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of the most abundant of the flat-fish family, 

 and promises to be an important addition 

 to the food resources of the country. A 

 second species of fish, known as the tile- 

 fish, and constituting a genus and species 

 entirely new to science, was discovered dur- 

 ing the summer of 1S79. The most im- 

 portant item of the year in the work of 

 propagation was the beginning of the dis- 

 tribution of young carp to various points 

 in the United States. The demand for the 

 fish was very great, even with a relatively 

 small supply, and the calls increased so 

 rapidly that it became doubtful whether, 

 even with a much larger production, all the 

 requirements could be met. Good progress 

 is reported in the propagation and distri- 

 bution of salmon and trout of the vari- 

 ous species, shad, codfish, and striped bass. 

 Among the valuable papers with which the 

 report proper is supplemented are one by 

 Professor W. G. Farlow, on the "Marine 

 Algae of New England," containing tech- 

 nical descriptions of all the known species ; 

 an account of the cephalopods of the north- 

 eastern coast of America, by A. E. Verrill ; 

 and articles on the propagation of the eel, 

 the food of marine animals, the Iceland 

 herring fisheries, the periodicity of the great 

 herring-fisheries, the herring's mode of life, 

 the fisheries of the west coast of South 

 America, the scientific examination of the 

 German seas, the effects of sawdust and the 

 pollution of waters by factory refuse on 

 fishes; and articles and reports bearing 

 upon more special features of fish propa- 

 gation. 



The Gulf Stream. Additional Data from 

 the Investigations of the Coast and Geo- 

 detic Steamer Blake. By Commander 

 J. R. Bartlett. Pp. 16. 



This publication embodies the substance 

 of a paper which was read by the author 

 before the American Geographical Society, 

 and is supplementary to a previous paper. 

 The author states that he is " not hampered 

 with any theories," and merely gives his 

 deductions from the actual facts obtained 

 by the Blake's party, which may serve to 

 correct a few popular errors, even if they 

 do not throw much new light on the subject. 

 His principal conclusions have already been 

 noticed in " The Popular Science Monthly." 



Proceedings of the Department of Super- 

 intendence of the National Educa- 

 tional Association, March 21 to 23, 

 1882. Washington: Government Print- 

 ing-Office. Pp. 112. 



Value is added to the report of the ordi- 

 nary discussions of this body by the papers 

 of Drs. Billings and Charles Smart relating 

 to " Ventilation " ; of the Hon. H. S. Jones 

 on " Obstacles in the Way of a Better 

 Primary Education " ; of Professor G. Stan- 

 ley Hall on " Chairs of Pedagogy in our 

 Higher Institutions of Learning "; of Drs. A. 

 D. Mayo and J. L. M. Curry on " National Aid 

 to Education " ; of Dr. Sheldon Jackson on 

 " Education (or the Want of it) in Alaska " ; 

 of Dr. John M. Gregory on the " Common- 

 School Studies. " 



Putnam's Art Hand-Books. Edited by 

 Susan N. Carter. Drawing in Black- 

 and - White. Sketching in Water- 

 Colors. New York : G. P. Putnam's 

 Sons. Pp. 55 and 69. Price, 50 cents 

 each. 



The first manual, by the editor, is an 

 effort to show beginners ''why they had 

 best choose one material in black-and-white, 

 or another ; and to tell them, by a few plain 

 directions, how they can best manage their 

 charcoals, crayons, pen-and-ink, or lead- 

 pencils." The directions are clear, and are 

 complemented by typical illustrations, from 

 masters, in each of the styles ; but it would 

 be better, perhaps, if the directions and 

 illustrations were more conformed to each 

 other. The second book is by Thomas 

 Ilatton, and is intended for the use of such 

 students " as arc accustomed to copy water- 

 color drawings, and find no difficulty in 

 sketching natural objects in black-and- 

 white," yet need the instructions it under- 

 takes to give them, to enable them to re- 

 produce Nature expressively in her own 

 colors. 



A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 

 Edited by George Grove, D. C. L. Parts 

 XV and XVI (Double Part). London 

 and New York : Macmillan & Co. Pp. 

 272. Price, $2. 



We have already called attention to the 

 fullness and the other merits of this excel- 

 lent work. The present double number 

 contains the articles under the titles from 

 " Schoberlechner " to " Sketches." 



