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unterrichts itn englischen. H. Klinghardt. Eng- 



lische studien, Sept. 15. 

 Thought-reader's experiences, a. Stuart C. Cumber- 

 land. Nineteenth century, December. 

 Uniforme des eleves de I'ecole normale, 1'. M. Dio- 



nys Ordinaire. Revue politique et litteraire, 



Nov. 6. 

 Wiese's (L.) Lebenerinnerungen u. amts-erfahrung- 



en. Friedrich Paulsen. Berliner philologische 



wochenschrift, Sept. 11, 1886. 

 [An excellent account by Professor Paulsen of Dr. 



Wiese's educational work and influence.] 

 Zwangerziehung verwahrloster kinder in Hessen. 



Dr. LudwigFuld. Jahrbilcher f. national-okono- 



mie u. statistik, Oct. 23. 



Calendar of Societies. 



Chemical society, Washington. 

 Dec. 9. — H. W. Wiley, Our sugar-supply. 



Anthropological society, Washington. 

 Dec. 7. — H. C. Yarrow, Navajo treatment of ague ; 

 H. Ten Kate, Travels in Guiana and Venezuela; 

 Cyrus Thomas, Mound - exploration work of the 

 bureau of ethnology. 



Biological society, Washington. 



Dec. 11. — Theobald Smith, Parasitic bacteria and 

 their relation to saprophytes ; F. A. Lucas, On the 

 osteology of the spotted Tiuamou (Nothura maculo- 

 sa) ; C. D. Walcott, Tracks found on strata of upper 

 Cambrian (Potsdam) age ; Frank Baker, The fora- 

 men of Magendie ; G. Hart Merriam, Contributions 

 to North American mammalogy of a new sub-species 

 of pocket gopher. 



Philosophical society, Washington. 



Dec.1%, election of officers for 1887. — President, 

 William Harkness ; vice-presidents, C. E. Dutton, 

 Garrick Mallory, J. R. Eastman, G. K. Gilbert ; 

 treasurer, Robert Fletcher; secretaries, Marcus 

 Baker, J. H. Kidder ; members at large of the general 

 committee, H. H. Bates, F. W. Clarke, W. H. Dall, 

 E. B. Elliott, G. B. Goode, H. M. Paul, C. V. Eiley, 

 W. C. Winlock, E. S. Woodward. 



Engineers' club, Philadelphia. 

 Dec. 4. — Carl Hering, Analogies between electrical 

 and mechanical units and phenomena ; A. H. How- 

 land, On the general subject of water-pipes ; Rudolph 

 Hering, Notes upon the present investigation of the 

 drainage and water-supply of Chicago. 



Academy of natural sciences, Philadelphia. 

 Nov. 30. — Miss Helen C. De S. Abbott, Haema- 

 toxylin ; Professor Ryder, The transmission of mor- 

 phological changes ; G. A. Koenig, Boiler incrusta- 

 tion ; On schorlemite as a variety of melanite. 



Torrey botanical club, New York. 

 Dec. 14. — Julius Bisky, Additions to the flora of 

 Queens county, N.Y. ; Arthur Hollick, Revision of 

 the species Cerastium arvense, L., and its varieties. 



Institute of social science, New York. 



Dec. 22. — Simon Sterne, Free trade. 



Jan. 13. — A paper is expected on The economic 

 heresies of Mr. Henry George. 



Natural science association, Staten Island. 



Dec. 11. — Mr. Henshaw, Azolla Caroliniana, 

 Willd; W. T. Davis, Fasciated stems and branches 

 from Rhus glabra and Ailanthtis glandulosus ; Mr. 

 Hollick, Glaciation on the island. 



Connecticut academy of arts and sciences. 



Dec. 15. — J. H. Emerton, New England spiders of 

 the family Ciniflonidae; J. T. Fewkes, Is the vast mass 

 of oceanic water, between the surface and bottom, 

 barren of life, or occujaied by a peculiar fauna ? 



Society of arts, Boston. 



Dee. 9. — Elihu Thomson, New art of electric 

 welding. 



