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Mills, pp. 3-18. The psychic development of young animals and its physical (somatic) cor- 
relation with special reference to the brain, by Wesley Mills, pp. 19-32. The generic char- 
acters of the North American Taxacea and Conifers, by D. P. Penhallow, pp. 33-57; pil. 
I-vu1. Contribution to the Pleistocene flora of Canada, by D. P. Penhallow, pp. 59-78. 
Additional notes on fossil sponges and other organic remains from the Quebee group at 
Little Metis, on the lower St. Lawrence, by Sir J. William Dawson, pp. 91-122; pll. r-1v; 
32 figs. Past experiences and future prospects of fruit-growing in the Canadian north- 
west, by William Saunders, pp. 131-136. Paleozoic outliers in the Ottawa river basin, by 
R. W. Els, pp. 137-150. Notes on some of the fossil organic remains comprised in the geo- 
logical formations and outliers of the Ottawa paleozoic basin, by Henry M. Ami, pp. 
151-158. Some observations tending to show the occurrence of secular climatic changes 
in British Columbia, by G. M. Dawson, pp. 159-166. Coal-mining in Pictou county, by E. 
Gilpin, jr., pp. 167-180; 1 map. Sponges from the Atlantic coast of Canada, by Lawreuce 
M. Lambe, pp. 181-211; pll. 1-111. 
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Victorian area: a historical review, by J. G. Bourinot, pp. 3-38; 20 pll. Notes on the cos- 
mogony and history of the Squamish Indians of British Columbia, by Prof. C. Hill-Tout, 
pp. 85-90. The cartography of the province of New Brunswick, by William F. Ganong, pp. 
313-450; 5 pll. Section III, 77 pp.; 6 pll. On some measurements of the temperature of 
the Lachine rapids made during the winter of 1896-97 with a differential platinum ther- 
mometer, by Howard T. Barnes, pp. 17-30. Character and progress of the tides in the gulf 
and river St. Lawrence, by W. Bell Dawson, pp. 51-68; 5 pll. Section IV, 203 pp.; 17 pll. 
A review of Canadian botany from 1800-1895, part II, by D. P. Penhallow, pp. 3-56. On the 
genus Lepidoph‘oios as illustrated by specimens from the coal formation of Nova Scotia 
and New Brunswick, by Sir J. William Dawson, pp. 57-78; 14 pll. The Bay of Fundy 
trough in American geological history, by Professor Bailey, pp. 107-116. Notes on the 
Archean of eastern Canada, by R. W. Ells, pp 117-124. Upon raised peat bogs in the 
province of New Brunswick, by W. F. Ganong, pp. 131-159. Studies on Cambrian faunas, 
by G. F. Matthew, pp. 165-203; 4 pll. 
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Canadian plant lore, by Carrie M. Derick, pp. 220-227. The anorthosite of the Rainy Lake 
region, by Prof. A. P. Coleman, pp. 23-325, The structure of Europe, by Prof. Edward 
Suess, pp. 235-246. Geological report and map of the district about Montreal, by John A. 
Dresser, pp. 247-255. Four meteorological charts in back of book. 
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Statistical year-book of Canada, compiled by George Johnson, for 1896, 477 pp.; 1597, 
554 pp. 
Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada, G. M. Dawson, Director: 
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sheet, and northeast sheet. 
Vol. IX, 1896, 816 pp.; 20 pll.; 5 maps. Report of the Doobaunt, Kazan and Ferguson 
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Nova Scotia, by L. W. Bailey, pp. 1-154M;5pll.; 1map. Report of the section of chem- 
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mines, by E. D. Ingall, pp. 1-169 8. 
Contributions to Canadian paleontology, vol. I. Report on the invertebrata of the 
Laramie and Cretaceous rocks of the vicinity of the Bow and Belly rivers and adjacent 
localities in Northwest territory, by J. F. Whiteaves, 89 pp.; 11 pli. 
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tions to the micro-paleontology of the Cambro-Silurian rocks of Canada, by Arthur H. Foord, 
26 pp.; 7pll. Part II. On some polyzoa (bryozoa) and ostracoda from the Cambro-Silur- 
