LITERARY NOTICES. 



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Air and Moisture on Shipboard : A Frag- 

 ME\'T OF Applied Physiology. By Th. 

 J. Turner, A. M., M. D., Ph. D. Pp. 15. 



The notion is prevalent that life on ship- 

 board is especially healthy, and the doctors 

 are constantly sending patients to sea for 

 the benefits they are there expected to ob- 

 tain. That the belief is an error, and the 

 practice a mistaken one, this pamphlet 

 abundantly proves. Indeed, according to 

 the statistics which the author gives, few 

 unhealthier places can be found than one 

 of our modern naval vessels when in active 

 service. This appears to be due mainly to 

 foul air and a superabundance of moisture, 

 both of which, as the writer points out, can 

 be easily avoided by the substitution of a 

 few simple sanitary measures for the stupid 

 routine that now commonly controls in the 

 management of ships. 



On the Genealogy of Plants (20 pp.), 

 and On the Natural Succession of the 

 Dicotyledons (11 pp.). By Lester F. 

 Ward, A. M. Reprinted from the "Amer- 

 ican Naturalist." 



The first of these pamphlets begins with 

 an indictment of the present system of bo- 

 tanical classification, which the author re- 

 gards as altogether out of harmony with the 

 facts of organic evolution as developed dur- 

 ing the last twenty years ; and as requir- 

 ing the introduction of certain important 

 modifications, some of which he outlines. 

 The second pamphlet is a discussion of the 

 classification of the dicotyledons, from the 

 same point of view, namely, that of the evo- 

 lutionist. 



Notes on Cladocera. By Edward A. Birge, 

 Ph. D., Instructor in the University of 

 Wisconsin. Pp. 33, with Two Plates. 



This is a technical description of several 

 new species and one new genus of minute 

 fresh-water crustaceans found by the author 

 at different localities in this country. The 

 water-flea {Daphnia) is a familiar example of 

 the group. 



The Air we breathe. New York: S. 



Hamilton's Sons Print. Pp. 17. 



We have here a report of a Citizens' 

 Committee on the nuisances of New York 

 City, or rather on its " stench-factories " — 

 slaughter-houses, fat - rendering establish- 

 ments, etc. 



The Soul and the Resurrection. By J. 

 H. Kellogg, M. D. Battle Creek, Michi- 

 gan : "Review and Herald" Publishing 

 Association. 1879. Pp. 224. Price, 

 75 cents. 



Here is another attempt at establishing 

 harmony between science and the Bible. 

 The author looks on science and the Bible 

 as " complementary revelations," though the 

 latter he regards as of by far the greater 

 importance. Still, he does not by any means 

 require that science should surrender at dis- 

 cretion to its " superior." On the contrary, 

 indeed, not a few of our author's proposi- 

 tions seem to us to imply that the whole 

 body of " revealed truth " is subject to re- 

 vision and correction by science. The or- 

 thodox reader will be shocked when he 

 finds the harmonizer plainly declaring that 

 " the study of mind is now a subject for the 

 physiologist," and ihat " the soul is neither 

 conscious nor immortal." 



Principal Characters of the American 



Jurassic Dinosaurs. With Plates. Pp. 



6. A New Order of Extinct Reptiles. 



By Professor 0. C. Marsh. With Plates. 



Pp. 8. 



These papers are reprinted from the 

 " American Journal of Science." We gave 

 an abstract of each of them on their appear- 

 ance in our contemporary. 



The Principles of Breeding. By Profes- 

 sor W. H. Brewer. Pp. 20. 

 Professor Brewer is an authority on 

 the subject which he has treated in this too 

 brief paper. It is reprinted from the re- 

 print of the Secretary of the New Hamp- 

 shire Board of Agriculture. 



Notes on the Aphidid^ of the United 



States. By C. V. Riley and J. Monell. 



With Plates from Hayden's Survey. 



Pp. 32. 



In this paper are set forth many interest- 

 ing biological facts relating to the gall-mak- 

 ing Pemphigina. Such facts possess a pecu- 

 liar importance just at present, on account 

 of the close relationship between these in- 

 sects and the Phjlloxera of the grapevine. 



Art Anatomy. By Dr. A. J. Howe. Pp. 



23. 



The painter and sculptor will find many 

 a valuable hint in this unpretending little 

 essay. 



