LITERARY NOTICES. 



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oi' seven volumes when he died, in 1813, 

 and the eighth and ninth volumes were sub- 

 sequently edited by George Ord. 



Charles Lucien Bonaparte, son of Lucien 

 Bonaparte, the second brother of Napoleon, 

 was born in Paris in 1803, and in 1822 he 

 married the daughter of Joseph Bonaparte 

 and went to Philadelphia, where he joined 

 his father-in-law. He was an ardent natu- 

 ralist, and devoted himself especially to the 

 subject of birds. He published " American 

 Ornithology," in four volumes (1822-'33), 

 thus continuing Wilson's great work. He 

 added descriptions of over one hundred new 

 species of birds discovered by himself, and 

 which are designated in the lists of the 

 work before us. 



The present popular edition of " Amer- 

 ican Ornithology," now issued in one portly 

 volume by Porter & Coates, is evidently 

 based upon the elaborate publications of 

 these two naturalists, and the work has a 

 permanent interest, both from its early and 

 original observations, and as representing a 

 portion of the history of American science. 



The Rosicrucians : Their Rites and Mys- 

 teries, with Chapters on the Ancient Fire 

 and Serpent Worshipers, and Explana- 

 tions of the Mystic Symbols represented 

 in the Monuments and Talismans of the 

 Primitive Philosophers. 300 Illustra- 

 tions. Bv Hargrave Jennings. New 

 York : J. W. Bouton. Pp. 372. 



We gather but little more from looking 

 over this book than is conveyed by the title. 

 It has a great number of mysterious sym- 

 bolic pictures ; and its text is of mysterious 

 people and mysterious things. There may 

 be wisdom in it, nevertheless. 



The Antiqcities and Platycnemism of the 



MOfND-BuiLDERS OK THE StaTE OF WIS- 

 CONSIN. By J. M. De Hart, M. D. Pp. 

 15. Illustrated. 



In this pamphlet Dr. De Hart briefly 

 describes a few of the more remarkable 

 mounds belonging to a group found near 

 Lake Mendota, in the State of Wiscon- 

 sin. Like the mounds in other parts of the 

 State, these are mainly of two sorts, animal 

 mounds, or those made in imitation of the 

 forms of animate objects, and mounds of cir- 

 cular or oblong form, with a more or less 

 conical or pyramidal elevation, some of 

 which contain human and other remains. 



Of the former, which usually represent the 

 animals they are meant to imitate, on an 

 immensely extended scale, the author de- 

 scribes one that is shaped like a bird with 

 wings expanded, each wing measuring about 

 300 feet in length ; another in the form of 

 a squirrel with a tail over 500 feet long ; a 

 third representing a deer ; a fourth a bear, 

 etc. 



The largest of the circular mounds was 

 opened by the Doctor, and found to contain, 

 besides ashes, flints, and other debiHs, three 

 human skeletons, presenting in each case 

 types of structure characteristic of the 

 mound - builders. The most marked of 

 these peculiarities, viz., the flat shin-bones, 

 and the perforation at the inferior extrem- 

 ity of the humerus, are discussed by the 

 author. 



The Silkworm. Being a Brief Manual of 

 Instruction for the Production of Silk. 

 With Illustrations. Bv Professor C. V. 

 Riley. Washington, 1879. Pp. 31. 



This forms Special Report No. 11 of 

 the Department of Agriculture, of which at 

 the time of its publication Professor Riley 

 was entomologist. It opens with an intro- 

 duction in which the causes that have hith- 

 erto retarded the growth of the silk indus- 

 try in this country are pointed out; and 

 the subject of profits in the different 

 branches of the business quite fully consid- 

 ered. Next we have an interesting and 

 instructive account of the natural history 

 of the silkworm, including its diseases ; fol- 

 lowed by directions for rearing, and for 

 the management required in order to ob- 

 tain the largest returns, either in silk or 

 eggs. The operation of reeling both by the 

 old and the improved methods is described ; 

 and the pamphlet closes with a brief descrip- 

 tion of the food-plants of the silkworm. A 

 glossary is appended, explaining the few 

 technical terms the author was obliged to 

 employ. 



The Geology of the DiAMOSTiFERors Re- 

 gions OF THE Province of Parana, Bra- 

 zil. By Orville A. Derby, M. S. Pp. 

 8. 



This short paper contains a good many 

 interesting facts about the geological rela- 

 tions of the diamond and the methods adopt- 

 ed in mining for them. They are found in 



