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The Annals of tiie Cakchiquels. The 

 Original Text, with a Translation, Notes, 

 and Introduction. By Daniel G. Brin- 

 TON.M.D. Philadelphia. Pp.234, Price, 

 $3. 



This is the sixth volume of Dr. Brinton's 

 " Library of Aboriginal American Literature." 

 In the editor's estimation, on account of 

 both its historical and linguistic merits, the 

 document which it presents is one of the 

 most important in the class to which it be- 

 longs. " Written by a native who had grown 

 to adult years before the whites penetrated 

 to his ancestral home, himself a member of 

 the ruling family of one of the most civil- 

 ized nations of tlie continent and intimately 

 acquainted with its traditions, the work dis- 

 plays the language in its pure original form, 

 and also preserves the tribal history and a 

 part of its mythology, as they were current 

 before they were in the least affected by 

 European influences." The translation is 

 made directly from the orignail text. The 

 Cakchiquels were a nation of somewhat ad- 

 vanced culture, who lived within the area of 

 the present state of Guatemala, and spoke 

 a language related to the Maya. They were 

 agriculturists and skillful builders, and had 

 a picture-writing. The present work takes 

 up the history of the tribe during the latter 

 part of the fourteenth century, and brings 

 it down to about 1559. It was introduced 

 to public notice by the Abbe Brasseur de 

 Bourbourg, and Dr. Brinton's translation is 

 made from his copy. 



Third Annual Report of the Bureau of 

 Ethnology, 1881-'82. By J. W. Pow- 

 ell, Director. Washington: Government 

 Printing-office. Pp. 606, with Plates. 



The plan of the work of the Bureau of 

 Ethnology, of which this volume covers one 

 year, contemplates the direct employment 

 of scholars and specialists to conduct inves- 

 tigations and prepare the results for publi- 

 cation ; and the stimulation and guidance 

 of research by collaborators who volunta- 

 rily contribute the results of their work for 

 publication or other use. Papers were pub- 

 lished during the year covered by the report 

 in Volume V, of " Contributions to North 

 American Ethnology," on cup-shaped and 

 other lapidary sculptures, " Prehistoric Tre- 

 panning and Cranial Amulets," and the Maya 

 (Yucatan) " Manuscript Troano." The field- 

 work of the year embraced the researches 



of Mr. Gushing among the Zunis, with the 

 labors of other observers in that tribe and 

 among the Pueblos ; researches by Mr. Gat- 

 schet among the Katabas in South Caroli- 

 na, Mrs. Erminnic A. Smith among the Iro- 

 quois, Dr. W. J. Uoffman among the Indi- 

 ans at J'ort Berthold, Dakota ; and " Mound 

 Explorations." Subjects bearing upon lin- 

 guistics and related branches have been 

 studied and elaborated in the office of the 

 Bureau. In the present volume are included 

 as "accompanying papers," and constitute 

 ing the greater part of its bulk, " Notes on 

 Certain Maya and Mexican Manuscripts," by 

 Cyrus Thomas ; " Masks, Labrets, and Cer- 

 tain Aboriginal Customs," by William H. 

 Dall ; " Omaha Sociology," by J. Owen Dor- 

 sey ; "Navajo Weavers," by Dr. Washing- 

 ton Matthews ; " Prehistoric Textile Fabrics 

 of the United States, derived from Impres- 

 sions on Pottery," by W. H. Holmes ; and 

 catalogues of two collections — one from 

 mounds and one from Arizona and New 

 Mexico — made during 1881. 



Modern Molding and Pattern-making. By 

 Joseph P. Mullin, M. E. New York: 

 D. Van Nostraud. Pp. 257. 



This is designed to be a practical treatise 

 on pattern-shop and foundry work, and em- 

 braces the molding of pulleys, spur-gears, 

 worm-gears, balance-wheels, stationary en- 

 gines, and locomotive cylinders, globe-valves, 

 tool-work, mining machinery, screw-propel- 

 lers, pattern-shop machinery, and the latest 

 improvements in English and American cu- 

 polas, together with rules and tables for 

 every-day use. Everything is given, in all 

 of its details, as the result of the author's 

 own careful study and actual personal ex- 

 perience, and, he says, " I have simply nar- 

 rated the work of my hands." 



A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Ed- 

 ited by George Grove, D. C. L. Parts 

 XX and XXI. New York : Macmillan & 

 Co. Pp. 256. Price, 81. 

 These numbers embrace the titles from 

 " ' Tis the Last Rose of Summer " to " The 

 Water-Music." Among the longer articles 

 are one on " Variations," " The Violin," 

 "Violin-Playing," and ample biographical 

 sketches, with accounts of their works, of 

 "\\ rdi, the Abbe Vogler, and Richard Wag- 

 ner. 



