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NOVEMBEE 11, 1892. 



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Contents. 



Akch.s:ologt 1880-1893. 3Irs. S. Y. Stevenson. . . 867 



Cliff- and Cave-Dwellers of Central Ari- 

 zona. J. W. Tourney 2b9 



Paleolithic Man in North America. C. C. 



Abbott 27.1 



The Spelling and Pronunciation op Chemi- 

 cal Terms. Thomas H. Norton 272 



Boston School-Boys. Francis Oalton 274 



An ARCHiBOLOGicAL DELUSION. Thomos Gor- 

 don King 275 



Letters to the Editor. 



Man and the Glacial Period. (?. Frederick 



Wright 275 



The Rattle-Snake of the Bottom-Lands of 



Mississippi. E. W. Jones 277 



Preliminary Note on Sleep. S. V, Clevenger 277 

 Solid Glycerine. Charles Piatt 278 



Book Reviews. 



Crania Ethnica Americana, D. O. Brinton 278 



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