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SCIENCE. 



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brandbacillus " we find " anthrax baoillus." It is pleasing to 

 read (p. 86) that the spore formation of Bacillus anthracis 

 "occurs most plenteous at breeding temperature." We cannot 

 agree that the equivalent of the German " welche in der Richtung 

 der Langsachse der Mutterzelle auskeimen," is given in " which 

 spring from the long axes of the maternal cells." On p. 96, where 

 the effects of the in jection of Staphylococcus pyogenes aureus into 

 the blood-vessels are considered, " nach Ladierung der Herzklap- 

 pen" is translated "later they attack the valves of the heart," 

 and so we might go on indefinitely. 



In the third German edition of this book, which appeared in 

 1891, 376 micro-organisms are described, whilst this translation of 

 the second edition appears in 1892 and describes some 133 micro- 

 organisms. The appendix belonging to the third German edition, 

 which was not present in the second edition, has been added to 

 the translation of the latter. We have not noticed much that is 

 "augmented " in the translation, but much that is distorted and 

 misstated. The climax was reached when we found the Plasmo- 

 dium malarise (not mentioned in Eisenberg at all) classified under 

 the heading " Pathogenic Bacteria." In justice to the publishers, 

 we are only too happy to remark that the printing, and especially 

 the binding of this book are well done. 



On one point the translator justly gives himself credit, and that 

 is in the preface where he says, "The arrangement of the text 

 has been somewhat changed from the original." G. H. F. N. 



AMONG THE PUBLISHERS. 

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— Thomas Curtis Clarke, the eminent engineer, in the June 

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CALENDAR OF SOCIETIES. 

 Society of Natural History, Boston. 



May 18. — J. S. Kingsley, Notes on the 

 Anatomy of Amphiuma ; W. O. Crosby, On 

 Some Evidences of Tertiary Deposits in the 

 Boston Basin. 



Biological Society, Washington. 

 May 14. — W. H. Seaman, The Photogenic 

 Organs of Fireflies; C. Hart Merriam, A 

 New Prau-ie Dog from Mexico ; Charles Hal- 

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 Additions to the Flora of Washington (with 

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Publications Received at Editor's Office. 



Bernard, Henry Meyners. The Apodidae. New 

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Butler, Amos W. The Birds of Indiana. Brook- 

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 135 p. 



Naegeli, Carl and Schwendener, S. The Micro- 

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 German. 2d ed. New York, Macmillan & Co. 

 8°. 894 p., ill. $8.60. 



Smithsonian Institution. Report of the National 

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 Washington, Government. 8°. 954 p. 



U. S. Board on Geographic Names. First Report. 

 1890-1891. Washington, Government. 8°, 56 p. 



Weed, Alonzo R. Business Law. Revised ed. 

 Boston, D. C. Heath & Co. 8°. 173 p. $1.10. 



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Ta exchange ; Experiment Station bulletins and 

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Finished specimens of all colors of Vermont marble for 

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For exchange. — Three copies of " American State 

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For Sale or Exchange for books a complete private 

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Wanted, in exchange for the following works, any 

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To exchange Wright's " Ice Age in North America" 

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