Literary Notices. 6y 



Davenport, C. B. Statistical Methods with special reference to biological 

 variation. New York. John Wiley and Sons, viii -\- 223, second, revised 

 edition, 1904. 

 In this edition Davenport has revised and enlarged his hand- 

 book of statistical methods in a manner which greatly increases its 

 value to the student of biological variation. An important new chap- 

 ter deals with the results of statistical work, several new methods are 

 described, and the bibliography is much enlarged. 



The present scope and nature of the book is well indicated by the 

 titles of the several chapters : I. On methods of measuring organisms, 

 II. On the seriation and plotting of data and the frequency poly- 

 gon, III. The .'classes of frequency polygons, IV. Correlated varia- 

 bility, V. Some results of statistical biological study. 



The work of the publisher is no less admirable than that of the 

 author of this guide to statistical methods. Every student of exact 

 science will find the book serviceable, and no student or investigator 

 of biological variation can afford to be without it. Dr. Davenport 

 deserves much credit for the impetus which his energy and enthusiasm 

 have imparted to biometric research in America. r. m. y. 



Deaver, John B. Surgical Anatomy of the Head and Neck. Philadelphia, 

 P. Blakistoti' s Son ^ Co., 1904, pp. 770. 



This book is printed from the same plates as the author's three 

 volume work on Surgical Anatomy, those sections being assem- 

 bled which will be of greatest interest to specialists in diseases 

 of the eye, ear, nose, mouth, throat and nervous system. The book 

 will prove useful to these and also to physiologists, psychologists and 

 general readers who require a manual for ready and rapid consultation. 

 The text is brief and clear and the illustrations are admirable. There 

 are 177 full page plates drawn from original dissections, which by 

 themselves constitute a useful atlas of topographical anatomy. All 

 parts are designated on the plates in full, thus permitting the reader 

 to glean much of his information by simple inspection without con- 

 sultation of the text. The external and gross features of the brain 

 are fully and clearly figured, without, however, any attention to histo- 

 logical detail. The printing and binding are exceptionally good. 



c. J. H. 



Mendel, E. and Jacobsohn, L. Jahresbericht iiber die Leistungen und Fort- 

 schritte auf dem Gebiete der Neurologic und Psychiatric. VII Jahrgang- 

 Bericht iiber das Jaht 1903. Berlin, S. Karger. 1904. Price, M. 35. 



The Jahresbericht is issued this year in two volumes and, like its 

 predecessors, is indispensable to all who wish to keep abreast of the vol. 

 uminous literature of neurology and psychiatry. The bibliographies are 



