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Government and the 

 Boston : New Nation 



Lewie, Abram Herbert, D. D. Paganism sur 

 viving in Chrifitianity. G. P. Putnam's Sons. 

 Pp. 309. 



Linn.-ran Society of New York. Abstract of 

 Proceeding* 10 March 2, 1892. Pp. 8. 



Lnchsingi r, John. The Planting of the Swiss 

 c.lony ai New GlaruSjWis. Madison, Wis., State 

 Historical Society. Pp. 45. 



MacAdie, Alexander. Shall we erect Light- 

 ning-rods ? Boston : Cinn & Co. Pp. 8. 



Massachnsi tts Agricultural Experiment Station 

 Bulletin. Feeding Experiments with Milch Cows. 

 Pp. 16. 



Mays, Thomas J., M. D. Pulmonary Phthisis 

 in its Relation to Insanity and other Neuroses. 

 Pp. 27. 



Moorhead, Warren K. Primitive Man in Ohio. 

 G. P. Putnam's Sous. Pp. 240. 



Morse, Edward S., Salem, Mass. On the Older 

 Forms of Terra cotta Roofing-tiles. Pp. 72. 



Palm, Andrew J., Editor. The American 

 Journal of Politics. Vol. I, No. 1. Pp. 112. 35 

 cents, $4 a year. 



Parsons, Prof. Frank 

 Law of Equal Freedom. 

 Publishing Co. Pp. 29. 



Phillips, William B. Preliminary Report on a 

 Part of the Lower Gold Belt of Alabama. Mont- 

 gomery. Pp. 97. 



Powers, Edward. Should the Rainfall Experi- 

 ments be continued ? Delavan, Wis. Pp. 15. 



Prosser, Charles 8. The Devonian System of 

 Eastern Pennsylvania. Pp. 12. 



Qabezon Qarlos. Notas sobre la Reforma Or- 

 tografica (Xotes on Orthographical Reform). San- 

 tiago Chili. 



Riley, C. V. Reports of Observations and Ex- 

 periments in the Practical Work of the Division 

 of Entomology. Pp. 950 Reports on the Dam- 

 age by Destructive Locusts, during the Season of 

 1891. Pp. 04. Washington : Department of Ag- 

 riculture. 



Scientific Alliance of New York. Second An- 

 nual Directory. Pp. 33. 25 cents. 



Scripture, E. W. Education as a Science. Yale 

 University. Pp. 4. 



Spencer, Herbert. Principles of Ethics. New 

 York : D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 572. 



Sternberg, George M., M. D. Practical Re- 

 sults of Bacteriological Researches. Pp. 17. 



Stetson. John B., University, De Land, Fla. 

 Annual Catalogue, 1891-'92. Pp. 44. 



Tarr. R. S. Reconnaissance of the Guadalupe 

 Mountains. Pp. 42. 



Trclcase, William, St. Louis. Detail Illustra- 

 tions of Yucca, and Description of Agave Engel- 

 manni. Pp. 10, with 24 Plates. 



Turnbull, M. M. The Free-trade Struggle in 

 England. Chicago : Open Court Publishing Co. 

 Pp. 288. 75 cents. 



United States National Museum, Washington : 

 Notes on Avian Entozoa. By Ldwin Linton. Pp. 

 25, with Plates. Contributions toward a Mono- 



fraph of the Noctuidse of Boreal America. By 

 ohn B. Smith. Pp. 48, with Plates On a Col- 

 lection of Birds made by H. Y. Henson, in Japan. 

 By Leonhard Stejneger. Pp. 72, with Plate. 

 Fishes collected in Mexico by Prof. Duges. By 

 Tarleton H. Bean, M. D. Pp. 8, with Plate. Cat- 

 alogue of Crabs of the Family Periceridaj. By 

 Mary J. Rathbttn. Pp. 50, with Plates. Corystoid 

 Crabs of the Genera Telmessus and Erimacrus. 

 By James E. Benedict. Pp. 8, with Plates. An- 

 notated List of Shells of San Pedro Bay and 

 Vicinity. By Mrs. Burton M. Williamson. Pp. 

 40, with Plates. The Fishes of San Diego. By 

 Carl H. Eigenmann. Pp. 56, with Plates. A New 

 Genus and Sped s of Blind Cave Salamander. By 

 Leonhard Stejneger. Pp. 3, with Plate. The 

 Evolution of House-building among the Navajo 

 Indians. Pp. 4, with Plates. A Maid of Wol- 



pai. Pp. 3, with Plate. Both by R. W. Shu- 

 feldt, M. D. The Materials of the Earth's Crust. 

 Bv (ieorge P. Merrill. Pp. 100, with Plates. The 

 Liu, or Woman's Knife of the Eskimo. By Otis 

 T. Mason. Pp. 4, with many Plates. The Methods 

 of Fire-making. By Walter Hough. Pp. 13, with 

 Phite. The Ainos of Yezo, Japan. By Romyn 

 Hitchcock. Pp. 75, with Plates. The Log of the 

 Savannah. By J. Elfreth Watkins. Pp. 24, with 

 Plates. The Catlin Collection of Indian Paint- 

 ings. By Washington Matthews. Pp. 18. with 

 Plates. Anthropology at the Paris Exhibition in 

 18X9. By Thomas Wilson. Pp. 40. 



United States Postal Guide, July, 1892. Phil- 

 adelphia : G. F. Lasher. $2 a year. 



Waterdale Researches, or Fresh Light on the 

 Dynamic Action and Ponderosity of Matter. 

 London : Chapman & Hall. Pp. 293. 



Wells. Charles R. Natural-movement Method 

 in Writing. Syracuse, N. Y. : C. W. Bardeen. 

 Pp. 44. 25 cents. 



Whitimore, E. B., Rochester, N. Y. Relating 

 to the Disposition of some of the Stars in our 

 Region of Space. Pp. 20. 



Who inspires our Modern Bishops ? London : 

 William Reeves. Pp. 16. 



Willard, Deforest. M.D., and Lloyd, James 

 Hendrie, M. D. A Case of Porencephalon in 

 which Trephining was done, etc. Pp. 7. 



Williams, Samuel G. The History of Modern 

 Education. Syracuse, N. Y. : C. W. Bardeen. 

 Pp. 395. $1.50. 



Wolf, Alfred R. Some Moral Factors in the 

 Engineer's Career. Pp. 8. 



Yale Observatory. Report for 1891-'G2. New- 

 Haven, Conn. Pp. 26. 



POPULAR MISCELLANY. 



Scientific Work of Rochester, N. Y. 



A large part of the address of Mayor Cur- 

 ran, of Rochester, to the American Associa- 

 tion on its meeting in that city was devoted 

 to the scientific record of the city. While 

 the people showed their mental activity in 

 numerous material applications and business 

 enterprises, he was also able to point with 

 pride to the advances made in scientific re- 

 search by certain of the population, quietly 

 and without ostentation. The Rochester Mi- 

 croscopical Society was organized in 1 879, and 

 has become the largest in the United States. 

 From this beginning sprang the Rochester 

 Academy of Science in 1881. It was divided 

 into twelve sections, including anatomy, 

 astronomy, botany, entomology, conchology, 

 hygiene, ichthyology, infusoria, literature, 

 microscopy, photography, and taxidermy. 

 Its establishment gave a great impetus to 

 scientific work, and afforded the citizens a 

 clearer conception of what was being done. 

 Among individual cultivators of science, Mr. 

 H. C. Maine, editor of a daily paper, has dis- 

 tinguished himself by his careful observa- 

 tions of the sun, carried on through many 

 years, and his theories as to the connection 



