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A Catalogue of Chemical Periodicals. 

 By II. Carrington Bolton, Ph. D., Pro- 

 fessor of Chemistry, Trinity College, 

 Hartford, Conn. Reprint from Annals 

 New York Academy of Sciences. 1885. 

 Pp. 58, 8vo. 



This bibliography contains the titles of 

 the chief chemical periodicals of all coun- 

 tries, from the rise of this literature to the 

 end of 1884. The titles number 182, and 

 eight languages occur ; the arrangement is 

 strictly alphabetical by the first word ; cross- 

 references are freely introduced, from the 

 editors' names to the journals published by 

 them, and from the chemical societies to 

 their publications. Bibliographical details 

 are quite full ; the different titles borne 

 by a periodical at different periods are ar- 

 ranged in chronological order under the 

 first or earliest title. At the end of the 

 paper is a geographical index, arranged by 

 countries and cities. 



The material for this bibliography has 

 been drawn for the most part from a larger 

 " Catalogue of Scientific and Technical Pe- 

 riodicals 1665-1882," by the same author. 

 The larger comprises, we understand, over 

 5,000 titles, and forms a volume of nearly 

 800 pages; it will be published by the 

 Smithsonian Institution in a few weeks. 



The present catalogue will be useful to 

 chemists, and especially to librarians. 



Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of 

 Washington. Vol. VII. 1884. Wash- 

 ington, D. C. : Judd & Detweiler. Pp. 

 135. 



This volume contains the minutes of the 

 society and of its mathematical section for 

 1884. The society continues to show a 

 vigorous growth. The total number of 

 members enrolled, from the beginning in 

 1871, is 292. Thirty-five new members 

 were added during the year, and the present 

 number of active members is 173. The 

 annual address of the president, James C. 

 Welling, delivered December 6, 1884, was 

 on " The Atomic Philosophy, Physical and 

 Metaphysical." The " Minutes " include, 

 besides this address in full, abstracts of the 

 papers read at the stated meetings of the 

 society, among which we notice, as of cur- 

 rent general interest, Mr. Russell's on " The 

 Existing Glaciers of the High Sierra of Cali- 

 fornia," Mr. Kerr's on " The Mica-Mines of 

 North Carolina," Mr. Russell's on the " Vol- 



canic Dust of the Great Basin," Mr. Dall's 

 on the " Volcanic Sand that fell at Unalas- 

 ka in 1883," with Mr. Diller's on the com- 

 position of that dust ; and Mr. Dutton's 

 on " The Volcanoes and Lava-Fields of New 

 Mexico." 



HOW SHOULD I PRONOUNCE ? Or, THE ART 



of Correct Pronunciation. By Will- 

 iam Henry P. Phyfe. New York : G. 

 P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 305. Price, 



$1.25. 



The author assumes that the subject of 

 English pronunciation has not, as yet, had 

 its main facts and principles clearly and 

 concisely presented ; and that, among exist- 

 ing books, none consider the question em- 

 braced in the title of the present one in its 

 broadest sense, and endeavor to give it an in- 

 telligent and satisfactory answer. His effort 

 has been to supply this lack ; to furnish the 

 reasons for the directions given, and to in- 

 dicate the means of becoming proficient in 

 the very important art. After an introduc- 

 tory chapter presenting general views and 

 principles, the topics are considered of the 

 physical nature of sound, the nature and 

 use of the vocal organs, articulate sounds, 

 the sounds of the English language, alpha- 

 bets, and the English alphabet. The last 

 topic is followed by complete lists of the 

 various sounds for which each letter in the 

 English alphabet stands, and of the various 

 symbols used for each elementary sound, 

 which are claimed to be the fullest that have 

 ever appeared. Then come rules and sug- 

 gestions for becoming proficient in English 

 pronunciation and the indication of the cor- 

 rect pronunciations, according to both Web- 

 ster and Worcester, of more than one thou- 

 sand words that are frequently mispro- 

 nounced. Proper names are considered in 

 another chapter, and a bibliography of the 

 subject is given in an appendix. 



The Lenafe Stone : or, the Indian and 

 the Mammoth. By H. C. Mercer. New 

 York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 95. 

 Price, $1.25. 



In 1872 a young farmer in Bucks Coun- 

 ty, Pennsylvania, turned up in plowing a 

 "queer" stone, which he took home and 

 threw into a box with his other "Indian 

 curiosities." It was a piece of a broken 

 " gorget-stone," on which could be discerned 



