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One of the series of Bohn's Scientific Library, being a companion volume 

 to " Physical and vStructural Geology." The volume before us treats of 

 Palaeontological and Historical Geology. In the first division we have 

 chapters on the Geographical Distribution of Life, the Origin and Succession 

 of Species, and the Correlation and Classification of Rocks on Palfeontological 

 Principles ; in the second division we find twelve chapters which treat of the 

 Azoic Era, Palaeozoic Time, and the various systems of Rocks. The book is 

 closely printed and well illustrated, and affords a large amount of information. 



Geological Studies ; or, Elements of Geology for High 

 Schools, Colleges, Normal, and other .Schools. By Alexander Winchell, LL.D. 

 Crown 8vo, pp. xxv. — 513. (Chicago : S. C. Griggs and Co. 1886. 

 Price, $3.) 



The work before us is divided into two parts ; — I. Geology inductively 

 Presented ; 2. Geology treated Systematically. In the first part the author 

 approaches the elementary facts and conceptions of geology in a pleasing 

 manner from the inductive side. The student is first introduced to the most 

 familiar facts, pebbles and boulders, kinds of minerals and rocks, and such 

 things as may be seen in the fields ; then liy degrees over the inductive 

 evidences of internal heat, metamorphism, upheaval and subsidence, and thus 

 to the broader generalisations of the science. The second part is a compact 

 systematic review of the subject, bringing into order the matter of the first 

 part, and supplying further information in the several departments. The 

 whole work is handsomely got up, printed on very heavy paper, and is 

 illustrated with 367 engravings in the text. 



Chips from the Earth's Crust; or, Short Studies in 

 Natural Science. By John Gibson. Crown 8vo, pp. 303. (London : 

 T. Nelson and Sons. 1887.) 



We have here, written in very readable language, some interesting accounts 

 of Landslips, Buried Forests, Coal-fields, Fossil Footprints, Diamond 

 Diggings, Gold and Silver Mines, Oil Wells, British Earthquakes, Meteors 

 and Meteor Showers, etc., etc., from which a very valuable knowledge may be 

 gained. The book is nicely bound, and contains 39 plate illustrations. 



Fun Better than Physic; or, Everybody's Life Preserver. 

 By W. W. Hall, M.D. Crown 8vo, pp. 333. (Chicago, U.S.A.: Rand, 

 McNaley, and Co. 1884.) 



This is a collection of clever and witty sayings and wise maxims, written 

 by Dr. Hall. Many of the maxims are very good. 



Six Lectures upon School Hygeine, delivered under the 

 auspices of the Massachusetts Emergency and Hygeine Association to 

 Teachers in the Public Schools. Crown 8vo, pp. 201. (Boston, U.S.A. : 

 Ginn and Co. 1886. Price, $1.) 



Six Lectures on .School Hygeine, Heating, and Ventilation ; the Use and 

 Care of the Eyes ; Epidemics and Disinfection ; Drainage ; and the Relation 

 of our Public Schools to the Disorders of the Nervous System ; given by 

 different Doctors in Medicine, who were thorough specialists, and adapted 

 their lectures to the distinctive wants of School Teachers. We have read 

 these lectures with much interest. 



Speeches on the Irish Question in 1886. By the Right 



