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SCIENCE. 



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Science Monthly for January and February, under the title "The 

 Aryan Question and Prehisloric Man." The storage of electricity 

 will be explained in a fullj illustrated article by Professor Samuel 

 Sheldon of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, in the January 

 number. 



— The president of the Eoyal Geographical Society declared in 

 1889 (hat -'the most salient event of the year has been the daring 

 journey of Fridtjof Nansen and his little parly of Norwegians and - 

 Lapps across the inland ice of Greer land." Dr. Hansen's fully 

 illustrated account of his adventures and of his extraordinary suc- 

 cess will be published shortly, both in London and New York, by 

 the Longmans. 



— The action of Congress in setting apart a reservation of Cali- 

 fornia forest land considerably larger in extent thun the State of 

 Rhode Island furnishes a theme for the leading editorial in Qarden 

 and Forest for Dec. 3. Some of the other subjects discusped are 

 "House Gardening in Cities;" "The Ti'ees of Kansas;" "A 

 Fatal Disease of the Cranberry;" notes on orchids, ferns, wild- 

 flowers, and chrysanthemums; and seasonable counsel for all in- 

 terested in trees and shrubs. The principal illustration is of a vase 

 of chrysanthemums, which is an object-lesson in the decorative 

 value of these favorite flowers. 



— The American Academy of Political and Social Science at 

 Philadelphia is doing a valuable work in publishing material of 

 value to students of economics and politics. It is making a spe- 

 cially just now of the railroad problem. The July number of its 

 proceedings contained an account of the reform in railway passen- 

 ger tariffs recently introduced into Hungary. The January num- 

 ber will contain an account of the system just introduced into 

 Austria. The work of the academy is all the more valuable on 

 account of its strictly scientific character. The organization takes 

 no sides, but contents itself with an objective presentation of the 

 facts relating to the subject. 



— Among the matter which has recently appsared in the Ameri- 

 ican Naturalist, and which is in preparation, the following titles 

 may be mentioned: "The Evolution of Mind from a Neo- 

 Lamarckian Standpoint," by Profei^sor E. D. Cope; "The Effects 

 of the Electric Current on Kemmler'sBody." by Dr. E. 0. Spitzka; 

 " On the Languages and Lore of the Zuiii Pueblos," by Dr. J. W. 

 Fewkes of Harvard University; 'On a Family of Hermaphro- 

 , ditps," by Dr. Luce; "The Wild Buffalo of Mindoro."by Professor 

 J. B. Steere; "The Physiological Etfects of Special Feeding on 

 Bees," by Professor A. J. Cooke of Michigan State Agricultural 

 College; and " Tbe Metamorphic Forms of the American Newt," 

 by Professor Simon Gage of Cornell University. 



— Messrs. Ticknor & Co. have secured the exclusive sale for 

 America, and will publish, by arrangement with Mr. B. T. Bats- 

 ford, the London publisher, a limited edition of " Architecture of 

 the Renaissance in England," by J. Alfred Gotch and VV. Talbot 

 Brown. Tbe first part will appear immediately, and the others at 

 intervals of two or three months. 



— Last week's number of The Illustrated American is styled 

 the " Naval Number," because sixteen pages are dedicated to naval 

 matteis. '• Where We build our War- Vessels " is a description of 

 the New York Navy Yard, illustrated; and "Our Battle-Ships" 

 describes and illustrates the new battle-ship designed for the 

 Bureau of Construction at Washington, and the most formidable 

 war-ships of the foreign powers. A portrait of Admiral David D. 

 Porter serves as the frontispiece. The wonders of the Nile are con- 

 tinued in an illustrated article describing hundred-gated Thebes. 



— Lieut. Willoughby Walke, instructor in charge of the United 

 States Artillery School laboratory, has made a series of experi- 

 ments with the object of determining the strength of various 

 newly invented or patented explosives. The composition of these 

 new explosives, says Engiiieering, differs much ; but they have all 

 one feature in common, viz., that their inventors all claim that 



Publications received at Editor's Office, 

 Nov. 24-Dec. 6. 



Baker, D. W. History of the Harvard College Ob- 

 servatory during the Period 1840-1890. Cam- 

 bridge, Harvard University. 32 p. 8°. 



Bald-win, J. Harper's Sixth Reader. New York, 

 Harper. 504 p. 12°. 90 cents. 



Brackett. C. F., and others. Electricity in Daily 

 Life. New York, Soribner. 268 p. 8°. 



Cajori, p. The Teaching and History of Mathe- 

 matics in the United States. Washington, Gov- 

 ernment. 400 p. 8°. 



Century Dictionary, The. Vol. IV. M-P. New 

 York, The Century Co. 1324 p. f °. $10. 



College Advance, The. Vol. i. No. 1. Winfield, 

 Kan., E. H. Vaughan. 4 p. V. 25 cents per 

 year. 



Eddy, H. T. Maximum StressesundorConcentrated 

 Loads New York, Van Nostrand. 100 p. 8°. 



GiLMAN, N. P. Industrial Partnership or Profit 

 Sharing. Boston, G. H. EUis. 18 p. 24°. 



Harvard College, Annals of the Astronomical Ob- 

 servatory of. Vol. XXI. Part II. Investit^ations 

 of the New England Meteorological Society in 

 the Year 1889. Cambridge, W. H. Wheeler, Pr. 

 27.3 p. 4°. 



Same. Vol.XSX. Parti. Observations made at 



the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, Mas- 

 sachusetts, in the Year 1689. Cambridge, John 

 Wilson & Son, Pr. 75 p. 4°. 



Hudson', H, N. The Ancient Mariner. Boston, 

 Ginn. 21 p. 12°. 



Lange, Helene. Higher Education of Women in 

 Europe. Tr. by L. R. Klemm, Ph.D. i Interna 

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Macaulay's Second Essay on the Earl of Chatham. 

 With Notes and a Sketch ol Macaulay's Life by 

 D. H. M. Boston, Ginn. 91 p. 12°. 



McMillan, W. G A Treatise on Electro-Metal- 

 lurgy. London, Chailes GrifBu & Co.; Philadel- 

 phia, Lippincott. 387 p. 12°. SS.f.O. 



Macoun, J. Catalogue of Canadian Plants. Part V. 

 Acrogens. Montreal, W. Foster Brown & Co. 

 428 p. 8°. 



MODIGLIANI, E. Un Viaggio a Nias. Milan, FrateUi 

 Treves. 726 p. 8°. 



NICOLSON, F. W. P. Terenti Afri. Phorralo. Bos- 

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Pearson, W. H. List of Canadian Hepaticce. Mon- 

 treal, W. Foster Brown & Co. 31 p. 8° 



Pickering, E. C., and Wendell. O. C. Results of 

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 during the Years 1882-88. (Annals of the Astro- 

 nomical Observatory of Harvard College. Vol. 

 XXIV.) Cambridge, John Wilson & Son, Pr. 

 267 p. 4° 



BoLFE, J. C. P. Terenti Afri. Heavton Timorv- 

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Life in Death, as Manifest in Falling Leaves. 

 Curious want of Ingenuity in the Harvesting 



Ants of France. 

 Frog Farming. 

 Some Thoughts on Light. 

 Cystieercooids Parasitic in Cypres cinerea. 

 Some remarks on the Pucciuiae attacking 



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 The Influenza Bacillus. 



Mounting Medium for Vegetable Structures. 

 The Study of Entomology. 

 A Homely Zoophyte Trough. 

 Beetles. 



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 Among the Sea- Urchins. 

 Food from Wood. 

 The Elements of Microscopy. 

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 In Darkest Africa. 



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