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forty- one species of Graptolitidce (of which thirty are new); (Part II) a Mono- 

 graph of Stromatoportdce ; and (Part III) a description of fifteen other new species 

 of Niagara fossils. The Graptolites are plant-like animal forms of much inter- 

 est to palaeontologists on account of their great antiquity and their having long 

 occupied the border land between plants and animals, but the idea of their plant- 

 origin has been abandoned and they are now placed with the Polyps. The forty- 

 one species of fossil Graptolites described in this paper are principally from the 

 Upper Silurian at Hamilton, Ontario. In the introduction the student will find 

 much valuable information in a condensed form in regard to the literature of the 

 history of the study of the Graptolite family, their geological distribution, zoo- 

 logical affinity, structure, etc. 



After the Graptolites the most interesting fossils of ihe Niagara formation 

 are the Stromatoporidse. In Part II. a number of species of this family are de- 

 scribed, four of them being new ; preceded by a short account of the genus 

 Stromatopora. In Part III, fifteen other new and interesting fossils from the 

 same formation at Hamilton, Ont., are described. Nine plates of about eighty- 

 five good figures, add much to the value of the Bulletin, and will assist the stu- 

 dent in identifying the fossils described. 



It is to be hoped the officers of the Museum will soon work up the accumu- 

 lations of the various Geological Surveys of the State of Missouri, which have 

 long remained buried in the University and are now at their disposal. The results 

 of their^^investigations in this mass of material, given in the form of this Bulletin, 

 will be of great interest and value to scientists, and especially the geologists of 

 this state. L. 



PUBLcc Relief and Private Charity: By Josephine Shaw Lowell. i2mo. 

 pp. III. G. P. Putnams' Sons, N. Y. 1884. For sale by M. H. Dickin- 

 son. Paper 40c., cloth $1.25. 



This is Number XIII of Putnam's "Questions of the Day" series, which 

 so much attentton by reason of their practical discussions of every day political 

 and social topics. Its author has been and now is identified with the public 

 charities of New York, and, as this work shows, is abundantly capable of dis- 

 cussing the subject. The first chapter gives her personal views on the subject 

 of Public Out-door Relief, the second is a compilation of the various Practices in 

 this direction in England, the third the Practices in Europe and the United 

 States. To these follow the author's conclusions. The second part is devoted to 

 Private Charity, and in it are discussed charitable institutions, principles and rules,, 

 methods in city and county, with practical suggestions based upon the author's 

 experience. It is a work of great worth, and we recommend it to the Provident 

 Associations and other public charity societies in the West as a practical guide^ 

 or at least, a competent helper in their perplexing and burdensome labors. 



