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our literature, especially in the poets, and very numerous quotations of this 

 kind are found in these pages. An excellent photographic portrait of Dr. Bull 

 forms a frontispiece to the vol. 



A Catalogue of Canadian Birds, with Notes on the Distri- 

 bution of the Species. By Montague Chaml)erlain. Crown 4to, pp. v. — 143. 

 (St. John, N.B., Canada: J. & A. McMillan. 1SS7.) 



This catalogue Ijrings together the names of all the birds that have been 

 discovered within the boundaries of the Dominion of Canada, from the Atlantic 

 Ocean to the Pacific, and North to the Arctic ; and presents these on the 

 system of nomenclature, and in the sequence now generally adopted by Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists, and gives the geographical distribution of each species. 



Volcanoes and Earthquakes. By Samuel Kneeland, A.M., 



M.D. Crown 410, pp. 220. (Boston, U.S.A. : D. Lothrop Company. 1888.) 

 We have here a popular account of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, their 

 nature, causes, effects, and geographical distribution, from personal observa- 

 tion in the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands, Japan, Iceland, and the Mediter- 

 ranean Basin, Spain, and the United States. 



Being for the most part the author's own observations in the countries 

 described, they of course partake largely of personal adventure, and are 

 exceedingly interesting. The illustrations are from photographs and drawings 

 made on the spot, and the whole work is handsomely got up. 



Natural Resources of the United States. By Jacob 

 Harris Patton, M.A., Ph.D., etc. 8vo, pp. xvi. — 523. (London : W. 

 Allen and Co., Paternoster Square. New York : D. Apperton and Co. 1888.) 



In the interesting volume before us, we have a concise narrative of the 

 natural resources of the United States in all their numerous forms — e.g.. Coal, 

 Petroleum, Natural Gas, Iron, Gold, Silver, Mercury, Copper, Lead, Zinc, 

 Tin, Precious Stones, Clays, Building Stone, Graphite, Salt, Mineral or 

 Medicinal Springs, Timbers, Grasses, Fruits, etc. etc. The author says : — 

 " These resources are remarkable for their vastness, but equally striking has 

 been the providential care which provided, under such peculiar circumstances, 

 a Christian people — lovers of liberty, civil and religious — to occupy the goodly 

 land, and by their energy and industry to bring into practical use these varied 

 treasures." 



The Pleasures of Life. By Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., 



F.R.S., D.C.L, LL.D., etc. Ninth edition. lamo, pp. viii. — 19S. (London: 

 Macmillan and Co. 1888.) Price is. 6d. 



A series of interesting and instructive addresses delivered by the 

 author at special gatherings of schools and colleges. They embrace a variety 

 of subjects — The Duty of Happiness, The Happiness of Duty, A Song of 

 Books, The Choice of Books, The Blessing of Friends, The Value of Time, 

 and several others. 



Year-Book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of 



Great Britain and Ireland, comprising lists of the papers read during 1887. 

 8vo, pp. 256. (London: Charles Griftin and Co. 1888.) Price 7s. 6d. 



This is the fifth annual issue of this very useful year-book, and contains 

 in addition to the names of the officers, and lists of the papers read during 

 1887, before Societies engaged in all departments of research, with the names 

 of their authors, an appendix comprising a list of the leading Scientific 

 Societies throughout tlie world, occupying some twenty-four pages. The Vear- 

 Book is a most valuable publication. 



