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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



principal philological journals of Europe, 

 and keeps watch over the fragmentary and 

 occasional literature to which the isolated 

 American scholar seldom has full access. 

 The present number has an article on " Re- 

 cent Investigations of Grimm's Law," by H. 

 C. G. Brandt ; three articles on Greek and 

 Latin subjects, by F. D. Allen, C. D. Mor- 

 ris, and M. W. Humphreys ; and two on 

 French subjects, by B. F. O'Connor and 

 Samuel Garner. 



First Annual Report of the Department 

 of Statistics and Geology of the State 

 of Indiana, 1879, to the Governor. In- 

 dianapolis : Douglass & Carlon. Pp. 

 515. 



This report embraces ninety-nine tables 

 of agricultural, mercantile, manufacturing, 

 financial, and other statistics, by counties 

 and townships. The report of the Indiana 

 State Health Commission, which is em- 

 bodied with the general report, embraces 

 papers on " Health in the Schoolroom," by 

 President Moss, of the State University ; 

 " Topography and Climate," by Professor 

 Campbell, of Wabash College; "Decompos- 

 ing Organic Matter, Sewage, and Drainage," 

 by Dr. G. W. Burton ; " The Influence of 

 Popular Customs, Habits, and Heredity, on 

 Fublic Health and Morals," by Dr. J. W. 

 Hervey ; and " The Influence of Geology 

 upon Local Diseases," by E. T. Cox, late 

 State Geologist. 



Macmillan & Co. have in press, for pub- 

 lication in the early fall, a book which is 

 likely to be of value to the medical profes- 

 sion, and of advantage to the general public ; 

 it is entitled "Food for Invalids," and is 

 written by Dr. J. Milner Fothergill, of Lon- 

 don, and Dr. H. C. Wood, of Philadelphia. 



Henry George's "Progress and Pov- 

 erty" has been translated into German by 

 F. Gutschon, and will be shortly published by 

 Stude, of Berlin. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Report to the Trustees of the "James Lick 

 Trust " of Observations made on Mount Hamil- 

 ton, with reference to the Location of Lick Ob- 

 servatory. By S. W. Burnham. Illustrated. Chi- 

 cago : Knight & Leonard. 1880. Pp. 32. 



Quarterly Report of the Chief of the Bureau 



of Statistics relative to Imports and Exports, 

 Immigration, and Navigation of the United 

 States, for the Three Months ending March 31, 

 1880. Washington : Government Printing-Office. 

 1880. Pp. 190. 



Adirondack Survey : Report on Iron Depos- 

 its, etc. By George Chahoon. Albany : Weed, 

 Parsons & Co. 1880. Pp. 16. 



Electricity : Elementary Guide - Book for 

 Practical Experiments and Self-Study. By Pro- 

 fessor Curt W. Meyer. With Illustrations. New 

 York. 1880. Pp.25. 25 cents. 



The Claims of Science, for its own Sake, npon 

 the Medical Profession. Address, by Professor 

 John W. Mallet, M. D., of the University of 

 Virginia. Baltimore : J. W. Borst & Co. 1880. 

 Pp. 28. 



Medical Science in Conflict with Materialism. 

 By Eugene Grissom, M. D., LL.D. Wilming- 

 ton, N. C. : Jackson & Bell. 1880. Pp. 31. 



Notes on the Flowering of Saxifraga Sar- 

 mentosa. By Professor J. E. Todd. Reprint 

 from " American Naturalist." Illustrated. Pp. 

 6. 



Ophthalmic Operations, with Remarks on 

 After-Treatment, By A. Sibley Campbell, M. D. 

 Augusta, Ga. Pp. 35. 



The Laterite of the Indian Peninsula. By 

 W. J. McGee. Reprint from " The Geological 

 Magazine." Pp. 4. 



Annual Report of the Board of Directors of 

 the. Chicago Astronomical Society, with Report 

 of the Director of the Dearborn Observatory. 

 Illustrated. Chicago : Knight & Leonard. 1880. 

 Pp. 16. 



Review of Stratigraphical Geology of Eastern 

 Ohio. By Professor Edward Orton. Columbus : 

 Nevins & Myers. 1880. Pp. 33. 



American Natural Cement. By F. O. Nor- 

 ton. Illustrated. Pp. 18. 



Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Ed- 

 ucation. No. 2. 1880. Washington : Govern- 

 ment Printing-office. 1880. Pp. 111. 



Introduction to the Study of Mortuary Cus- 

 toms among the North American Indians. By 

 Dr. H. C. Yarrow. Washington : Government 

 Printing-Office. 1880. Pp. 114. 



What to do First in Accidents or Poisoning. 

 By Charles W. Dalles. M. D. Illustrated. Phil- 

 adelphia : Presley Blakiston. 1880. Pp.70. 50 

 cents. 



The Skin in Health and Disease. By L. Dun- 

 can Bulkley, M. D. Philadelphia : Presley Bla- 

 kiston. 1680. Pp. 148. 50 cents. 



Manual of Hydraulic Mining for the Use of 

 the Practical Miner. By T. F. Van Wagener, 

 E. M. New York: D. Van Nostrand. 1880. Pp. 

 93. 



The Authorship of the Fourth Gospel: Ex- 

 ternal Evidences. By Ezra Abbott, D. D., LL.D. 

 Boston : George H. Ellis. 1880. Pp. 104. 75 

 cents. 



Qualitative Chemical Analysis: a Gnide in 

 the Practical Study of Chemistry and in the 

 Work of Analysis. By Silas H. Douglas, M. A., 

 M. D., and Albert B. Prescolt, M. D., F. C. S. 

 With a Study of Oxidation and Reduction by 

 Otis Coe Johnson, M. A. New York : D. Van 

 Nostrand. 1880. Pp. 305. 



Deep-Sea Sounding and Dredging: a De- 

 scription and Discussion of the Methods and 

 Appliances used on Board the Coast and Geo- 

 detic Survey Steamer "Blake." By Charles D. 

 Sigsbee, Lieutenant Commander, U. S. N. Il- 

 lustrated. Washington : Government Printing- 

 office. 1S80. Pp. 200. 



