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Report on the Exhibits at the Crystal Palace 

 Electrical Exhibition of ISS'i. By Ensign frank J. 

 Sprague. Washington : Government Printing-of- 

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Okadaira Shell-Mound at Hitachi. By I. lijimg 

 and C. Sasaki. Tokio, Japan : Tokio Daigaku. Pp. 

 7, with Eleven Plates. 



Chicago Manual Training School, First" Annual 

 Catalogue. Pp. 16. 



Evolution and the Positive Aspects of Modern 

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 A. S. Woodburn. 



The Offices of Electricity In the Human Body. 

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Washington High-School; Syllabu.s of the Courses 

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Wages and Tariffs. Bv E. J. Donnell. New 

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"The American Monthly," June, 18S4. Chicago. 

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State Mineralogist, California, Third Annual 

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Silver-Lead Deposits of Eureka, Nevada. Ab- 

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The Conventional Lies of Civilization. From the 

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Society for Ethical Culture, Chicago. First An- 

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Tokio Daigaku. Calendar for 18S2-'83. Tokio, 

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Notes on the Volcanic Rocks of the Groat Basin. 

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Volcanic Sand at Unalashka, Alaska. By J. S. 

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Arithmetical Aids. In box. Boston : Hough- 

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Eleventh Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, 1883. 

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Naphthaline as an Insecticide, etc. By Dr. 

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Fibrine and Bacteria. By Thomas Taylor. 

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"American Psychological Journal." Quarterly, 

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Alabama Weather Service, May, 1SS4. Mont- 

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Taxation in the United States, 1789-1816. By 

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Criminal I^sponsibility of the Insane. By Or- 

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Meteorology and Soil Temperatures at Houehton 

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The Urine in Disease. By C. F. Tavlor, M. D. 

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Testing Machines. By Arthur V. Abbott. New 

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Symbolic Algebra. By Professor William Cain. 

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List of Water- Works. Compiled by J. J. R, 

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The Diet Question: Giving the Reason Why. 

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The Hollanders in Nova Zombla. By Daniel 

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Cottages; or. Hints on Economical Building. 

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Discoveries of America to the Year 1525. By 

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Tokology: A Book for Every Woman. By Alice 

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The Essentials of Anatomy, Physiology, and 

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Observations on Vitality of Seeds of Weeds, and 

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Manual of the Mosses of North America. By 

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The Laws of Health. By Joseph C. Hutchison, 

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Introduction to the Study of Modern Forest 

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U. S Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Report 

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La Fibula de los Caribes (The Fable of the Ca- 

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Fridolin's Mystical Marriage. By .\dolf Wil- 

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The Ameriean Association. — The Phila- 

 delphia meeting of the American Associa- 

 tion will begin September 4th, under the 

 presidency of Professor J. P. Lesley. The 

 sectional Vice-Presidents are : A. Mathe- 

 matics and Astronomy, H. T. Eddy, of Cin- 

 cinnati; B. Physics, John Trowbridge, of 

 Cambridge; C. Chemistry, John W. Lang- 

 ley, of Ann Arbor ; D. Mechanical Science, 

 R. n. Thurston, of Hoboken ; E. Geology 

 and Geography, N. H. Winchell, of Minne- 

 apolis. Biology, E. D, Cope, of Philadel- 

 phia ; F. Histology and Microscopy, T. G. 

 Wormley, of Philadelphia ; H. Anthropolo- 

 gy, E. S. Morse, of Salem ; L Economic Sci- 

 ence and Statistics, J. Eaton, of Washington. 

 The Permanent Secretary is Professor F. W. 

 Putnam, of Cambridge ; General Secretary, 

 Alfred Springer, of Cincinnati ; Assistant 

 General Secretary, E. S. Holden, of Madi- 

 son, Wisconsin ; Treasurer, William Lilly, 

 of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania. The Brit- 

 ish Association has invited the members of 

 the American Association to join in the 

 meeting at Montreal, and the American As- 

 sociation and the local committee of Phila- 

 delphia have invited the members of the 

 British Association and their companions 



