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APRIL 1, 1892. 



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Contents. 



Storage op Storm-Watehs on the Great 



Plains. L. E, Hieks 183 



The Sophisticated French Wines. 



Gerald McCarthy 185 



A Botanical Laboratory. Katherine 



E. Golden 185 



The Distribution of Fishes. S. Gar- 

 man 187 



Notes and" News 187 



The Patent Office Building 188 



The Structure of the Hemipterous 



Mouth. John B. Smith 189 



The Etymology of Two Iroquoian Com- 

 pound Stems. J. N. B. Hewitt. . . 190 



Forthcoming Scientific Books 193 



Letters to the Editor. 



The Bacillus of Influenza. George 



H. F. NiUtall.. 193 



The Question of the Celts. D. G. 

 Brinton, M.D 194 



Among the Publishers 194 



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