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A chronological " List of the Books and Papers Relating 

 to the Great Auk" is appended to Frederic A. Lucas's account 

 of the "Expedition to Funk Island." 1 



Oriental Literature, A " Bibliography of Oriental Litera- 

 ture in the United States during 1888" is appended to the 

 " Record of Progress of Oriental Science in America during 

 1888," by Doctor Cyrus Adler. 



Physics. The principal contributions to bibliography under 

 this head have been named as forming parts of the series 

 " Constants of Nature," and the " Smithsonian Tables." 

 Besides these, however, may be mentioned the " List of the 

 Principal Authorities Consulted," by William Harkness, in 

 preparing his address on "The Progress of Science as Exem- 

 plified in the Art of Weighing and Measuring," delivered be- 

 fore the Philosophical Society of Washington in 1887. 



Surgery and Medicine. Doctor William W. Keen's lecture 

 on the " Surgical Complications and Sequels of the Contin- 

 ued Fevers" 2 is accompanied by a "Bibliography of W f orks 

 on Diseases of the Joints, Bones, Larynx, the Eye, Gangrene, 

 Hsematoma, Phlegmasia." (1876.) 



The " Report on the Pharmacopoeias of All Nations," by 

 Doctor James M. Flint, United Sates Navy, originally printed 

 in the " Report of the Surgeon- General of the United States 

 Navy" for 1882, has been adopted for circulation by the 

 Smithsonian Institution. It contains critical reviews of the 

 Pharmacopoeias of the following countries : Argentine Re- 

 public, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Central American States, 

 Chili, China, Cuba, Denmark, England, France, Germany, 

 Greece, Hayti, Hawaiian Islands, Hungary, India, Italy, 

 Japan, Liberia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, 

 Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, 

 United States, Uruguay, Venezuela. 



!" Report of the United States National Museum, 1888." 2 Toner Lecture, No. 5. 



