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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



Contributions to the Natural History of 

 Kerguelen Island. By J. H. Kidder, 

 M. D. II., pp. 122. Washington: Gov- 

 ernment Printing-Office. 



In this bulletin are embodied the results 

 of an examination of the eggs brought from 

 Kerguelen Island by the United States Tran- 

 sit-of-Venus Expedition, the identification 

 of the botanical specimens, and determina- 

 tions of the small but interesting zoological 

 collections. The latter contain a large num- 

 ber of new genera and species, especially in 

 mollusks, insects, crustaceans, and echino- 

 derms. 



Occurrence of Eozoon Canadense at Cote 

 St.-Pierre. Bv J. W. Dawson, LL. D. 

 Pp. 10, with Plate. 



The controversy as to the true nature of 

 Eozoon Canadense whether it is of organic 

 origin, or whether it is simply and pure- 

 ly a mineral formation still continues. A 

 short time ago we made mention of a paper 

 by Otto Hahn, on the negative side of this 

 question. In the paper before us Dr. Daw- 

 son presents with considerable force the ar- 

 guments in favor of the organic origin of 

 this curious fossil. 



Bulletin of the United States National 

 Museum, No. 5, pp. 82. Washington : 

 Government Priuting-Ofnce. 



In 1872, while on a visit to the Bermu- 

 das, Dr. G. Brown Goode, assistant curator 

 of the United States Museum, studied the 

 fishes of those islands. The present num- 

 ber of the Bulletin contains the results of 

 Dr. Goode's studies. His " Catalogue of 

 the Fishes of the Bermudas" names and de- 

 scribes seventy-five species of fishes belong- 

 ing to Bermudan waters most of them ob- 

 served by the author himself. Up to the 

 time of his visit, only seven species of fishes 

 had been recorded from that locality. 



Transactions of the Kansas Academy of 

 Science. Vol. IV. Pp. 63. Topeka: 

 Printed by G. W. Martin. 



Contains twelve papers bearing the fol- 

 lowing titles : " Ozone in Kansas Atmos- 

 phere," " The Nebraska Hot Bluff," " Kan- 

 sas Chalk," " Kansas Soils," " Kansas Salt," 

 " Calamites," " Kansas Mammalia," " Habits 

 of Certain Larvae," "The Cottonwood-leaf 

 Beetle," "Rocky Mountain Locust," "Sage 

 Sphinx," " Lepidoptera of Eastern Kansas." 



The Historical Jesus of Nazareth. By 

 M. Schlesinger, Ph. D. Pp. 98. New 

 York : Soinerby. 



Dr. Schlesinger, in the first place, ana- 

 lyzes the Messianic idea as it existed in the 

 minds of the prophets and in the traditions 

 of the people of Israel. He then examines 

 the New Testament writings, in order to 

 show what manner of man Jesus really was, 

 and what religious and moral doctrines he 

 held. These, according to the author, were 

 purely Jewish "Jesus was nothing but a 

 Jew." The Christian system really origi- 

 nated with the apostle Paul, who boldly 

 cut the new religion loose from its parent 

 trunk, Judaism. 



Bulletin of the Bussy Institution. Part 

 V., pp. 97, with Plates. Cambridge : 

 John Wilson & Son. 



Of the seven papers contained in this 

 volume three are on chemical subjects, viz., 

 " The Composition of Date-stones," "Analy- 

 sis of Potassic Fertilizers," " Occurrence of 

 Ammonia in Anthracite." The author of 

 these papers is Prof. F. H. Storer, dean of 

 the institution. The other four papers are 

 on botanical subjects, viz. : "A Disease of 

 Olive and Orange Trees," " The American 

 Grape-vine Mildew," "Fungi found in the 

 Vicinity of Boston," and " The Black Knot." 

 These papers are by Prof. W. G. Farlow. 



Jansen, McClurg & Co. announce the 

 publication of a " Manual of the Verte- 

 brates of the Northern United States," by 

 David S. Jordan. The work is designed to 

 reduce the labor of classifying and ascer- 

 taining the names of specimens, and to fill 

 in the study of zoology the place that Gray's 

 " Manual of Botany " has long filled in the 

 study of plants. 1 vol., 12mo, pp. 342. 

 Price $2. 



Under the title " Condensed Classics," 

 Henry Holt & Co. will soon commence the 

 publication, in condensed form, of a series 

 of standard works of English fiction, the 

 purpose^ being to save the time of the read- 

 er by eliminating those portions of the text 

 that can be spared without impairing the 

 continuity of the story. The work of con- 

 densation is in the competent hands of Mr. 

 Rossiter Johnson. The initial work of the 

 series will be " Ivanhoe," by Sir Walter 



