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8. Report on climatology of cotton plant, by P. H. Mell, 68 pp.; 7 charts. 
9. Report on the forecasting of thunder-storms during the summer months of 1892, 54 pp.; 
4 charts. 
John MacDonald, Editor: 
Western School Journal, 20x25 cm. Vol. XXII, 1895, 278 pp.; ill. Vol. XXIII, 1896, 270 
pp.; ill. 
Henry W. Roby, Author: 
Medicine and surgery in the twentieth century, from the Homeopathic Physician for 
July, 1896, 7 pp. 
B. B. Smyth, Author: 
Harmonic Forms, from Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 1893-’94, 72 pp. ; 
78 figs. 
Terminal Boulder Belt in Shawnee county, from Transactions of the Kansas Academy of 
Science, 1893-94, 7 pp.; 1 map. 
Alton H. Thompson: 
Science. Vols. X, XI, XII, XX, XXI, and Vols. III and IV, new series; 7 volumes in all. 
Nature. Bound in black cloth, leather back, 10x28 cm. Vols. XIII, XIV, XVI, XVIII, 
XIX; 5 volumes in all. 
MAINE. 
PoRTLAND.— Portland Society of Natural History: 
Supplement to the Portland Catalogue of Maine Plants, by Merritt L. Fernald. From 
Proceedings, 1895, pp. 73-96. 
Edward L. Rand, Author: 
Preliminary Catalogue of the plants growing on Mount Desert and adjacent islands, 
bound in linen, by Edward L. Rand and John H. Redfield, 286 pp.; 1 map. 
MARYLAND. 
BALTIMORE.—Johns Hopkins University: 
Circulars 108-127. Vol. XIII. The herbarium and library of Capt. John Donnell Smith, 
by John P. Lotsy, pp. 22-25. Sixth annual excursion of geological department, 1893, by 
George H. Williams, pp. 26-27. Morphological notes from biological laboratory, by William 
K. Brooks, pp. 57-64. Notes from the astronomical department, pp. 65-69. Notes from the 
physical laboratory, edited by Joseph S. Ames, pp. 73-80. Notes from the geological labora- 
tory, edited by George H. Williams, pp. 81-86. 
Vol. XIV. The origin of the oldest fossils and the discovery of the bottom of the ocean, 
by W. K. Brooks, pp. 11-16. New method of quantitative determination of nitrous oxide, 
by George T, Kemp, pp. 17-19. Special perturbations due to the elliptic figure of a plant, 
by Charles Lane Poor, pp. 19-20. Notes from the biological laboratory, pp. 73-81; 1 pl. 
Vol. XV. Notes from the geological laboratory, pp. 1-20; 1 pl. Effect of pressure on the 
wave lengths of lines in the are spectra of certain elements, by W. J. Humphreys and J. F. 
Noller. Notes from biological laboratory, pp. 75-89. 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
Boston.—American Academy of Arts and Sciences: 
Proceedings, New Series, Vol. XXX, May, 1894, to May, 1895, 626 pp.; 6 pll.; about 16 figs. 
= On the determination of sulphur in volatile organic compounds, by Charles F. Mabery, 
pp. 1-8. Double baloid salts of antimony, calcium, and magnesium, by Francis Gano 
Benedict, pp. 9-16. North American Ceuthophili, by Samuel H. Scudder, pp. 17-113. Mexi- 
can plants, by B. L. Robinson and M. L. Fernald, pp. 114-123. Nitroparaffine salts, by J. U. 
Nef, pp. 124-148. Bivalent carbon, second paper, by J. U. Nef, pp. 151-193. Batteries in 
multiple arc, by B. O. Peirce, pp. 194-199. Cell lineage of the ascidian egg, by W. E. Castle, 
pp. 200-217; pll. rand 1. . Wave lengths of electricity, by Charles E. St. John, pp. 218-246 ; 
figs. 1-9. Heat method for measuring the coefficient of self-induction, by P. G. Spalding 
and H. B. Shaw, pp. 247-250; figs. 1 and 2. Complex inorganic acids, by Wolcott Gibbs, 
pp. 251-282. Blastodermic vesicle of Sus scrofa, by A. W. Weysse, pp. 283-322; pll. -1v. 
Ternary mixtures, by Wilder D. Bancroft, pp. 324-368. Atomic weight of strontium, by 
Theodore William Richards, pp. 369-389; 2 figs. Electrical resistances of certain poor con- 
ductors, by B. O. Peirce, pp. 390-395; figs. 1-4. Uredo polypodii, with plate, by B. M. Dug- 
gar, pp. 396-400. Trinitrophenylmalonic ester, by C. Loring Jackson and C, A. Soch, pp. 
401-408. Acetals from quinones, by C. Loring Jackson and H. S. Grindley, pp. 409-457. 
Cupzviammonium salts, second paper, by Theodore William Richards and Andrew Hender. 
son Whitridge, pp. 458-466. Notes on Laboulbeniacee, by Roland Thaxter, pp. 467-481. 
Experiments ané observations on the summer ventilation and cooling of hospitals, by 
