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skinning, mounting, etc., in such a clear and easy way tha? the 

 youngest tyro can soon prepare skins in good shape and fine style. 

 The author does especially well in putting his ideas so clearly and 

 concisely. 



The Humboldt Library of Popular Science Literature. Numbers 25 to 

 36, inclusive. Large 8vo.; pp. 653. J. Fitzgerald & Co., New York, 

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Included in this large book are the following chapters: The 

 Origin of Nations; The Evolutionist at Large; Facts and Fictions 

 of Zoology; The Study of Words; Oriental Religions; Evolution 

 and Biology. Such writers as Rawlison, Flower, Spencer, Proctor, 

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From Detroit to the Sea. By W. H. Brearley, Detroit. Price, 30 cents. 



We regret that this issue of our journal is too late for the three 

 grand excursions of the seventh season. This pamphlet of forty- 

 eight pages gives a vast amount of information of the White Moun- 

 tains region, and answers a host of questions the traveler is sure to 

 ask. It is fully illustrated with a large number of maps, engrav- 

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The City Item. 



A bright newsy paper from New York. The number before us 

 contains a fine picture of "the most successful advertising agent in 

 New York," Mr. E. Duncan Sniffen. 



The Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society of London. 

 Do not forget this journal. 



Tuckahoe, or Indian Bread. By Prof. J. Howard Gore. From the Smith- 

 sonian Report for 1881. Washington. Government Printing Office. 1883. 



Second Biennial Report of the Michigan Reform School for Girls. 1882. 



