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Glycol Diethyl Ether and and other Ethers 
from Trimethylene Glycol,’ A. A. Noyrs. ‘On 
the Chloronitrides of Phosphorus,’ H. N. 
Stokes: Isomeric series of compounds. ‘ Pre- 
liminary Paper on the Composition of Califor- 
nia Petroleum,’ C. F. Maprery. ‘On the Solu- 
bility of Ammonia in Water at Temperatures 
below O0°C,’ J. W. Mauer. ‘Note on a 
Somewhat Remarkable Case of the Rapid Poly- 
merization of Choral,’ J. W. Mauer. This 
number also contains obituary notices of Victor 
Meyer, Paul Schutzenberger and C. Remegius 
Fresenius. 
J. ELLIOTT GILPIN. 
Journal o the American Chemical Society, 
November.—‘ ine Solubility of Stannous Iodide 
in Water and in Solutions of Hydriodie Acid,’ 
S. W. Youne. ‘On Jodostannous Acid,’ S. W. 
Youne. ‘A Comparison of Various Rapid 
Methods for Determining Carbon Dioxide and 
Carbon Monoxide,’ L. M. DrEnnis and C. G. 
HpeGar. ‘The Electrolytic Determination of 
Cadmium,’ DANIEL L. WALLACE and EDGAR 
F. SmirH. ‘On the Reactions between Mer- 
cury and Concentrated Sulphuric Acid,’ 
CHARLES BASKERVILLE and F. W. MILLER. 
‘On the Determination of Fat and Casein in 
Feces,’ HERMAN PooLe. ‘The Principal Amid 
of Sugar Cane,’ EpmuND C. SHorry. ‘The 
Influence of Antiseptics on the Digestion of 
Blood Fibrin by Pepsin in a Hydrochloric Acid 
Solution,’ CHARLES F. MABERY and LEo GoLp- 
SMITH. 
The Botanical Gazette, November.—‘ Notes on 
the Fecundation of Zamia and the Pollen Tube 
Apparatus of Ginkgo,’ HERBERT J. WEBBER: 
In continuation of previous papers calls atten- 
tion to some of the peculiar phenomena which 
occur during the process of fecundation and to 
features in the development of the pollen tube 
apparatus of Ginkgo, and the origin of the cen- 
trosome-like bodies. ‘North American Species 
of Amblystegium,’ LELLEN STERLING CHENEY : 
Describes sixteen species, of which ten are 
found both in Europe and North Ameriea, one 
in North America and Japan, and five ex- 
clusively in North America. ‘Vernation of 
Carya,’ WILLIAM WHITMAN Battery. ‘Ab- 
normal Leaves and Flowers,’ T. D. A. CocK- 
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Pectinata,’ ALEXANDER P. ANDERSON. 
The American Geologist, November. — ‘On 
Streptelasma profundum (Owen), S. Corniculum 
Hall,’ F. W. Sarprson. ‘The Koochiching 
Granite,’ ALEXANDER N. WINCHELL. ‘On the 
magnetite belt at Cranberry, North Carolina, 
and Notes on the Genesis of this iron ore in 
general in crystalline schists,’ JAMES P. Kim- 
BALL. ‘Diceratherium Proavitum,’ J. B. 
HatcHer. ‘The Fisher Meteorite, Chemical 
and Mineral Composition,’ N. H. WINCHELL. 
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157 figures. Paris, Schleicher Fréres. 1896. 
Traité de zoologie concrete. IvES DELAGE and 
EDGARD HrRouARD. Tome I. La Cellule et 
les Potozoaires. Paris, Schleicher Fréres. 
1896. Pp. xxx-+584. 
L’ Année Biologique. 
Schleicher Fréres. 
Ives DELAGE. Paris, 
1897. Pp. xlv-+732. 
La vie mode de movement. EH. PREAUBERT. 
Paris, Felix Alean. 1897. Pp. 310. 
Popular Scientific Lectures. ERNST MACH. Trans- 
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Open Court Publishing Co. 1897. Second 
edition, revised and enlarged. Pp. 382. 
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Teaching as a Business. C. W. BARDEEN. 
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Industrial Freedom. DAVID MACGREGOR MEANS. 
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Social and Ethical Interpretations in Mental 
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