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Michigan Agricultural College, Lansing. Hints 

 for Arbor-Day. Pp. lt». 



Miles, Manly. Feeding for Fat and fur Lean. 

 Pp. 6. 



Molee, Elias. Plea for an American Language, 

 or Germanic English. Chicago : John Anderson & 

 Co. Pp. S03. 



Neymarck, Alfred. Public Debts of Europe. 

 New Vork: Houiaus Publishing Company. Pp. 

 80. 50 cents. 



Oertlund, O. W. Synopsis of the Aphididse of 

 Minnesota. St. Paul : Geological Survey. Pp. 

 100. 



"The Pacific Beach Weekly," San Diego, Cal. 

 Vol. I, No. 1. Pp. 10. $J.50 a year. 



Peale, A. C. U. S. Geological Surrey. Mineral 

 Waters. Pp. 10. Classification of American Wa- 

 ters. Pp. 13. 



Playter, M. B., & Co., New York. " The Prophy- 

 lactic," i'ebruary, 18S8. Monthly. 15 cents, $1.75 a 

 year. 



Providence Franklin Society. Geology of Ehode 

 Island. Pp. lao, with Plates. 



Eeed, Lieutenant Henry A. Photography ap- 

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 Sons. Pp. 6S. 



Ricketts, P. de P., and Russell, S. N. Skeleton 

 Notes upon Inorganic Chemistry. Part \. New 

 York : John Wiley it Sons. 



Sanitary Aid Society of the City of New York. 

 Report, Marcb, lbS8. Pp 8. 



Shoppol, li. W. Artistic Modern Houses, of Low 

 Cost. Sixty Designs. New York: Co-operative 

 Building Plan Association. 25 cents. 



Shufeldt, K. W , M D. Comparative Data from 

 2,000 Indian Crania. Pp. 24. 



Sternberg. George M., M. D. Disinfection and 

 Individual I'rophj'la.xis against Infections Diseases. 

 American Public Health Association. Pp. 40. 



Stillman, James W. Protection, or Tariff for 

 Revenue ? Boston : Cashman, Keating & Co. Pp. 

 21. 



Stirling, William, M. D. Outlines of Practical 

 Phvsiology. Philadelphia : P. Blakiston, Son & Co. 

 Pp] 309. $2.25. 



Todd, Charles Burr. The Story of the City of 

 New York. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons. 

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Utah and Statehood. Ob.iections considered, 

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Viiughn. Victor C. Ilealthv Homes and Foods 

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Wadsworth, M. E. Peridotytes, Gabbros, Dia- 

 bases, and Andesites of Minnesota. St. Paul : Geo- 

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Washington University, St. Louis. Manual 

 Training-School. 1>!87-18SS. Pp. 56. 



Western New York Institution for Doaf-Mutes, 

 Rochester. Eleventh Annual Report. Pp. 45. 



White, Andrew D. European Schools of His- 

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Whitman, C O . and Allis. E. P., Jr. " Journal 

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Wilson. J. C. Fever-Nursing. Philadelphia : 

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Winchell, N. IT. Geological and Naturql His- 

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Wisconsin. Report of the State Board of Health 

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Wolf, Herman T., Philadelphia. Diamonds, and 

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Wood, R C, M. D. DuaUty of the Brain. At- 

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POPULAR MISCELLANY. 



The Meaning of Easter Eggs.— La- 

 rousse's " Dictionnaire Universel " says : 

 " The use of Easter eggs is general among 

 all the people of the different Christian 

 communities. It appears to have been a 

 symbolic tradition of the Christian Church, 

 which has been explained in different ways. 

 Some see in it a remembrance of the red 

 egg which, according to il^^lius Lampidius, a 

 hen belonging to the parents of Alexander 

 Severus laid on the day of his birth. 

 Others trace it to the martyrdom which was 

 inflicted upon Christians by the ova ignita. 

 Among pagans, the egg had a mystic sense, 

 relating to the origin of beings and of the 

 whole world ; and it is perhaps the case 

 that this tradition was preserved, along with 

 many others, in the new religion. The 

 most probable interpretation, however, is 

 that the Christian adepts saw in the egg, 

 in view of the phenomenon of its hatching, 

 a symbol of the resurrection of Christ ; and 

 hence the custom of carrying eggs to the 

 temple on Easter-day to be blessed by the 

 priest, which were afterward distributed to 

 the family and friends. But it may be that 

 there is in this nothing more than a joyful 

 manifestation on the occasion of having 

 again eggs of which the laity had been de- 

 prived during the whole of Lent." 



The Andn1)0n Monnment. — We are glad 

 to observe that the Audubon Monument 

 Committee are moving as rapidly as the 

 public will support them in their noble ob- 

 ject of erecting a worthy monument to our 

 first great naturalist. The enterprise is un- 

 der the immediate care of our ornithological 

 and scientific societies, in whose behalf the 

 committees are acting ; but contributions are 

 desired and sohcitcd from the general public. 

 Audubon gave luster to the Americnn name 

 when it was in low esteem in science ; and 

 his service in literature was hardly less con- 

 spicuous. He was, moreover, a man of the 

 people, who taught them and is still teach- 

 ing them ; and it is eminently proper that 

 the people should unite in giving him the 

 proposed testimonial of their grateful re- 

 membrance. The monument will be the 

 first erected in America by popular contri- 

 butions in honor of a scientific man ; it is 



