120 BinLIOGRAPIITCAL NOTICES. 



'l}ic MoUuscun Fauna of the Later 'Icrtiaryof Peru. Wy K. Thom- 

 son Nelson, Ph. 1)., Professor of Xiitural History in Hanover 

 College, Hanovci", Indiana. [From the Transactions of the Con- 

 neetieut Academy of Arts and Sciences. Vol. II, Part 1.] 

 The species described in this iJ.ijx'r nre mostly new to science. 



and are illnstrat<>d l)y two j)l:ites. 



Annual of Sricu/ifir Disrovrri/: nr, Year-l^ook of F.icls in Science 

 and Art, for 1871, exhibiting the most important discoveries and 

 improvements in Mechanics, U.seful Arts, Natnral Philosophy, 

 Chemistry, Astronomy, (Jeology, Biology, Botany, Mineralogy, 

 Meteorology, fieography, Antiiniities, etc.. together with notes (in 

 the progress of science dnring the year 1870; a list of recent 

 scientific publications; obitnarios of eminent scientific men, etc. 

 Edited by .John Troliridge, S. B., Assistant Professor of Phjsics 

 in Harvard (Jollege; aided by W. 11. Xicbols, Asst. Professor of 

 Chemistry in M.iss. Inst, of Tech. ; and ('. H. Cross, gradnate of 

 the Institute. Pnblished by (lonld .and Lincoln, Boston. 



This annual contains the usual amount of important matter. The 

 advant.-ige of these annual abstracts are two fold : 1st. a great 

 amount of useful information is brought together from an exten- 

 sive field of research and observation; 2nd. the very nesit bound 

 volume which it forms, is within the means of the most humble. 



Fifty-third Annual Beport if thi TrnMeos of the New i'ork Stale 

 Library. 



The School Ijaboratory of Physical Sciciice. Edited by (iustavus Hin- 

 rich. Professor of Physical Science in the Stiite I'niversity of Iowa. 



The objects of this journal are to inti'oduce and encourage the 

 study of the sciences in Anierican schools, and to elevate the 

 standard of sci(!nce teaching in them. We most heartily concur 

 with the editor's views and wish his enterprise success. 



Diseases of the Womb. L'terine Catarrh frequently the (Jause of 

 Sterility. New Treatment. By H. E. (Jantillon, M. 1). pp. .'>4. 

 Published by J.anies Campbell. Boston. 



