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with accounts of the Nahuas and Mangues 

 of Nicaragua, their " bailes " or dramatic 

 dances, and their musical instrumenta and 

 music. 



The Cinchona - Barks. By Friedrich A. 

 Fluckiger, Ph. D., Professor in the Uni- 

 versity of Strasburg, and author of 

 " Pharmaceutical Chemistry." Trans- 

 lated by Frederick B. Power, Ph. D., 

 Professor of Pharmacy and Materia 

 Medica in the University of Wisconsin. 

 Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Co. 

 Pp. 101. Price, $1.50. 



This treatise comprises a statement of 

 the botanical position of the cinchonae, with 

 descriptions of the most important species, 

 an account of cinchona-culture and the col- 

 lection of the barks, the varieties of bark, 

 their appearance and structure, together 

 with some statistics of the industry. In 

 the section on the quantitative estimation 

 of the alkaloids, the translation has a some- 

 what more detailed description of the au- 

 thor's method of assay than was given in 

 the original, and a more explicit account of 

 the process of Squibb, as recently improved. 

 The method of De Vrij has been added, and 

 also his process for the determination of 

 crystallizable quinine in the mixed alka- 

 loids. A history of the cinchona-barks fol- 

 lows, and a list of about forty titles in the 

 recent literature of the subject completes 

 the volume. It is illustrated with eight 

 lithographic plates and one woodcut. 



Scientific Papers op the Yassar Broth- 

 ers' Institute, and Transactions of its 

 Scientific Section, 1881-1883. Le Roy 

 C. Cooley, Ph. D., Chairman. Poughkeep- 

 sie, N. Y. Pp. 118. 



The Vassar Brothers' Institute was or- 

 ganized in the spring of 1881, and the scien- 

 tific section in June of the same year. The 

 present volume of its Transactions embraces 

 the proceedings of thirteen stated meetings 

 up to April 18, 1883, with the chairman's 

 report of the work of the section, and nine 

 papers on subjects of interest in various 

 fields of science. The objects of the Insti- 

 tute are to pursue such scientific researches 

 as may come within the opportunities of its 

 members, and to found a suitable muse- 

 um. Its proceedings bear evidences of life 

 and viscor. 



The Gospel accordino to Saint Matthew. 

 Revised Version. Fonetic edishun. St. 

 Louis : publislit bai T. R. Vickroy. Pp. 

 88. Price, 60 cents. 



This phonetic edition of Matthew is 

 commended by its editor to those who have 

 occasion to teach adults to read. The value 

 for this purpose of print in which the use 

 of letters is logical and uniform is attested 

 by the superior readiness with which the 

 reading of English has been taught in 

 " Freedmen's schools," and is being taught 

 to-day in certain schools of France from 

 books in phonetic spelling. Dr. Vickroy 

 explains in an appendix the values of the 

 thirteen new letters which he uses. 



The Medical Directory of Philadelphia 

 FOR 1884. Edited by Samuel B. Hop- 

 pin, M. D. Philadelphia : P. Blakiston, 

 Son & Co. Pp. 205. Price, $1.50. 



This volume contains lists, arranged 

 both alphabetically and by streets, of the 

 physicians, homoeopathic physicians, den- 

 tists, and druggists, of Philadelphia, with 

 information in regard to the hospitals and 

 other charitable institutions, medical col- 

 leges, ambulance service, coroner, and quar- 

 antine. It gives also the State regulations 

 in regard to dissection, the registration of 

 medical practitioners, and the registration 

 of births, marriages, and deaths. 



Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of 

 Washington. G, K. Gilbert, Secretary. 

 Washington : Judd & Detweiler. Vol. 

 VI. 1883. Pp. 168. 



The " Bulletin " is published by the co- 

 operation of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 The present volume contains the minutes of 

 the society for 1883, and the minutes of the 

 mathematical section from its organization 

 to the close of the year. A number of 

 valuable papers are contained in the vol- 

 ume, among which we mention especially 

 only the annual address of the President, J. 

 W. Powell, on " The Three Methods of Evo- 

 lution." 



D. Appleton & Co. will publish shortly 

 a volume by the author of "Conflict in Na- 

 ture and Life," entitled "Reforms, their 

 Difficulties and Possibilities," The pene- 

 trating and judicial spirit exhibited in the 



