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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



sent to publishers asking for specimen num- 

 bers of their periodicals. The catalogue in- 

 cludes the titles of five thousand one hun- 

 dred and five periodicals in the English, 

 German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portu- 

 guese, Dutch, Scandinavian, Hungarian, and 

 Slavic languages, of which two thousand 

 one hundred and fifty are placed in the li- 

 brary check-list. Ninety-four subjects are 

 included in the classified list, in which peri- 

 odicals devoted to general science do not 

 enter. Of these subjects, the most numer- 

 ously represented is that of agriculture. 



Geological and Natural History Survey 

 of Minnesota. By N. H. Winchell, 

 State Geologist. First Annual Report, 

 1872, pp. 112; Tenth do., 1881, pp. 

 254, with Fifteen Plates ; Eleventh do., 

 1882, pp. 219; Twelfth do., 1883, pp. 

 387, with Map and Plates. 



THE'first report includes an historical 

 sketch and list of publications relating to 

 the geology and natural history of Minne- 

 sota, beginning with Father Hennepin's 

 book, and a general sketch of the geology 

 of the State. The " tenth report " contains 

 descriptions of about four hundred rock 

 samples and notes on their geological re- 

 lations, continued from the previous report ; 

 a paper on the Potsdam sandstone, papers 

 on the Crustacea of the fresh waters of Min- 

 nesota, etc. The " eleventh report " in- 

 cludes a report on the mineralogy of the 

 State ; and papers on the crystalline rocks ; 

 rock outcrops in Central Minnesota ; Lake 

 Agassiz (a large, ancient lake, of which 

 traces are found in an extensive region) ; 

 the iron region of Northern Minnesota, etc. 

 The " twelfth report " is mainly devoted to 

 paleontology and the fauna and flora. 



Life of Frank Buckland. By his Broth- 

 er-in-Law, George C. Bompas. Phila- 

 delphia : J. B. Lippincott Company. Pp. 

 433. Price, $2. 



Few men have been privileged to do 

 more to popularize science, as represented 

 in natural history, and to spread abroad 

 love for animals, than the subject of this 

 memoir. His life was very largely devoted 

 to the study of animated nature, to the de- 

 velopment of its economical value, and the 

 collection and increase of information on 

 every aspect of it. The objects with which 



he labored, and the principles by which he 

 was guided are well expressed in the coun- 

 sel he gave in the first number of " Land 

 and Water," in January, 1866 : "Let none," 

 he said, " think himself unable to advance 

 the great cause of natural history. Thou- 

 sands of Englishmen and Englishwomen 

 have knowledge and experience, acquired 

 by their actual observation of useful facts 

 relating to animated beings, be they beasts, 

 birds, insects, reptiles, fishes, or plants. 

 Friendly controversy and argument are in- 

 vited on all questions of practical natural 

 history, and although the odium salmonicum 

 not unfrequcntly assumes more virulence 

 than even the odium theologicum of the 

 good old days of fagot and stake, no writer 

 need fear that his pet theory shall be ruth- 

 lessly set on fire, or that his arguments shall 

 be decapitated, without a fair and friendly 

 hearing." Mr. Bompas has given a very 

 picturesque and engaging story of a man 

 who was certainly one of the liveliest char- 

 acters in the history of science. 



Fcrests and Forestry in Poland, Lithu- 

 ania, the Ukraine, and the Baltic 

 Provinces of Russia. Compiled by 

 John Croumbie Brown. Edinburgh": 

 Oliver & Boyd ; Montreal : Dawson 

 Brothers. Pp. 276. 



Dr. Brown follows up his review of the 

 condition of the forests and of forestry in the 

 several countries of Europe with praisewor- 

 thy industry and devotion to the cause of 

 reclothing the waste places of the earth. 

 The present volume is like the others of 

 the series which we have noticed in plan 

 and style. It gives accounts of the coun- 

 tries and peoples, and their history so far as 

 it is connected with forestry, and detailed 

 information concerning the present extent, 

 use, and care of the forests. 



Magneto- and Dynamo-Electric Machines ; 

 with a Description of Electric Accumu- 

 lators. From the German of Glaserde 

 Cew. New York : D. Van Nostrand. 

 Pp. 301. 



This is the first volume of a new series, 

 called " The Specialist Series," to be edited 

 by Dr. Paget Higgs and Professor Charles 

 Forbes, the purpose of which is to impart 

 information on recent technical subjects in 

 a manner suited to the popular intelligence. 

 Concerning the immediate subjeet of the 