Society of natural history, Boston. 



Dec. 15. — Edward G. Gardiner, Recent researches 

 on a third (rudimentary) eye in lizards ; W. M. 

 Davis, The mechanical origin of the triassic monocli- 

 nal in the Connecticut valley. 



Brookville society of natural history, Brookville, Ind. 



Dec. 7. — A. W. Butler, Some notes on the habits 

 of turtles ; C. F. Goodwin, Observations on the sense 

 of vision in domestic animalp ; Joseph Lindsay, The 

 manufacture of paper. 



Publications received at Editor's Office, Dec. 6-18. 



Agricultural science, proceedings of the society for the pro- 

 motion of, 1886. Columbus, O., Gazette pi', house, 1886. 88 p. 

 8°. 



Brown, G. Report on experiments in trap siphonage at the 

 Museum of hygiene, U. S. navy department, Washington, D.C. 

 Washington, judd dr' Detiueiler, pr.. 1886. 14 p., 2 pi. 8°. 



Canada, annual report of geological and natural history survey 

 of, 1885. Vol. i. Montreal Dawson, 1886. 791-1-24 p., maps, 

 illustr. 8°. 



Dagincourt, Dr. Annuaire geologique universel et guide du 

 geologue. Va.ris, Comptoir ge'ologigue de Paris, iZi6. 28-1-362-t- 

 79 p., I pi. 12°. 



Diller, J. S. Notes on the geology of northern California. 

 (U.S. geol. surv., bull. 33.J Washington, Government, 1886. 

 23 p., illustr. 8°. 



Gordon, J. C. Practical hmts to parents concerning the pre- 

 liminary home-training of young deaf children. Washington, 

 Gibso7t Bros., pr., \Z?,(>. 45 p., illustr. 8°. 



Gurney, E., Myers, F'. W. H., and Podmore, F. Phan- 

 tasms of the living. Vols. i. and ii. London, Triibner, 1886. 

 844-573, 28-H733 P" illustr. 8°. (Nevi' York, Stechert.) 



Heilprin, A. Explorations of the west coast of Florida and in 

 the Okeechobee wilderness. Philadelphia, Wagner free inst., 

 1886. L63] P- 4*^. 



Hunt, T. S. Mineral physiology and physiography. Boston, 

 Cassino, i?.i6- 18-I-710 p. 8°. 



Linnean society of New South Wales, catalogue of the 

 library of the. Sydney, Ctinm'ng/iame &' Co., 1886. 74 p. 12°. 

 Low, J. G. and J. F. Plastic sketches. Boston, Lee & 

 Shepard, 1887. 12 p., 47 pi. f°. 



McCalley, H. On the Warrior coal held. (Geol. surv. Ala.) 

 Montgomery, State, 1886. 16-1-571 p. 8°. 



Ranke, J. AUgemeine naturkunde. Lief. 60, heft i. Leipzig, 

 Bibliographische institut, 1886. 48 p., i col. pi., illustr. 4°. 

 (New York, Westermann.) 



Ratzel, F. AUgemeine naturkunde. Lief. 51-59, hefte g-17. 

 Leipzig, Bibliographische institut, 1886. [43i]4-io P-, 9 col. 

 pi., illustr. 4°. (New York, Westermann.) 



Sanitary convention held at Ypsilanti, June 30 and July i, 1885, 

 proceedings of the. Lansing, State, 1886. 173 p., illustr. 8°. 



Scudder, S. H. The cockroach of the past. London, Reeve 

 &= Co., 1886. [16] p., illustr. 12°. 



Shaw, A. Cooperation in a western city. Vol. i. No. 4. 

 'Bahim.ore, Ajner. econoj/t. assoc., X&86, 106 p. 8°. 75 cents. 



U. S. navy, annual report of the secretary of, for 1886. 

 Washington, Government, 1886. 28 p. 8°. 



Wyoming, historical and geological society, proceedings and 

 collections of the. Vol. ill. WUkesbarre, Penn., Wyoming hist, 

 geol. soc., 1886. 128 p., portr. 8°. 



