Vol. VIII. 



November, 1884 



No. 7. 



THE 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BV 



THEO. B. O^SE. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE, 



GEOGKAPHY. 



1. The Territory of Washington.* R. 



J. McCarty 351 



2. Colorado— A Glance at its Mining 



and Other Attractions." Mr. A. J. 

 White 359 



HISTORY. 



1. Black-Bird— Indian Chronology Un- 



trustworthy." Oscar W. Collett . 361 



2. Black-Bird.* G. C. Broadhead ... 362 



ARCHJEOLOGY. 



1. Did the Romans Colonize America ? 



— (Concluded) 364 



2. Models of Prehistoric Pueblos. . . . 374 



3. Antiqujtj' of Man in Anaerioa . . . . 376 



MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 



1. The Germ Origin of Infectious Dis- 



eases." H. R. Payne, M. D . . . 377 



2. Conclusions Regarding the Waring 



Sewerage System 384 



GEOLOGY AND MINING. 



1. The Burlington Gravel Beds." Prof. 



John D. Parker, U. S. A 386 



2. The Mining Operations of the Ro- 



mans . . . .387 



3. Annual Reportof the Director cf the 



Geological Bureau 390 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



1. Arctic Exploration.* Prof. John D. 



Parker, U. S. A 392 



2. The Coleoptera of Kansas.— A Cor- 



rection.* Warren Knsius 394 



PAGE. 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1. Report of the Commissioner of Edu- 



cation, 1882-3 394 



2. History of the Republican Party. 



bnion Publishing Co., Springfield, 

 Illinois 396 



3. Lyrics, Legends and Sonets. Gup- 



ples, Upham & Co , Boston ... 397 



4. The Man Wonderful in the House 



Beautiful. Fowler & Wells, New 

 York 397 



5. Forestry of Northern Europe and 



Lands Beyond. Oliver & Boyd, Ed- 

 inburgh 398 



6. Forestry of the Ural Mountains. 



Oliver* Boyd, Edinburgh ... 398 



7. A Migration Legend of the Creek In- 



dians. D. G. Brinton, Phila ... 398 



ASTRONOMY. 



1. Sun and Planets for November.* 



1884, Wm. Dawson 399 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. The Red Skies.-:- Isaac P. Noyes . . 400 



2. Kansas Weather Service.* Prof. J.T 



Lovewell . ... 405 



3. Proceedings of St. Louis Academy 



of Science 406 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. Recently Patented Improvements.* 



J. C. Higdon, M. E 407 



2. Bureau of Scientific Information . . 409 



. 410 



, 413 



EDITORIAL NOTES 



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