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ligrous ideas, and funeral customs. The re- 

 mainder of the book, and its larger portion, 

 classifies and describes very fully the va- 

 rious monuments of early constructive skill, 

 implements, utensils, ornaments, and manu- 

 factures of these primitive tribes. 



The illustrations consist of 31 plates and 

 several woodcuts of objects mostly in the 

 author's private collection, which are here 

 figured for the first time. 



The Childhood of the World. By Ed- 

 ward Clodd. London and New York : 

 Macmillan, 1873. 



This is, we believe, the first book of its 

 kind that has ever been published, at least 

 in English a primer of anthropology and 

 archaeology, giving the results of advanced 

 modern science, and intended for the in- 

 struction of young children. It is written 

 in attractive style, and is sure to gratify the 

 young folk. The author contrives to con- 

 vey a very large amount of information in 

 very small space and in very simple lan- 

 guage ; he can simplify without debasing, 

 and can instruct the young, without ever 

 resorting to unworthy tricks or making 

 drafts on their credulity, which maturer 

 years would lead them to discount. The 

 paper, print, and binding of the book, are 

 all that could be desired. 



The Mechanism of the Ossicles of the 

 Ear and Membrana Tympani. By H. 

 Helmholtz. Translated from the Ger- 

 man, with the author's permission, by 

 .Albert G. Buck and Normand Smith. 

 New York : Win. Wood and Co., 1873. 



In this little work Dr. Helmholtz comes 

 before the world bringing the results of his 

 own observation, and, as a matter of course, 

 he pours a flood of light upon the subject 

 which he treats. The essay is intended for 

 professional men, and for students familiar 

 with physiological science, and both these 

 classes of readers will find here the only 

 treatise in any language which discusses 

 fully the anatomical, physiological, and 

 mathematical aspects of the matter in 

 hand. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



Logic of Medicine. By Edward S. Dun- 

 ster, M. D. New York : D. Appleton & Co. 

 1873. 



The Criminal Use of Proprietary and 

 Advertised Nostrums. By Ely Van de War- 

 ker, M. D. New York : D. Appleton & Co., 

 1873. 



The Short-Footed Ungulata of the Eocene 

 of Wyoming. By Edward D. Cope. 



Criminal Responsibility of Epileptics. 

 By M. G. Echeverria, M. D. 



New Method of preserving Tumors, etc., 

 during Transportation. By Joseph G. Rich- 

 ardson, M. D. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 

 1873. 



Mechanism of the Ossicles of the Ear 

 and Membrana Tympani. By H. Helmholtz. 

 New York: William Wood & Co., 1873. 



The Scientific Bases of Faith. By Jo- 

 seph John Murphy, Author of " Habit and 

 Intelligence." London and New York : 

 Macmillan, 1873. 



The Unity of Law ; as exhibited in the 

 Relations of Physical, Social, Mental, and 

 Moral Science. By H. C. Carey. Philadel- 

 phia : Henry C. Baird, 1873. 



The Romance of Astronomy. By H. 

 Kalley Miller, M. A. London and New 

 York : Macmillan, 1873. 



The Childhood of the World ; a Simple 

 Account of Man in Early Times. By Ed- 

 ward Clodd, F. R. A. S. London and New 

 York : Macmillan, 1873. 



The Sanitarian. A Monthly Journal. 

 A. N. Bell, M. D., Editor. New York : A. 

 S. Barnes & Co., 1873. $3.00 per annum. 



Prayer and the Prayer-Gauge. By Rev. 

 Mark Hopkins, D. D. Albany : Weed, Par- 

 sons & Co., 1873. 



The Upper Coal-Measures west of the 

 Alleghany Mountains. By John J. Steven- 

 son. Salem, Mass., 1873. 



MISCELLANY. 







Action of Dronxlit and fold on Forest- 

 Trees. In an able paper on the manner in 

 which the distribution of plants and ani- 

 mals may be influenced by extraordinary 

 changes in the character of the seasons, 

 published in the American Naturalist for 

 November last, Prof. N. S. Shaler attributes 

 the wide-spread destruction of evergreen 



