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num ; 
THE Sczence Observer, of Boston, now in its 
third volume, maintains its high standard of 
excellence in its special department and bids 
fair to become the organ of the astronomers 
of this country. 
WE have received the December number, 
being No. 2, vol. 1, of ‘* Our Little Ones,” 
an illustrated magazine for children, pub- 
lished monthly at Boston, by the Russell 
Publishing Co., at $1.50 per annum. The 
engravings are unsurpassed, the paper and 
print first-rate, while the fact that ‘‘ Oliver 
Optic” is the editor guarantees uniform ex- 
cellence in the matter. We shall be disap- 
pointed if it does not become a leader among 
the juvenile periodicals 
Tue Santa Domingo Congress has passed 
a decree that, considering the proofs sufiicient 
that the remains found in the cathedral Sept. 
10, 1877, are the remains of Christopher Co- 
lumbus, a monument to enshrine them shall 
be erected at the capital. All American goy- 
ernments are solicited to contribute to the 
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THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN 
An Illustrated Quarterly Published by 
J&MESCN & MORSE, 164 Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois, 
Rev. STEPHEN D. PEET, Editor, Clinton, Wisconsin. 
The 3d Vol. commenced with the Oct. Number. 
Epitors oF DrEprarTMENTs.—Early History and 
Discovery, Prof. R. B. Anderson, Madison. Wis. ; 
Anthropological News, E. A. Barber, Philadelphia: 
Indian Linguistics, I, Be Gatschet, Smithsonian, 
Washington, D.C. Mexican Antiquities, Ad. F. 
Baudelier, Hashiaad: Ill ; Biblical Archeology, Rev. 
Selah Merrill, D. D.. Andover, Mass. ; Geological 
Evidences, Prof T. C. Chamberlin, Beloit, Wis. ; 
FOREION ConTRIBUTORS, Rev. A. H. Sayce, D. Dy 
F. R. S. Oxford, England, on Assyriology ; Prof. 
OD aN Steentrup, Stockholm, Denmark, and Prof. 
Luciano Cordeiro, Lisbon, Portugal. 
KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 
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HARPER’S MAGAZINE, for December, con- 
tains the following good things: Christmas 
Carillons, Annie Chambers Ketchum, with 
four illustrations by Fredericks ; The English 
Lakes and their Genil, I., M. D. Conway, 
with fifteen illustrations by E. A. Abbey and 
Alfred Parsons; Anne, a novel, Constance 
Fenimore Woo'son, with an illustration by 
Reinhardt ; Fancy Chances, a poem, Rose 
Aawthorne Lathrop; The Oldest Institution 
in the World, W. H. Beard, with an illustra- 
tion by the Author; The Impatient Bird, 
a poem, Philip O. Sullivan; The City of 
Pittsburg, G. F. Muller, with nineteen illus- 
trations by Shirlaw; To be Merry, a poem, 
Robert Herrick, with an illustration by 
Abbey; The Sixth Year of Quong See, 
Catharine Baldwin, with six illustrations; 
The Lucky Horseshoe, a poem, James T. 
Fields ; Looking Back, a poem, H. R. Hud- 
son; Washington Square, a novel, Henry 
James, Jr.; Editor’s Easy Chair; Editor’s. 
Literary Record; Editor’s Historical Record ; 
Editor’s Drawer. 
The American Naturalist, for December, 
announces that it has absorbed the American 
Entomologist, and will hereafter have a 
department in that line with Prof. C. V. 
Riley as editor. This addition about com- 
pletes the ‘Circle of the Sciences”’ in its 
comprehensive range of topics and materi- 
ally increases the velue of the Waturalist to 
its scientific readers. Price $4.00 per annum. 
CONTRIBUTORS IN THIS CoUNTRY.-—Dr, Chas. Rau, 
Washington, D. C.; Dr. S, S. Haldeman, Chickies, 
Pa.; A. F. Berlin, Reading, Pa ; Col. C. Whittlesey, 
Cleveland, O.; Prof. M. C. Read, Hudson, O.; C. 
C. Baldwin, Cleveland. O.; Dr. J. D. Moody, Men- 
dota, Ill. ; Hon. R. S. Robertson, Fort Wayne, Ind. ; 
Dr. J. Q. Farquharson, Davenport, Ia. ; Major F F. 
Hilder, St. Louis, Mo ; T. F. Williams, St. Paul, 
Minn.; Rev. H. F. Buckner, D. D., Eufaula, Ind. 
Ter.; Rev. M. Eells, Shokomish, Wash. Ter. ; Col. 
L. J. Dupre, Austin, Texas; Hon. C. C. Jones, 
Augusta, Ga.; Hon. J. D. Baldwin, Worcester, Mass.. 
Dr. J. O. Butler, Madison, Wis.; Hon. Bela Hub- 
bard, Detroit, Mich. ; Prof. Alex. Winchell, LL. D, 
Syracuse, N. Y.; Hon. L H. Morgan, Rochester, 
N. Y.; Lieut.-Col. Garrick Mallory, Washingtov, 
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Lyman Abbott, D. »., New York; Hon. J. G. Hen. 
derson, Winchester, Ill; Prof. O. T. Mason, Wash. 
ington, D.C.; Rev. J. ’O. Payne, Elmwood, Mass. 
