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Journal of the American Chemical Society. 

 Vol. IV, Nos. 1-4. January-April, 1882. New 

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How we See. By Dr. Swan M. Burnett. 

 Washington : Judd & Detweiler. 1882. Pp. 25. 

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The Mental Status of Guiteau. By Walter 

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The Mineral- Water Controversy, Artificial or 

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 Wells, Lockett & Rankin. 1882. Pp. 32. 



Forest-Tree Culture in California. Pp. 12. 

 And, On the Growth of Certain California For- 

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 suggested thereby. Pp. 8. By Robert E. C. 

 Stearns. Berkeley, California. 



Color-Names, Color-Blindness, and the Edu- 

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 B. Joy Jeffries, M. D. Boston : L. Prang & Co. 

 1882. Pp.11. 



A Bibliography of Fossil Insects. By Sam- 

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 University Press. 1882. Pp. 47. 



Tenth Annual Report of the Board of Di- 

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Third Annual Report cf the Executive Com- 

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 1882. Pp.56. 



The Domain of Physiolosry, or Nature in 

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The Passion Tragedies of the Nineteenth 

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Kindergarten Manuals. Primary Helps. By 

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Capital and Population. By Frederick B. 

 Hawley. New York : D. Appleton & Co. 1882. 

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Gypsies. By Dio Lewis. New York :M. L. 

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A Compendious Dictionary of the French 

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Cornell University Register. 1881-1882. Ith- 

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Currency ; or, The Fundamental Principles 

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Handbook of Invertebrate ZoSlogy. Bv W. 

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An Etymological Dictionary of the English 

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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of 

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American Forestry. An American Con- 

 gress of Forestry was held in Cincinnati, 

 beginning April 25th, of which the Hon. 

 George B. Loring, Commissioner of Agri- 

 culture of the United States, was chosen 

 President for the year. Ten State and Pro- 

 vincial organizations, one of which embraces 

 the Canadian Provinces, were recognized, 

 and sections were constituted, as follows: 

 A. Uses of Forests ; Dr. Franklin B. Hough, 

 President. B. Conservation of Forests ; Dr. 

 John A. Warder, President. C. Influences 

 of Forests, Injurious and Beneficial ; Pro- 

 fessor "William Saunders, President. D. Ed- 

 ucational Means ; Professor N. P. Egleston, 

 President. Professor William Saunders, of 

 London, Ontario, read a paper on " Insects 

 affecting Forest-Trees," in which he con- 

 sidered the various means of preventing and 

 remedying insect depredations. Dr. George 

 Vasey, of Washington, D. C, read a paper 

 on " The Distribution of Conifers in the 

 United States," and was followed by a 

 discussion on resonant trees, in which the 

 American cypress was declared to be far 

 superior for musical instruments to any 

 foreign wood. Mr. Hough gave an account 

 of what had been done by the State of New 

 York in the matter of the Adirondack Park, 

 after which resolutions were adopted ap- 

 proving the policy of establishing the park, 

 and recommending the adoption of similar 

 measures by other States. Mr. Verplanck 

 Colvin presented a paper on " The Decay 

 and Preservation from Decay of Wood," 

 in which the merits of several preservative 

 substances were considered. Professor Lane 

 read a paper on " The Importance of Ex- 

 perimental Stations of Forestry," and the 

 Congress recommended the establishment of 

 such stations, to be under the care of the 

 agricultural colleges, with a central station. 

 In a paper on "The Profits of Durable 

 Trees," Dr. A. Furness, of Danville, Indiana, 

 showed that an investment of $50 for one 

 acre of land and $25 for tree-plants had re- 

 turned him in sixteen years a clear profit over 

 all expenses and taxes of $1,048. Mr. C. 

 David, of Madison, Indiana, read a few notes 

 " On the Natural Growth of Forest-Trees " 

 which had given him in about thirty years^ 

 upon an originally bare prairie, a wood of 



