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SCIENCE. 



[Vol. I., No. 2. 



— That most enteriDrising of our scientific societies 

 at tlie west, the Davenj)ort academy of natural sci- 

 ences, is about to complete the third volume of its 

 ' proceedings ' by the publication of the memoir on 

 Solpugidae nearly completed by its late president, J. 

 D. Putnam, a young naturalist of rare promise and 

 industry. The publishing committee, with commend- 

 able enterprise, are endeavoring to procure sufficient 

 subscribers to the number to pay the cost of publica- 

 tion, and have already secured 140 of the ISO required. 

 Mr. Putnam's paper is edited by- Prof. H. Osborn, 

 of Ames, Iowa; and its four plates engraved under 

 the superintendence of Dr. H. A. Hagen of Cam- 

 bridge. A portrait of Mr. Putnam will accompany 

 the paper. 



— At the meeting of the Biological society of Wash- 

 ington, Feb. 2, an adjourned discussion of the presi- 

 dential address took place; Dr. Elliott Coues read a 

 paper on Zoological nomenclature applied to histol- 

 ogy; and Prof. O. T. Mason, on the Human fauna of 

 the district of Columbia. 



— The January number of the Harvard university 

 bulletin, recently issued, commences a new volume. 

 We miss the ' notes ' which formed such an admira- 

 ble feature of the last volume, but are glad to know 

 that they will again be resumed. Two pages and a 

 half are given up to the accessions to the University 

 library in science, in which we note a collation of 

 the copies of the several volumes of Wilkes's explor- 

 ing expedition in the libraries of Cambridge and 

 vicinity. Of interest to scientific men are Mr. Bliss's 

 classified index to the maps in Petermann's mittheil- 

 ungen (six pages more of which are given), and 

 Mr. Winsor's commencement of a bibliography of 

 Ptolemy's geography. 



— No. 4 of the Library of Cornell University for 

 January contains fourteen additional pages of the 

 valuable classed list of the rich collection of works 

 relating to mathematics in that institution, making 

 forty-five pages so far published. Both main and sub- 

 ordinate topics are arranged alphabetically; and the 

 present instalment completes astronomy, and gives, 

 in addition, calculus, engineering, functions, etc., and 

 enters geometry. 



RECENT BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS. 



Acadian scientist (The) : published in the interests of the 

 Acadian science club. vol. i., no. 1. Wolfville, N. S. 1883. 8 

 p.,m. 4°. 



Baltet, C. De Taction du froid sur les veg6taux pendant 

 I'hiver 1879-80. Pal-is, 3Iasson. 1882. 340 p. 8°. 



Boston. — Arcbjeological institute of America. Bulletin, i. 

 Best., WiUiams. 1883. 40 p. 8°. 



Cohn, F. Die pflanze. Vortriige aua dem gebiete der bota- 

 nik. Breslau. 188-2. 8°. 



Crowther, J. The unwritten record ; a story of the world 

 we live on. With an introductory note by J. R. Macduif. Lond., 

 Sunday School Union. 1883. 178 p. 8°. 



Delattre, C. Etude sur les gisements franQais de phosphate 

 de cbaus ; note sur la decomposition du phosphate bicalcigne 

 par I'eau. Paris, imp. Davy. 1882. 80 p. 8°. 



Delaurier, E. Essai d'une theorie generale supi^rieure de 



philosophic naturelle et de tbermoohimie, avec une nouvelle 

 nomenclature binaire notative pour la chimie minerale et orga- 

 nique. Faso. i. Paris, imp. Lahure. 1882. 82 p. 8°. 



Dunman, T. Tallss about science ; with a biographical sketch 

 by C. Welsh. New ed. Lond., Griffith. 1883. 260 p. 8°. 



Dreyfus-Brisao, B. De la liberte d'enseignement. Paris, 

 Jfasson. 1882. 46 p. 8°. 



Harting, J. E. Essays on sport and natural history. Loud., 

 Cox. 18S3. 490 p. illustr. 8". 



Madison. Washburn observatory. Publications. Vol. i. 

 Madison. 1882. 8°. 



Middletown. — Museum of Wesleyan university. Eleventh 

 annual report of the curator. Middlet., Pelton and Kintj. ryr. 

 1882. 13 p. 8°. 



Molesohott, .T. K. E,. Darwin. Denkrede gehalten im col- 

 legio romauo zuRom. Giessen. 1883. 47 p. 16°. 



