ACCESSIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 305 
MILWAUKEE.— Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee: 
Fourteenth annual report of the board of trustees, September 1, 1895, to August 31, 1896, 
64 pp. 
Fifteenth annual report, September 1, 1896, to August 31, 1897. 
CANADA. 
CxuicouTimMi.—V.-A. Huard, Publisher: 
Le Naturaliste Canadien, vol. XXIV, September-December, 1897. Le Nord de la vallee 
du lac St.-Jean, par P.-H. Dumais, pp. 129-133; 162-166; 182-186. Curiosites vegetales, par 
Henri Tielemans, pp. 133-36. Quelques insects a combattre, par J.-C. Chapais, pp. 145-150. 
L’Abbe Provancher, par V.-A. Huard, pp. 178-182. 
Vol. XXV. Les noces d’argent du‘‘ Naturaliste,’’par L’Abbe Huard, pp. 1-4, 17-21. Le nord 
de la vallee du lac St.-Jean, par P.-H. Dumais, pp. 4-8, 22-26, 38-42. La tuberculose en 
Canada, par. V.-A. Huard, pp. 8-12. Quelques apercus sur la geologie du Saguenay, par P.- 
H. Dumais, pp. 105-109; 137-140; 172-175. L’Abbe Provancher, par V.-A. Huard, pp. 34-37; 
52-56; 82-86; 115-118; 133-135; 168-172. Les hemipteres au parlement du Canada, par V.-A. 
Huard, pp. 49-52. Excursion en Egypte, par F. Gasnault, pp. 11; 56-60; 72-75; 86-90; 101- 
104; 119-123; 151-156. 
Hauirax, N. 8.—Nova Scotia Instijute of Natural Science: 
Proceedings and transactions, vol. IX, part 3, pp. xciv-+219-290. Proceedings, pp. lxxix- 
xciy. On the relation of the physical properties of aqueous solutions to their state of 
ionization, by Prof. J. G. MacGregor, pp. 219-245. Some analysis of Nova Scotia coals and 
other minerals, by E. Gilpin, pp. 246-254. Notes on Nova Scotian zoology, by Harry Piers, 
pp. 255-267. Phenological observations, Canada, 1896, by A. H. MacKay, pp. 268-274. Sup- 
plementary note on Venus, by A. Cameron, pp. 275-278. The rainfall in 1896, by F. W. W. 
Doane, pp. 279-290. 
HAMILTON, ONT.—Hamilton Association: 
Journal and proceedings, 1896-’97. No. XIII, 142 pp. Lake Medad and the Kwina-ni-bi- 
nah collection of Indian relics, by J.O. McGregor, pp. 14-17. Notes on the recent additions 
to Ontario paleontology, by Col. C. C. Grant, pp. 20-37. The mineral of our local rocks, 
by C. C. Grant, pp. 38-43. The function of poetry, by F. F. MacPherson, pp. 46-56. The 
dynamics of social peril, by J. T. Barnard, pp. 57-66. The battle of Stoney Creek, pp. 79-92. 
Flora of Hamilton district, by J. M. Dickson and A. Alexander, pp. 95-127. List of local 
fossils not previously reported, by C. C. Grant, pp. 128-136. 
1897-98, No. XIV, 128 pp. Natural history notes, by Wm. Yates, pp. 72-86. Geological 
notes, by Col. C. C. Grant, pp. 89-100. The lost Atlantis, by Col. C. C. Grant, pp. 101-116. 
MonTREAL, QuE.— Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada (see Ottawa, Ont.) 
Royal Society of Canada: 
Proceedings and transactions, second series, vol. II, 1896. Section I. Litterateur Fran- 
caise, histoire, archeologie, etc., p. 168. Section II. English history, literature, archeology, 
ete., p. 289. The voyages of the Cabots in 1497 and 1498, by Samuel Edward Dawson, pp. 
3-30. Death of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, pp. 33-40. The ancient literature of America, by 
John Campbell, pp. 41-68. Aerolites and religion, by Arthur Harvey, pp. 69-76. Foot-notes 
to Canadian folk-songs, by William Wood, pp. 77-126. Last years of Charles de Biencourt, 
by Doctor Patterson, pp. 127-130. The philology of the Ouananiche, by E. T. D. Chambers, 
pp. 131-140. Some contributions to Canadian constitutional history, by J. G. Bourinot, 
pp. 141-174. Place-nomenclature of New Brunswick, by William F, Ganong, pp. 175-288, 
Section III. Mathematical, physical and chemical sciences, 211 pp.; 15 pll. Presidential 
address, by H. T. Bovey, pp. 3-24. Mechanism for describing conic sections, by J. J. Guest, 
pp. 25-36; figs. 1-8. On some measurements of the temperature of the river water opposite 
Montreal, made during the winter with a differential platinum thermometer, by Howard T. 
Barnes, pp. 37-44. The determination of the coefficient of discharge for sharp-edged ori- 
fices, by J. T. Farmer, pp. 45-64; 6diagrams. On the calculation of the conductivity of 
electrolytes, by Prof. J. G. MacGregor, pp. 65-82. The unification of civil, nautical and 
astronomical time, by G. E. Lumsden, pp. 83-90. The distribution of aerolites in space, by 
Arthur Harvey, pp. 91-108. Observations of soil temperatures with electrical resistance 
thermometers, by Hugh L. Callendar and C. H. McLeod, pp. 109-117; pll.r-1y. An in- 
vestigation to determine the relative efficiencies of multiple-expansion engines, by A. L. 
Mellanby, pp. 127-149; pll. v-x111. Symbolic use of Demoivre’s theorem, by Professor Du- 
puis, pp. 167-170.* Some experiments on the X-rays, by John Cox and Hugh L. Callendar, 
pp. 171-188; pll. xtv and xv. Section LV. Geological and biological sciences, 211 pp. The 
functional development of the cerebral cortex in different groups of animals, by Wesley 
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