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would awake to a realizing sense of this most visefiil department of ag- 

 riculture, and appoint a state entomologist drawing sufficient pay to 

 enable him to thoroughly gather together a knowledge of our insects 

 and put it into a readable shape for distribution among those who de- 

 sire to avail themselves of such knowledge. 



Record of American Eiitomology for the Year,.\S^. 8vo. pp. 52. 



Record of American Entomology for the Year, 1869. 8vo. pp. 62. 

 Edited by A. S. Packard, Jr., M. D. Published by the Naturalist 

 Book Agency, Salem, Mass. 



This is a "yearly index to all papers published on the Insects of 

 America, sh(nving at a glance the progress made in each order, for the 

 years, 1868-9. It is a work that should be encouraged by every work- 

 ing entomologist, whose labors will be greatly fiicilitated by its use. 

 It is gotten up on the same plan as the Record of Zoological Literature 

 by Albert C. L. G. Gunther, but is devoted exclusively to American 

 Entomology. 335 New species of North, and Central American Insects 

 have been described in the various scientific publications during the 

 the past two years. 



Geology and Physical Oeography of Brazil. By Ch. Fred. Hart, Pro- 

 fessor of Geologj' in Cornell University, pp. 620. Published by Fields, 

 Osgood & Co. Boston, Mass. 



This book is the result of two journeys in Brazil by the Author him- 

 self, one was made under the direction of Professor Agassiz, with the 

 Thayer Expedition in 1865-6, the other the following year. We could 

 not expect in a work of this size, from an exploration of less than three 

 years, covering a territory of more than twentj' degi-ees latitude and 

 something more than that longitude, in its gi'eatest depth, to receive 

 a detailed account of all the geological formations, nor minute descrip- 

 tions of the surface of the country, but the general features are acu- 

 rately given in a clear, concise manner, The journal of their first 

 journey was given in a former work, leaving this entirely free from 

 the monotony which usually exists in relating daily occurances in 

 Travels. 



The work is divided into ninteen Chapters, taking up the subjects in 

 the following order: Province of Rio de Janeiro; Espirito Santo; Mi- 

 nas Geraes ; The Islands and Coral Reefs of the Abrolhos ; Bahia; The 

 Sao Francisco Basin ; Sergipe and Alagoas ; Parnambuco ; Parahyba 

 do Norte ; Rio Grande do Norte ; Ceara ; Pitnhy ; Maranhao ; Para 

 and Amazonas ; Goyaz and i\Iatto Grasso ; Sao Paulo, Parana Santa 

 Catharina, and Rio Grande do Sul ; The Gold Mines of Brazil ; Lastly 

 we get some accounts of the Botocudos, one of the leading tribes of 

 Indians. 



Thirteenth Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Cen- 

 tral Park. With plates, maps and photographs, pp. 185. 

 Central Park is the pride and play-ground for the old and young of 