Miller, S. A. The American palaeozoic fossils : a catalogue 

 of the genera and species, with names of authors, dates, places 

 of publication, groups of rocks in which found, and the etymol- 

 ogy and signification of the words, and an introduction devoted 

 to the strati graphical geology of the palaeozoic i-ocks. Cincin- 

 nati, Author. 1877. ]6-f-246 p. 1883. P. 247-334. 8°. P. 

 247-334 form a supplement. 



Morel, C, et Duval, M. Manuel de I'anatomiste. Paris, 

 Asselin. 1883. 14 -(-1162 p. illustr. 8". 



Nadaillac, marquia de. L'Atlantide et les oscillations de 

 I'ecorce terrestre. Paris, Gervais. 1882. 24 p. 8°. 



I^oack, Ernst. Ueber die phenylester der phosphorigen 

 siiure. Inaug. diss, lixhrngen, Frees. 1882. 42 p, 8°. 



Oppolzer, T. von. Lehrbuch zur bahnbestiramung der 

 kometen und planeten. 2. aujl. i bd. Leipzig, Enqelmann. 

 1882. 12-1-683 p. 8°. 



Quenstedt, F. A. Die schopfung der erde und ihre be- 

 wohner. Stuttgart. 1882. 59 p. 8°. 



Questions controversees de I'histoire et de la science. 3e 

 sSrie. Paris, Tardieu. 1882. 333 p. 8°. 



Behm, H. Ascomycetea lojkani lecti in Hungaria Transsyl- 

 vania et Galicia. Budapest. 1882. 4-|-70p. 8°. 



Reinsch, P. F. Mikrophotographien Uber die strukturver- 

 hiiltnisse und zusaramensetzung der steinkohle der carbon, ent- 

 nommen von mikroscopiscben durchschnitten der steinkoblen. 

 Leipzig, Weigel. 13 p., 13 pi. 4°. 



Richthofen, F.,/reiherr von. China. Ergebnisse eigener 

 reisen und darauf gegriindeter studien. iverhd. Palaeontolo- 

 gischer theil. Berlin. 1883. illustr. 4°. 



Rusz, Karl. Die sprechenden paijageien. Berlin, Gerschel. 



1882. 16-1-404 p. 8°. 



Simony, Fi-iedrich. Gletscherphanomene. Wien, JETdlsel. 



1883. 24 p., pi. 8°. 



Stitzenberger, E. Licbenes belvetici eorumque stationes 

 et distributis. Fasc. i. St. Gallon, Eoppel. 268 p. 8°. 



Strasser, H. Zur lehre von der ortsbewegung der iische 

 durch biegungen des liebes und der unpaaren flossen, mit beriick- 

 sichtigung verwandter locomotionsformen. Stuttgart. 1882. 8°. 



Sydney, N. S. W. — Observatory. Results of double star 

 measures made at the observatory, 1871 to 1881, under the direc- 

 tion of H. C. Russell. Sydney. 1882. 68 p. 8°. 



Thomas, Cyrus. A study of the manuscript Twano; with 

 an introduction by D. G. Brinton. fU.S. geogr. geol. surv. Rocky 

 Mt. region. — Contrib. Amer. ethnology v.) Wash., Government. 

 1882. 37-f-237p., 9pl. 4°. 



Thomsen, Jul. Thermochemische unteraucbungen. ii.bd., 

 metalloide. Leipzig, SartA. 1882. 14-1-506 p., pi. 8°. 



U.S. — Light house board. Annual report for the year ending 

 June 30, 1882. Wash., Government. 1882. 8°. 



Vaile, O. E. Pro and con of spelling reform. Ed. by Eliza 

 B. Burnz. N.Y., Burnz. 1882. 16 p. 12°. 



Vogt, C. et Yung, E. Traite d'anatomie compared pra- 

 tique. Livr. i. Paris, Reimoald. 1883. 80 p. 8". To be com- 

 pleted in 12 parts. 



Vogt, K., and Specht, F. Diesaugetiere in wort und bild. 

 Lief. i. MUnchen. 1882. illustr. f °. 



Wake, C. S. The origin and significance of the great pyra- 

 mid. Lond., Beeves. 1883. 98 p. 8°. 



Wright, L. Light: a course of experimental optics, chiefly 

 with the lantern. London. 1882. illustr. 8°. 



Wood, T. Practical lessons on insect life. Lond., Eughes. 

 1833. 172 p. 12°. 



