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Acoustics, Light, and Heat. By W. Lees. 



Pp. 300. New York : Putnams. Price, 



$1.50. 



The student wlio is acquainted with the 

 elements of mathematical and physical sci- 

 ence will find this little work a very con- 

 venient manual for self-instruction in the 

 branches of science of which it treats. The 

 illustrations are very numerous, and greatly 

 facilitate the understanding of the text. 



Proceedings of the Poughkeepsie Society 

 OF Natural Science. Vol. L, Part L 

 Pp. 150. 



This work contains a number of very 

 valuable memoirs, among which may be 

 named the following : " White Mildews," 

 by W. R. Gerard, who also has a learned 

 paper on " Insects as Food ; " two papers 

 on the " Thermoscope," by Prof. L. R. 

 Cooley ; " Habits of the Wasp, Polisks 

 fucatus,'" by Rev. H. T. Hickok ; "Fun- 

 gus-Eating," by Dr. E. H. Parker; and 

 " Inclination of the Earth's Axis," by C. B. 

 Warring. 



Western Review of Science and Industry. 

 Monthly. Pp. G4. Kansas City, Mo. : 

 Journal of Commerce print. Price, 

 $2.50 per annum. 



We have received the first number of 

 the above-named periodical, which we cor- 

 dially welcome to the field of scientific 

 journalism. It contains articles, original 

 and selected, on topics connected with 

 archaeology, pliysiology, engineering, me- 

 teorology, and agriculture. The editor 

 aims at filling his pages with useful and 

 practical information for the people, con- 

 veyed in plain and simple language. This 

 enterprise deserves, and we hope will re- 

 ceive, liberal support from the public. 



Analysis of Milk. By E. H. von Baum- 

 HAUER. Pp. 34. New York : Trow & 

 Son print. 



We have here, reprinted from the Ameri- 

 can Chemist, Dr. Carrington Bolton's trans- 

 lation of a paper read by Mr. Baumhauer 

 at the Buffiilo meeting of the American 

 Association. It contains a description of 

 a new method for determining the essential 

 constituents of milk, especially designed 

 for the use of chemists who may be called 

 on to testify as experts in courts of justice. 



Myelitis of the Anterior Horns. By E. 



C. Seguin, M. D. Pp. 120. New York: 

 Putnams. Price, $1.50. 



This monograph is of interest only to 

 medical men. The substance of it was 

 contained in a lecture by the author, printed 

 for private circulation only. In the present 

 volume a number of new cases of the dis- 

 ease are cited. 



The Metric System. Pp. 12. Boston: 

 Press of Rockwell & Churchill. 



This is the report of a standing commit- 

 tee of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, 

 favoring the adoption of the metric system 

 of weights and measures. The committee 

 first report on the growth of this system 

 in public favor ; then they state the result 

 of invitations to united action addressed 

 by the Society to kindred organizations 

 throughout the country ; next follows the 

 text of the Society's memorial to Congress 

 praying for the enactment of laws estab- 

 lishing the metric system. 



The Ancient Glaciers of New Zealand. 

 By I. C. Russell. Pp. 13. With Map. 



This is a paper reprinted from the 

 " Annals " of the New York Lyceum of 

 Natural History. The facts noted by the 

 author seem to point to a time of extreme 

 cold in the southern hemisphere, answering 

 to the glacial epoch of the northern. 



Natural History of Illinois. Pp. IC. 

 With Plates. Bloomington, 111. : Panta- 

 graph Printing-House. 



We have here Bulletin No. 1 of the 

 Illinois Museum of Natural History, con- 

 taining papers on " Illinois Crustacea," 

 " The Tree in Winter," " Sodic Pinate as 

 a Test for Lime," a " Partial Catalogue of 

 the Fishes of Hlinois," " Parasitic Fungi," 

 and " The Orthoptera of Illinois." 



Topographical Surveys and the Public 

 Health. By J. T. Gardner. Pp. 10. 

 Albany : Argus print. 



The thesis here defended by Mr. Gard- 

 ner is, that the sources of many prevailing 

 diseases are to be found in various natui'al 

 conditions of the earth's form and substance, 

 as well as in soils polluted by man. The 

 geographer and the physician must work 

 together in the study of the public health. 



