LITERARY NOTICES. 



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Disorders ; " " Scrofula, Rickets, and Con- 

 sumption ; " " Disease of Heart and Arte- 

 ries." It is written in the author's usual 

 pointed style, and will prove serviceable 

 ahke to the profession and to people of 

 common-sense. 



Arch^ological Researches in Kentucky 

 AND Indiana, 1874. By F. W. Putnam. 



This paper, which was read by Dr. Put- 

 nam before the Boston Society of Natural 

 History, and printed in its proceedings, is 

 a very interesting statement of what the 

 author discovered in the mounds and caves 

 of Kentucky and Indiana during the last 

 season, also of early discoveries in the mam- 

 moth and other caves many years ago. He 

 visited the spot in " Short Cave " where the 

 famous " Mammoth Cave mummy " was 

 found sixty years ago, and quotes a very 

 full description of the mummy, written prob- 

 ably by Mr. Merriam, of Brooklyn, New 

 York. The paper is an important contri- 

 bution to archaeological knowledge. 



Practical Guide to the Determination of 

 Minerals by the Blovt-pipe. By Dr. 

 C. W. C. FucHS, Professor in the Uni- 

 versity of Heidelberg. Translated and 

 edited by T. W. Danby, F. G. S. Lon- 

 don : Field & Tuer. Price, $2.50. 

 The author informs us that the manu- 

 script of this work has long been used by 

 members of his own classes, and is now 

 offered as an introduction to the determina- 

 tion of minerals by the blow-pipe process, 

 and of crystallized specimens by their phys- 

 ical characteristics. 



The work will be appreciated by stu- 

 dents in the laboratory. It is of no value 

 to the general reader. 



Eighth Annual Report of the Peabody 

 Museum of American Archjeology and 

 Ethnology. Presented to the President 

 and Fellows of Harvard College. Cam- 

 bridge, 18Y5. 



This Report opens with appreciative 

 recognition of the services of the late Prof. 

 Jeffries Wyman, to whose industry and 

 great abilities as an osteologist the success- 

 ful organization of this museum is largely 

 due. He was appointed curator at the first 

 meeting of the Board of Trustees held after 

 Mr. Peabody's " letter of gift," dated Oc- 

 tober 8, 1866, and in his first "Annual Re- 

 port " stated that the collection consisted 

 of about fifty specimens. The latest entries 

 in the catalogue bring the numbers up to 

 about 8,000. 



The Report, which is illustrated, com- 

 prises the additions to the museum in 1874. 

 Of these are varieties of jars, dishes, pots, 

 drinking-cups, water-jugs, water-coolers, 

 and statuettes, exceedingly curious and in- 

 teresting. With ample resources and skill- 

 ful management, the museum is a gratifying 

 success. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Devonian Trilobites and Mollusks of Er- 

 RERE, Province of Para, Brazil. By 

 Profs. Ch. Frederick Hartt and Rich- 

 ard Rathbun. 



This paper, reprinted from the " Annals 

 of the Lyceum of Natural History," New 

 York, shows that a close relationship exists 

 between the Devonian fossils found in New 

 York State, and especially in the Hamilton 

 rocks, and those of Errere, in Brazil, the 

 geological horizon, and many of the forms 

 of life, being almost identical. Aside from 

 the general scientific interest of the paper, 

 these facts render it especially valuable. 



European Lighthouse Systems. By Ma- 

 jor G. H. Elliot. New York : Van Nostrand. 

 Pp. 284. Price, $5. 



Notes on Building Construction. Phila- 

 delphia: Lippincott. Pp. 234. 



Report of the Michigan State Board of 

 Health. 1874. Pp. 221. 



American State Universities and the 

 University of Michigan. By Andrew Ten 

 Brook. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co. 

 Pp. 418. Price, $3.50. 



Algebraic Problems. By J. Ficklin, Ph. 

 D. New York : Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor 

 & Co. Pp. 192. Price, $1.50. 



Religion and Science. By Charles W. 

 Shields, D. D. New York : Scribner. Pp. 

 69. Price, $1. 



What and How to Read. By G. A. F. 

 VanRhyn. New York : Appletons. Pp.251. 



Bacon vs. Shakespeare. By Thomas D. 

 King. Montreal : Lovell Publishing Com- 

 pany. Pp. 187. 



Startling Facts in Modern SpirituaUsm. 



