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to echini, corals, crinoids, ophiurians, worms, hydroids, and others, but 

 have added to geographical knowledge of the Caribbean Sea by show- 

 ing the changes in form and distribution of lands along various groups 

 of islands, and in the form of the land beneath the water. Professor 

 Agassiz considers the deep-sea collections of the Blake the largest 

 and most important ever made 011 this coast, and, when combined with 

 the results of other expeditions sent out under the auspices of the 

 Coast Survey, they make the collections at the museum but little infe- 

 rior to those of the Challenger. During the coming summer Pro- 

 fessor Agassiz will probably undertake another dredging trip in the 

 Blake, following: the course of the Gulf Stream to the north of the Ba- 

 hamas, and dredging from the 100- to the 2,500- fathom line off the 

 coast of the United States, so as to connect the isolated district with 

 the deep-water fauna proper of the Atlantic. 



Professor 1ST. S. Shaler, Professor of Paleontology, in addition to 

 his work at the museum, and as an instructor, has, since 1873, had 

 charge of the Kentucky State Survey. Four volumes of reports and 

 one of memoirs have been already completed, and one volume of me- 

 moirs and nine of reports are now in press. The recent writings of 

 Professor Shaler are " The Origin and Nature of Intellectual Prop- 

 erty," and several articles in the " Proceedings of the Boston Natural 

 History Society," " The Atlantic Monthly," and " The International 

 Review." The article by Professor Shaler in the latter magazine is 

 entitled " Sleep and Dreams." 



Scientific publications, based entirely or in part upon the entomo- 

 logical collection of the museum, are the new edition of the " Cata- 

 logue of the Diptera of the United States," by Osten-Sacken, pub- 

 lished by the Smithsonian Institution, Part VIII. of the " Monographic 

 Revision of the European Trichoptera," by R. McLachlan, published 

 in London, and several papers by Dr. H. A. Hagen, the head of the 

 department. 



The recent work of Professor Langdell, Dean of the Lower School, 

 is peculiai'ly rich and important. It includes a " Summary of Equity 

 Pleading," a new edition of " Cases on Contracts," containing a sum- 

 mary of the law of contracts as developed in these cases, and a book 

 on the " Law of Sales." 



Professor Ames is engaged upon a work to be entitled " Bills and 

 Notes," and Professor Thayer is at work upon a book on " Evidence." 



Aside from his duties as professor in the Divinity School, Profes- 

 sor Abbot is a member of the American committee which assists the 

 English Commission for revising the translation of the Bible. He is 

 also a contributor to " The Unitarian Review," in which he has lately 

 published a series of articles on "The Authorship of the Fourth Gos- 

 pel," which are masterpieces of critical scholarship. 



Mr. Allen is preparing a new edition of his "Hebrew Men and 

 Times," and is also engaged upon a book of "Latin Composition." 



