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'hea stole her nest he was sure to miss her and search her out, 

 .then get her eggs, if he could reach them; if unable to do so, be 

 would stand and whine till aid came. In our daily drives. Carlo 

 -was accustomed to go with mother and me, so wlien left at home 

 he was verv sad. To deceive him as to our going, we came to 

 spell the words go, barn and ride. For a few days the plan suc- 

 ceeded well, but, regardless of special tone or other (to us) ap- 

 parent association, he soon pricked up his ears at the sound " g-o," 

 and that mystery was solved, then followed "r-i-d-e" and 

 "b a-r-n," till those combinations were nearly as significant of a 

 pleasure-hour to him as to us. 



During mother's long and severe illness, he took great interest in 

 all that pertained to her, watching the doctor very closely, and 

 sitting, by the half-hour, with his chin on the bed by her side. 

 We bought our bread, and, knowing Carlo's fondness for warm 

 biscuit, the baker often gave him one which he quickly de- 

 spatched. Once, during a very severe attack of mother's, when 

 we were doing our utmost to tempt her appetite. Carlo cauie in 

 early one morning, bringing his warm biscuit untouched, and 

 laid it on the floor by mother's side. Too sick to notice this act 

 of his, but not to be disappointed in his own plan, be came for- 

 ward and lifted the biscuit to her pillow, and retired again to his 

 corner to wait some look of thanks from her. It came, and such 

 a happy dog ! He had brought his choicest offering — a warm 

 biscuit — and it had been recognized. Was there a loving plan 

 and careful observation in this act? 



One day while busy writing, I heard him in the dining-room 

 asking to go out. The outside doors were open, and I said " Yes, 

 Carlo may go ! " and returned to my desk. Soon he repeated 

 ,his request, and I rose saying "Now you must go, and not bother 

 ime so !" but he lay quietly, though anxiously, in the middle of 

 the floor. Going to him, I found he had my canary between his 

 front feet, not a feather injured, but waiting for me to release it 

 in safety. The cage had accidently been left open, and finding 

 the bird free, with these outside doors of the room open, he had 



gently caught and held my pet. Why should he catch it when 

 the doors were open, when if closed he made no such effort? 

 Who will say this was mere instinct? Mary E. Holmes 



Eocktord, 111. 



BOOK-REVIEWS. 

 Deep-Sea Sounding. By Capt. A. S Baeker, U.S.N. New York, 

 J. Wiley & Sons, 1892. 133 p. Maps. 8°. 



Captain Barker, in this very interesting work, gives an ac- 

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 the officers of the U.S.S. '-Enterprise" in the years 1883-1886. 

 The casts of the lead were made by Messrs. Norris and Marix, 

 lieutenants attached to the "Enterprise," the one on the outward, 

 the other on the homeward voyage. The ship sailed and steamed 

 across the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans, and returned by way 

 of the Pacific, sounding out different routes. Soundings were 

 made daily, often for many days together; steam being i-aised for 

 the purpose each time, and the fires allowed to go out again im- 

 mediately after the cast. With characteristic naval spirit, the 

 author assumes all responsibility for even the minutest detail, as 

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 only two boilers when steaming," and where similar assumptions 

 of credit in regard to details for which other officers were re- 

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The volume is very interesting, however, and contains much 

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Jan. 4. — W. G. Farlow, Account of Some 

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 .J. Eliot Wolff, Application of the Microscope 

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