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mann. Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 18S1. Illustrated. 

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The Chemical Cause of Life Theoretically 

 and Experimentally Demonstrated. By Oscar 

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 lustrated. Pp.00. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society cf Natural 

 History. Vol xx, Part IV, January to April, 

 1330 ; and vol. xxi. Part I, May to December, 



1880. Boston. 1830. 



Scientific Proceedings of the Ohio Mechanics' 

 Institute. Vol. i, No. 1. Cincinnati, January, 

 1882. Pp. 48. Quarterly, $1 a year. 



Gold-hearing Drift, of Indiana. By George 

 Sutton, M. D. Reprinted from the " Proceedings 

 of the A. A. A. S." Salem, Massachusetts. 1882. 



Publications of the Cincinnati Observatory. 

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 and Fiftv-five Double Stars observed with the 

 Eleven-Inch Refractor during the Year ending 

 September 1, 1880, undrr the Direction of Or- 

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 1882. Pp. 69. 



Ninety-sixth Annual Report of the Society of 

 Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New 

 York. Prepared by the Finance Committee. 

 New York : Henry Bessey, printer. 1S82. 



On the Effect of Prolonged Stress upon the 

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 of the Cincinnati Meeting of the A. A. A. S."' 

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Boston Society of Natural History. Guides 

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Fifth Annual Report of the Superintendent 

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Soluble Compressed Pellets. A Nw Form 

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1881. Philadelphia. 1831. Pp. 4. 



Science in Public Schools. By George David- 

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The Distribution of Plant Life. By Dr. B. 

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Report on Diphtheria. By Franklin Staples, 

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The Oyster Industry, by Ernest Engersoll, 

 illustrated, 1881, pp. 250, and A Monograph on 

 the Seal Islands of Alaska, by Henry W. El- 

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Trance and Muscle Reading. By G. M. 

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Incandescent Electric Li<*Ms. New York: 

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A Year of Miracle. A Poem in Four Ser- 

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Paine Genealogy, Ipswich Branch. By Al- 

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The Burgomaster's Wife. A Romance. By 

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The Art of Voice Production. By A. A. 

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Marriage and Parentage. By a Physician 

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The Gospel in the Stars, or Primeval As- 

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A Practical Treatise on Hernia. By Joseph 

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The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and 

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POPULAR MISCELLANY. 



About Eggs. All eggs of birds are good 

 for food, and all are palatable enough to be 

 eaten by a hungry man ; but the most and 

 the best food-eggs are furnished by the gal- 

 linaceous birds. The number of eggs con- 

 sumed in the more populous countries is 

 immense.' Great Britain imports 785,000,- 

 000 from the Continent, they representing 

 a value of more than 2,500,000; while 

 Ireland furnishes nearly 500,000,000 ; and 

 the home production is probably nearly 

 equal to the amount of the importation from 

 the Continent. The consumption, already so 

 large, is increasing at a rate which shows 

 that the value of this kind of food is stead- 

 ily and rapidly growing in appreciation. 

 The United States is supposed to produce 

 9,000,000,000 eggs annually, of which 25,- 

 500,000 dozen are sent to the New-York 

 market. More than 800 dozen eggs are 

 consumed in a single English hospital in 

 the course of a year. The use of eggs as a 

 standard article of diet has been limited by 

 reason of their perishable nature ; but this 

 difficulty is now, in a measure, obviated 

 by the desiccating and condensing process 

 practiced in St. Louis and New York, and 

 the canning process of Herr von Effner in 

 Germany. Eggs are preserved in some parts 

 of England by boiling them, removing the 

 shells, and pickling them; in the United 



