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Geography and Tkavkl. 

 F. ^Alcan (Paris). — Geographic des Cours Comple- 

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 Lieut. L. B. Rundall, illustrated. Methuen and Co., 

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 Pygmies, Dr. W. E. Geil, illustrated. Seeley, Ser- 

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 record of over fifty years' intimate intercourse with 

 the natives of Madagascar, and the result of observa- 

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Geology. 

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 Geology, C. K. Leith and W. J. Mead. T. Murby 

 and Co. — Rutley's Elements of Mineralogy, H. H. 

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 and Sons, Inc. (New Yorfe).— Microscopical Deter- 

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 Study of Ores, Dr. J. Murdock; Principles of Oil and 

 Gas Production, Prof. R. H. Johnson and L. G. 

 Huntley; The System of Mineralogy of J. D. Dana, 

 Prof. W. E. Ford, third appendix to the sixth edition ; 

 Text Book on Geology, Prof. L. V. Pirsson and C. 

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 traduit de I'anglais, A. Lepage; Cours d'Alg^bre et 

 d'Analyse, Prof. C. Michel; Cours d'Algebre, Prof. 

 Girod, 2 vols. Cambridge University Press. — Sir George 

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 An Introduction to Applied Mechanics, E. 1S. Andrews, 

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 which the author has secured the collaboration of 

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 Mathematical Tables for Classroom Use, M. Merri- 

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