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social." When we study any transformation 

 whatever we may hit upon, taking variations 

 as they come, we find that as a consequence 

 of it some parts of the structure become use- 

 less, and their gradual elimination ensues, as 

 in the interest of the organization itself, con- 

 sidered as a whole. The working of this 

 principle is considered in its various aspects 

 in the worlds of organic life and society. 

 (Paris : Felix Alcan, Bibliotheque Scientifique 

 Internationale.) 



The Biblio[iraphj/ of the Anthropolofiy of 

 Peru^ published by George A. Dorsey in the 

 Anthropological Series of the Papers of the 

 Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, shows 

 that the list of books and papers relating to 

 the subject is a very considerable one and 

 would of itself furnish a respectable library ; 

 yet the compiler does not pretend that it is 

 exhaustive. He has only done his best with 

 the material accessible to him. His aim has 

 been, so far as possible, to cover the whole 

 ground, and to include such works from the 

 earliest times down to the present day as 

 treat of the modei-n Indians and of the Peru- 

 vians of ancient times, and to include all 

 known editions of the early Spanish authori- 

 ties. Interest and value are added to his 

 work by the short biographical sketches he 

 furnishes of about fifty of the moi-e impor- 



tant authors of the early Spanish times. Mr. 

 Dorsey hopes to follow this work with an 

 index by subjects and topics. 



The eleventh volume of the Annals of 

 the Argentine Meteorological Office {Anales de 

 la Offlcina Meteorologica Argentina), Walter 

 G. Davis, director, covers the observations of 

 the year 1893. It includes elaborate tables 

 similar to those which have characterized 

 previous volumes of the Anales, with climatic 

 details, at the stations of San Jorge (Cordo- 

 ba), Isla de los Estados, Chos-Malal, Para- 

 millo de Uspallata, on Potro Muerto ; with, in 

 addition, summaries of monthly observations 

 from October, 1895, till December, 1896, at 

 Isla de los Estados, and from May till August, 

 1896, at Chos-Malal. Twelve new stations 

 were established during the year covered by 

 the report. Voluntary observations of the 

 principal meteorological elements were re- 

 ceived from thirty-six points, and of rain 

 from seventy-three. Reports of observations 

 made six times a day were received from 

 Concepcion, Paraguay. Stations have been 

 established outside of the republic, near its 

 frontiers, in cases where suitable points could 

 not be found in the same latitudes within 

 the national territory, whereby important 

 data have been secured that would otherwise 

 have been missed. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Adams, C. J. The Matterhorn Head and other 

 Poems. Kossville, Staten Island, New York : 

 The Bureau of Biophilism. Pp. 20. 



Agricultural Experiment Stations. Bulletins 

 and Reports. Michigan State Agricultural Coilege: 

 Elementary Science Series. No. 1. Beans and 

 Peas before aud after Sprouting; No. 2. Wheat 

 and Buckwheat, ditto; Seeds of Clover and 

 Timothy, ditto ; Observations on the Leaves of 

 Clovers" at Different Times of the Day. All hy W. 

 J. Beal. Pp. 8 each; Report of the Botanical 

 Department of Michigan State Agricultural Col- 

 lege. ByW. J. Beal. Pp. 24; Michigan Month- 

 ly Bureau of Vital Statistics, May, 1898. Pp. 

 20. — New Jersey: No. 120. Asparagus Rust. 

 Pp. 20.— New York: Popular Editions of No. 139. 

 Plant Lice; No. 140. Wood Ashes not an Ap- 

 ple-Scab Preventive; No. 141. Some Results in 

 Stock Feeding. Pp. 6 each; Bulletin No. 142. Di- 

 rector's Report for 1897. Pp. 24.— United States 

 Department of Agriculture: Farmer's Bulletin 

 Ko. 74. Milk as Food. Pp. 40; Miscellaneous No. 

 1.5. Changes iu the Rates of Charge of Railway 

 and other Transportation Services. By H. C. 

 Newcomb. Pp. 80. — West Virginia : No. 52. 

 Strawberries. By L. C. Corbett. Pp. 24. 



American Catholic Historical Society of Phila- 

 delphia. Record. Quarterly. Vol. IX. No. 2. 

 June, 1898. Pp. 180. 50 cents; $2 a year. 



Aveling, Eleanor Marx. History of the Com- 

 mune of 1871. Translated from the French of 

 Lissagaray. New York: International Publishing 

 Company, 23 Duane Street. Pp. 500. 



Baldwin, J. M. The Story of the Mind. (Li- 

 brary of Useful Stories.) New York: D. Apple- 

 ton and Company. Pp. 236. 40 cents. 



Barnes, C. R. Plant Life, considered with 

 Special Reference to Form and Function. New 

 York : Henry Holt & Co. Pp.478. $1.12. 



Bulletins, Reports, and Proceedings. Amer- 

 ican Museum of Natural History: Memoirs, An- 

 thropological. The Jesup North Pacific Expedi- 

 tion. Facial Paintings of the Indians of North 

 British Columbia. By Franz Boas. Pj). 24, with 

 5 plates.— Baltimore Medical College: Annual 

 Announcemtnt and Catalogue, 1898-'y9. Pp. 32. — 

 Indiana: Rtport on Geology and Mineral Re- 

 sources, 1897. Pp. 1197.— Johus Hopkins Univer- 

 sity: General Statements as to the Courses of In- 

 struction. Pp. v;o.— .Minnii^cita : Botanical Studies. 

 Conway MacMillan, State Botanist. Second Se- 

 ries. Part I. Pp. (J8. — Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology at Harvard College: The Geological 

 Historv of the Isthmus of Panama and Portions 

 of Costa Rica. By Robert T. Hill. Pp. 140, with 

 13 plates. — Torrey Botanical Club: Bulletin. July, 

 1898. L. M. Underwood, Editor. Pp. 60. $2 a 

 }'ear. — Yale LTniver.sitv Observatory: Report of 

 the Managers for 1897-'98. Pp. 22.— United States 

 Department of Labor: Bulletin. July, 1898. 

 Economic Asptcts of the Liquor Problem and 

 other Subjects. Pp. 156.— United States Com- 

 missioner of Education : Report for 1896-'97. 

 Pp. 1136.— University Geological Survey of Kan- 

 sas : Vol. IV. Paleontology. Pp. 594, with 

 plates. 



