LITERARY NOTICES. 



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suits of chemical examinations. The con- 

 clusions as summarized are favorable to the 

 aboriginal origin of the copper, and point to 

 the Lake Superior region as the main source 

 of supply. 



The Progress and Trend of Scientific In- 

 vestigation in Canada is the subject of the 

 presidential address of 1894 of George M. 

 Dawson as President of the Royal Society of 

 Canada. The address presents the work of 

 the Geological Survey, the Meteorological 

 Service and Magnetic Observatory, the Do- 

 minion Lands Survey, experimental farms, 

 the hydrographic surveys, the study of the 

 fisheries, the Literary and Historical Society 

 of Quebec, the Natural History Society of 

 Montreal, the Canadian Institute at Toronto, 

 the Entomological Society of Ontario, the 

 Literary and Scientific Society of Ottawa, the 

 Botanical Club of Canada, and the Royal 

 Society of Canada. 



A paper by Edward A. Burt^ on a new 

 species of fungus A North American An- 

 thwiis, its Structure and Development con- 

 stitutes No. 14 of the third volume of the 

 memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural 

 History. This Anthurus was found growing 

 in a sandy cornfield on a hillside near East 

 Galway, N. Y., where it was represented by 

 thirteen discovered mature individuals and 

 several " eggs " in various stages of growth, 

 and is the only species at present known in 

 the northern continents. Two other species 

 are known in South America and one in Aus- 

 tralia, the differences from which of this 

 species are pointed out. It is named An- 

 thurus borealis. The paper is accompanied 

 by two plates of illustrations of structure. 



Around the World, an illustrated maga- 

 zine of tours, travels, and natural history, 

 devoted to a knowledge of the earth and of 

 its inhabitants, of which Prof. Angelo Heil- 

 prin is editor, began its second year with the 

 number for December, 1894. It has been 

 received with a favor, the publishers repre- 

 sent, both by the general public and by spe- 

 cialists in scientific work, which emphasizes 

 the need of a magazme covering its special 

 field. Its general appearance and make-up 

 go far to justify the claims its friends set up, 

 that in its own field it stands alone in thi.s 

 country, and " in its pictorial features it sur- 

 passes all similar publications of the Old 

 World." The December number contains 



articles on Wintering on the Riviera, The 

 Pygmies of the Congo, Among the Thibe- 

 tans, American Cave Dwellers, The Sargasso 

 Sea, Notes on Mountains and Mountaineer- 

 ing, Hints to the Traveler and Notes on Ap- 

 pliances of Travel, and full-page illustrations 

 of Popocatepetl, Bellagio, on Lake Como, 

 ClifE Castle, and the Zebra. (Monthly : The 

 Contemporary Publishing Company, New 

 York and Philadelphia; 15 cents, $1.50 a 

 year.) 



The 3fccha7iism of Weaving is designed 

 by the author, T. W. Fox, to supply what 

 seems to be a deficiency of books in which the 

 mechanical side of the art is made promi- 

 nent. Several admirable books have been 

 written on weaving during recent years, but 

 in them attention has been predominantly di- 

 rected to designing, fabi-ic and structure, and 

 calculations relating thereto. The present 

 work aims to put within the reach of the 

 student, in as comprehensive a manner as 

 possible, exact and practical information 

 bearing upon the principles of weaving as 

 exemplified in the various processes of the 

 trade. Numerous topics of practice are 

 treated, beginning with the description of 

 the power loom, and continuing with chap- 

 ters on healds, shedding or dividing the 

 warp, over-and-under motions, the figuring 

 harness, card cutting, picking, and other 

 movements or elements of the art, described 

 in detail. (Published by Macmillan & Co. 

 Price, $2.50.) 



A collection of Lectures on Biology, re- 

 printed from the American Field, contains 

 four lectures on that subject delivered by 

 Dr. B. W. Shufeldt, on invitation, at the 

 Catholic University of America, in January, 

 1892. The first lecture relates the history 

 of biology and defines its present domain, 

 and calls attention to the light it casts upon 

 the unity of organization among plants and 

 among animals, and upon the interdependence 

 of the various natural' divisions of science. 

 The second lecture considers its relations to 

 geology. The third treats of its value as a 

 study to the medical man and to every stu- 

 dent of Nature, as well as to the professional 

 biologist. The fourth lecture forecasts its 

 future growth and influence, showing how it 

 has affected the trend of human thought, 

 and now demands a prominent place in any 

 scheme of education worthy of the name. 



