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THE POPULAR SCIEXCE MONTHLY. 



complete, and is a part with the above, 

 wliich is as yet but fragmentary, we would 

 instance Dr. Coues's "Birds of the North- 

 west," so full and yet so concise ; so accu- 

 rate, and yet so lively. It seems to be for 

 them all a promise that the great Govern- 

 ment reports shall stand in striking con- 

 trast with that of the famous New York 

 survey so unmethodical and verbose; so 

 excessive in quantity and so turgid in style. 



Meteorological Observations is Colora- 

 do AND Montana. 



This publication is a sort of appendix 

 to the report of Lieutenant Hayden for the 

 year 1874. It consists of tables, based upon 

 the observations of meteorologists stationed 

 at Bozemau, Judith Basin, and Trout Creek, 

 iu Montana, and on the summit of Mount 

 Lincoln, at Fairplay, and at Canon City, in 

 Colorado. The observations at these va- 

 rious places were made three times a day, 

 for the whole of the year 1873, and during 

 the early part of 1874. 



List of Elevations, principally in that 

 Portion op the United States west 

 OF the Mississippi. 



These lists, compiled and arranged by 

 Henry Gannett, M. E., form part of Lieuten- 

 ant Hayden's Report in the Geological Sur- 

 vey of the Territories. Table L gives the 

 elevation of towns and cities ; Table II. 

 those of mountains in the United States ; 

 while Table III. states the elevations of 

 various mountains in other countries. The 

 Twin Lakes, in Colorado, have an elevation 

 of 9,357 feet, being situated at the greatest 

 height of any lakes in the United States. 

 Of the States and Territories west of the 

 Mississippi, Colorado has the highest mean 

 elevation, 6,600 feet, and Arkansas the low- 

 est, 350 feet. 



education. The age of teachmg by lectures 

 has almost gone by; the demands of sci- 

 ence now are demonstrations. The student 

 must be taught to acquire his anatomy, 

 physiology, physics, chemistry, pathology, 

 materia medica, and practical medicine, 

 with his own hand and eye. The classes 

 of clinical medicine, above all, should con- 

 sist of small groups, in order to secure the 

 closest personal scrutiny of the phenomena 

 of disease, and of the effects of modes of 

 treatment. 



Bulletin of the United States Geo- 

 logical AND Geographical Survey of the 

 Territories. Numbers 2 and 3, Second 

 Series. No. 2 contains able papers by 

 Ridgway, Coues, Gill, and Ingersoll. These 

 papers are severally contributions to zoolo- 

 gical science, and in this intense technical 

 shape are meant to commend themselves 

 simply to hard workers in the field. No. 3 

 is mainly topographical, and contains sev- 

 eral plates and maps. 



The Brooklyn Journal of Education. 



The external appearance and materiel of 



this publication are very attractive, and by 

 themselves alone are calculated to win for 

 it pubUc favor. The editorial management 

 appears to be no less excellent ; and with 

 both of these conditions combined there is 

 no reason why the Brooklyn Journal of 

 Education should not meet with distin- 

 guished success. Among the articles in the 

 first number is one on the Packer Institute, 

 being the first of a series on the educa- 

 tional institutions of Brooklyn. Dr. Jerome 

 Walker writes concerning the physique of 

 public-school teachers. "The Philosophy 

 and Methods of Primary Instruction" is 

 treated by James Cruikshank. The peri- 

 odical has special science and art depart- 

 ments. $2.50 per annum. 



Annual Address before the Alumni of 

 the Medical Department of the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania. By Corne- 

 lius G. COMEGYS, M. D. 

 This address contains many serious and 

 timely reflections upon such topics as state 

 medicine, the physical basis of mind, the 

 eflfects of cerebral overwork, etc. The his- 

 tory of medical sciences in the present cen- 

 tury is briefly but ably sketched. Finally, 

 the author advocates a reform in medical 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Six Notes de Chimie Moleculaire. Par 

 M. Gustave Hinrichs. Paris : 1873-75. 



Moments and Reactions of Continuous 

 Girders. By Mansfield Merriman, C. E. 

 Pp. 23. 



Prmcipia, or Basis of Social Science 

 (Wright). Lippincott & Co. 



