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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



Original Researches in Mineralogy and 

 Chemistry. By J. Lawrence Smith, 

 Membre Correspondant de I'lnstitut de 

 France (Academie des Sciences), etc. 

 Printed for presentation only. Edited 

 by J. B. Marvin, B. S., M. D. Pp. 630. 

 Louisville, Ky. : John P. Morton & Co. 



The title of this work indicates the chief 

 line of research pursued by the author of 

 its papers in his long and active career as 

 an original scientific inquirer. We printed in 

 the "Monthly" for December, 1874, an in- 

 teresting sketch of his busy life, and an ac- 

 count of his more important investigations. 

 He issued a volume of " Scientific Re- 

 searches " in 1873, which contained the most 

 valuable of his contributions up to that 

 date. The present volume is a reprint with 

 but very little editorial change of his prin- 

 cipal papers pubhshed since that time. It 

 is a valuable record of recent results in 

 mineralogical chemistry; and especially with 

 reference to meteorites, which was a promi- 

 nent subject of study with Dr. Smith. 



Poems of Sidney Lanier. New York : 

 Charles Scribner's Sons. Pp. 240. Price, 

 $2.50. 



From " The Independent," " Scribner's," 

 " Lippincott's," " Appletons'," and other 

 magazines, these occasional poems have 

 been collected by the widow of the poet. 

 Most of them are characterized by a tender 

 sadness, as might be expected from a writer 

 who had known more pain than joy. " The 

 Symphony " and " Psalm of the West " are 

 of a more vigorous type, and a humorous 

 vein appears in several dialect poems. 

 The poems are preceded by a memorial 

 sketch by William H. Ward, who rates 

 Sidney Lanier as " much more than a clever 

 artisan in rhyme and meter." 



Man in the Tertiaries. By Edward S- 

 MoRSE. Salem, Mass. : The Salem Press- 

 Pp. 15. 



This is the vice-presidential address de- 

 livered before the Anthropological Section 

 of the American Association, over which the 

 author presided at the last meeting of the 

 Association in Philadelphia. It reviews the 

 evidence in favor of the high antiquity of 

 man on the earth. An abstract of the ad- 

 dress was published in " The Popular Science 

 Monthly " for December. 



The Agricultural Grasses of the United 

 States. By Dr. George Vasey, The 

 Chemical Composition of American 

 Grasses. By Clifford Richardson. 

 Washington: Government Printing-Of- 

 fice. Pp. 144. 



This report is a contribution toward an- 

 swering the question whether we can not se- 

 lect, from our wild or native species of grass, 

 such as may be cultivated in those parts of 

 the country unprovided with suitable kinds. 

 The native grasses of the Territories receive 

 most attention, and some information con- 

 cerning the herbage-crops in the Gulf States 

 is given. A large number of grasses are 

 described, and one hundred and twenty va- 

 rieties are figured in full-page plates. 



United States Publications: Monthly 

 Catalogue. Vol. I, No. I, January, 

 1885. Washington, D. C: J. H. Hio- 

 kox. Pp. 22. Price, $2 per annum. 



The Catalogue will include the titles of 

 publications of every description printed by 

 order of Congress, or of any of the depart- 

 ments of Government, during the month pre- 

 ceding the date of its issue. 



The Story Hour. For Children and Youth. 

 By Susan H. Wixon. New York: 

 Truth-Seeker Company. Pp. 222. 



A collection of articles, with elegant 

 illustrations, from the youth's department 

 of the New York " Truth-Seeker." It has 

 been the author's aim to produce a book 

 " that, while pleasing, will awaken healthy 

 thought, and stimulate to right endeavor." 

 It is claimed to be " pure in tone, entirely 

 free from superstitious taint, and well cal- 

 culated to broaden, brighten, and strengthen 

 the growing mind." 



Proceedings of the American Society of 

 Microscopists. Seventh Annual Meet- 

 ing, Rochester, N. Y., August, 1884. 

 Buffalo : Bigelow Brothers. Pp. 300. 



Several of the papers of the " Proceed- 

 ings " are given in full, among them an ac- 

 count, by Dr. George E. Fell, of the discovery 

 by the aid of the microscope of an interpo- 

 lation in a written contract. The opening 

 address of President Jacob D. Cox reviews 

 a part of the work of Robert B. Tolles in the 

 improvement of the microscope, and is fol- 

 lowed by a memoir of Mr. Tolles, by George 

 E. Blackham. 



