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Third, Zoological Geography; Fourth, Geographical Zoology, Each of 

 these is illustrated with maps and engravings, but, as the author remarks, 

 they all belong more immediately to Part three, which is handled rather 

 more popularly than either of the others, and is in fact the summing uji or 

 conclusion of the work, gj^pd should really be read after Part four. 



What is to be admired, perhaj)s, more than any other feature of the 

 book, taken in comparison with many other scientific works, is the absence 

 of any slighting allusion to the Bible or the views of theological writers. 

 The author in this and in other works has adopted the theory that by slow 

 and gradual development the various species of animals now found on the 

 earth have been produced from those preceding them, but he differs from 

 Darwin in admitting that man's physical and intellectual endowments can 

 only be accounted for by acknowledging a special creative act of the Al- 

 mighty. No reader, however straight-laced his orthodoxy, need apprehend 

 finding any attempt to draw him away from his faith. He will merely 

 find straightforward statements, based strictly and fairly upon facts discov- 

 ered by the author himself and other distinguished naturalists, and he will 

 lay the book down after reading it with the conviction that it is the result 

 of careful and laborious research, most skillful and systematic arrangement, 

 and an earnest and honest eflPort to increase the actual knowledge of the 

 reading public without attempting to influence or bias its judgment. 



The mechanical work is most excellent, particularly in the maps and 

 engravings, which equal those of any European publisher. 



The Popular Science Monthly, February, 1877. D. Appleton & Co., 

 New York, 128 pages, 50c. 



This ably conducted journal has reached nearly to the end of its fifth 

 year, and still maintains its original high character and standing as a con- 

 necting medium between the highest branches of exact science and the 

 science of common things. The present number contains popular articles 

 on Astronomy, Chemistry, Education, Geology and Engineering, bj^the best 

 writers of the age, while the editorial department consists of literary notices 

 of late works and a closing summary of current events of marked interest 

 to all classes of scientific readers. We ex-pect from time to time to avail 

 ourselves of this valuable periodical in making up our monthly " Eeview of 

 Science and Industry," as we have done in this number. 



Professor Tice's Meteorological Almanac for the Year 1877, with fore- 

 casts based upon astronomical events for every day in the year. Pub- 

 lished by the author at St. Louis, Mo. 15c. 



We have been favored by the author with a copy of this almanac, and 

 shall publish in each number of the Eeview a record of the weather during 

 the previous month, side by side with the "indications " of the Signal Ser- 

 vice Bureau and the " Forecasts " of the Professor, so that our readers can 

 judge for themselves of the value and accuracy of both sets of cbservers. 



