other. In the present volume are given 

 specific and detailed directions for perform- 

 ing the several operations of dissection on 

 a bird, which are made more clear by well- 

 executed illustrations. The work has been 

 composed chiefly by Dr. Moale, under the 

 direction of Professor Martin. 



Die Kupferlegirungen, ihre Darstellung 

 und verwendung bei den volkem des 

 Alterthums. (Copper alloys: their rep- 

 resentation and application by the peo- 

 ple of antiquity.) By Dr. E. Reyer. 

 Vienna. Pp. 16. 



The author, who is Professor of Ge- 

 ology in the University of Vienna, has al- 



ready published a number of monographs on 

 several of the metals which are the objects 

 of man's mining enterprise and have been 

 applied by him to his use, in which he has 

 compressed much valuable information. In 

 the present work he describes the uses that 

 have been made of the alloys of copper, in 

 sections treating of the geology and discov- 

 ery of the metal, the characteristics of the 

 alloys, the valuable uses that have been 

 made of them, a summary, by nations, of 

 the kinds of alloys that have been used by 

 different people, and the literature of the 

 subject. 



Die Korperliche Eigenschaften der Ja- 

 paner. (The Physical Characteristics 

 of the Japanese.) An Anthropological 

 Study. By Dr. Erwin Baelz. First Part. 

 Yokohama: Press of the "Echo du Ja- 

 pan." Pp. 16. 



The author of this study is Professor of 

 Clinical Medicine in the University of Tokio, 

 and the essay is a contribution to the " Trans- 

 actions " of the German East- Asia tic Soci- 

 ety. Authorities differ greatly in their esti- 

 mates of the stature and other physical pe- 

 culiarities of the Japanese, and betray great 

 inaccuracy in their statements on the sub- 

 ject. Dr. Baelz has sought to remedy this 

 difficulty by instituting a series of system- 

 atic and exact measurements. The paper 

 gives the results he has reached. The pres- 

 ent (first) part considers anatomical details. 

 It is to be followed by a second part, treat- 

 ing of physiological peculiarities. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Archaeological Institute of America. Fourth An- 

 nual Report of the Executive Committee Cam- 

 bridge : John Wilson & Son. 1888. Pp. 56. 



The Journal of Physiology. Vol. IV, Nos. 2 

 and 3. Edited by Michael Foster, M. D., F. K. S. 

 Supplement to Vol. IV, containing: List of Titles of 

 Works and Papers of Physiological Interest pub- 

 lished in 1882. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Univer- 

 sity. August, 1883. 



The Sonnets of Shakspere : When, to Whom, 

 and by Whom Written. Pp. 12. 



New and Important Discoveries in Physiology. 

 By George H. Russell. Newville, Pa. 18S3. Pp. 

 14. 25 cents. 



Observations on the Habits of the American 

 Chameleon. By R. W. Shufeldt. 1883. Pp.8. Il- 

 lustrated. 



The Relations of Pain to Weather. By Captain 

 R. Catlin, United States Army, with Notes by 

 S. Weir Mitchell, M. D. Philadelphia: Collins, 

 printer. 18S3. Pp. 19. 



A Synopsis of Copyright Decisions. By W. M. 

 Griswold. Bangor, Me. 1883. Pp.8. 



