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Anaesthesia and Non- Anaesthesia in the Ex- 

 traction of Cataract. By Haskett Derby, M. D. 

 Cambridge : Riverside Press. 1882. Pp. 32. 



Studies from the Biological Laboratory of 

 Johns Hopkins University. Professor H. New- 

 el Martin. Editor ; Professor W. K. Brooks, As- 

 sociate Editor. Baltimore: N. Murray. Vol. 

 II, No. 2. 1882. Pp. 178. Illustrated. 



Cotton-Seed: The Greatest Wonder of the 

 Present Day. By Professor J. P. Stelle. Mo- 

 bile. 1882. Pp.8. 



Hints and Suggestions for Reform in Medi- 

 cal Education. By Frederic R. Sturgis, M. D. 

 New York: William Wieser, printer. 1882. 

 Pp. 13. 



Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural 

 Sciences. Vol. iv, No. II. Buffalo : Bigelow 

 Brothers, Printers. 1S82. Pp. 63. Illustrated. 



Experiments in Amber Cane and the Ensi- 

 lage of Fodders at the Experimental Farm, Mad- 

 ison. Wisconsin. David Atwood, printer. 1882. 

 Pp. 78. 



The Mistakes of Robert G. Insersoll on Nat- 

 ure and God. A Scientific Criticism. By George 

 W. Edgett. Boston : Thomas Todd, printer. 



1881. Pp.37. 



Insects injurious to Forest and Shade Trees. 

 By A. S. Packard, Jr., M. D. Washington : Gov- 

 ernment Printing-Office. 1881. Pp. 275. Illus- 

 trated. 



Report on a Water Supply for New York and 

 other Cities of the Hudson Valley. By J. T. 

 Fanning, C. E. New York. 1881. Pp. 38. Il- 

 lustrated. 



On Ovariotomy. By Thomas Keith, M. D. 

 Louisville, Kentucky : John P. Morton & Co., 

 printers. 1881. Pp. 19. 



Epidemic Convulsions. By David W. Yan- 

 dell, M. D. Louisville, Kentucky: printed by 

 John P. Morton & Co. 1881. Pp. 15. 



A Discourse on the Life and Character of Dr. 

 Richard O. Cowling. By David W. Yandell, M. 

 D. Louisville, Kentucky : printed by John P. 

 Morton & Co. 1882. 



Statistics of the Production of the Precious 

 Metals in the United States. By Clarence King. 

 Washington : Government Printing-Office. 1881. 

 Pp. 94. ^With Plates. 



Gloria. A Novel. By R. Perez Goldos. From 

 the Spanish, by Clara Bell. In two volumes. 

 New York : William S. Gottsberger. 1882. 



Polly's Scheme. By Corydon. Boston: D. 

 Lothrop & Co. 1882. Pp. 207. $1. 



The Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning. By 

 Helen H. Richards. Boston : Estes & Lauriat. 



1882. Pp. 90. 



Vaccination. Arguments Pro and Con. By 

 Joseph F. Edwards, M. D. Philadelphia: P. 

 Blakiston, Son & Co. 1882. Pp. 80. 50 cents. 



First Aid to the Injured. By Peter Shepherd, 

 M. B. Revised by Bowditch Morton, M. D. New 

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 cents. 



How to Make the Be>t of Life. By J. Morti- 

 mer Granville, M. D. Boston : S. E. Cassino. 

 1882. ]p. 96. 50 cents. 



Easy Lessons in Light, by Mrs. W. Awdry, 

 114pa2es; and Easy Lessons in Heat, by P. A. 

 Martineau, 136 paees. London: Macmillan & 

 Co. 1880. 



The Rhymester, or the Rules of Rhyme. By 

 the late Tom Hood. Edited, with Additions, by 

 Arthur Penn. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 

 1882. $1. 



The Occult World. By A. P. Sinnetr. Bos- 

 ton : Colby & Rich. 1882. Pp.172. $1. 



Tables for the Determination. Description, 

 and Classification of Minerals. By James C. 

 Fave, Ph. D. Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Co. 

 1882. Pp. 85. $1. 



John Stuart Mill : A Criticism. With Per- 

 sonal Recollections. By Alexander Bain, LL. D. 

 New York : Henry Holt & Co. 1882. Pp. 200. 

 $1.25. 



James Mill: A Biographv. By Alexander 

 Bain, LL. D. New York : Henry Holt & Co. 

 1882. Pp. 466. $2. 



The Wine Question in the Lieht of the New 

 Dispensation. By John Ellis, M.D. New York : 

 published by the author. 1882. Pp. 228, 



The Practice of Commercial Organic Analy- 

 sis. By Alfred H. Allen, F C.S. Vol. ii. Phila- 

 delphia : Presley Blakiston. 1882. Pp. 561. $5. 



Annual Report of the State Geologist of New 

 Jersey for the Year 1881. By Professor George 

 H. Cook. Trenton, New Jersey : J. L. Murphy, 

 printer. 1881. Pp. 107. 



POPULAR MISCELLANY. 



Purification of the Boston Water-Snp- 

 ply, The water with which the city of Bos- 

 ton is supplied became affected last October 

 by a peculiar and disagreeable taste and 

 odor which made it unpalatable, and justi- 

 fied much complaint on the part of citizens. 

 The taste was quite accurately described as 

 a " cucumber-taste," from its resemblance 

 to the taste of water which has stood in 

 contact with cucumbers. In a milder form 

 it was called a "fish-oil taste." After sev- 

 eral efforts to determine its origin, Professor 

 Ira Eemsen, of Baltimore, was called in to 

 give the subject a thorough examination. 

 He, after patient investigation and experi- 

 ments, which failed to discover the cause of 

 the odor in other matters, determined its 

 source, by the most satisfactory tests, to be 

 the decomposition of a fresh-water sponge 

 (Spongilla jluviatilis), that was found quite 

 abundantly in the mud of the bottom of 

 Farm Pond, the water of which was most 

 offensive. Measures have been taken to 

 free the pond from the cause of impurity. 



Tile Hessian Fly. From a monograph 

 published by Professor A. S. Packard, Jr., 

 through the United States Entomological 

 Commission, it appears that the losses from 

 the Hessian fly are greatest in the grain- 

 raising areas of the Middle and Northwest- 

 ern States and the adjoining regions of Can- 

 ada, while the New England States have 

 been comparatively free from its attacks, 

 probably because so little wheat is culti- 

 vated in them. No statistics as to the loss- 

 es have ever been collected, but they have 

 been sufficient to occasion much conster- 

 nation and alarm in certain years. Two 



