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ing, by ironical words and amusing illustrations, the comical side of church sing- 
ing, and in our judgment it teaches some admirable lessons by holding an exag- 
gerated mirror up to nature. If each church choir in the country were to procure a 
copy and keep it at hand for convenient reference no harm would result either to- 
singers or congregations. 
OTHER PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 
Circular of Information from Bureau of Education, No. 4, 1882, Washing- 
ton, D. C. Christian Philosophy Quarterly, New York ; published by Anson D. 
Randolph. The Elecfrician, May, 1883, New York. Parish Institutions of Mary- 
land, April, 1880; Published by John Hopkins University. John Hopkin's 
University Circulars, February, 1883, Baltimore; price loc. Knowledge, March, 
1883, London. Experiments Chiefly with Kerosene on the Insect affecting the 
Orange Tree and the Cotton-Plant, 1883, Washington, Reports on Rocky 
Locust and the Chinch-Bug, 1883, Washington. Report on Michigan Forest 
Fires of 1881-82, Washington. Local Government in Michigan and the North- 
west, No. 3, Baltimore, March, 1883. Coal, from Cumberland Review, April, 
1883. Proposed Ordinance and Rules and Regulations for the Regulating of 
Plumbing, etc., P. Blakiston, Son & Co., Philadelphia; price loc. Darwin and 
Humboldt, J. Fitzgerald, New York; price 15c. Reports of Comptroller, City 
Engineer, December 31, Kansas City, Mo., Ramsey, Millett & Hudson. Cor- 
nell University Register, 1882-83, Ithaca, N. Y. Bulletin of American Geo- 
graphical Society, 1882, New York, No. 3. Local Government in Illinois, Jan- 
uary, 1883, Baltimore, John Hopkins University. Report from San Miguel 
County, 1882, Las Vegas, N. M. Proceedings of the Academy of Science^ 
Philadelphia, 1883. 
METEOROLOGY. 
REPORT FROM OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT CENTRAL STATION^ 
WASHBURN COLLEGE, TOPEKA, KANSAS. 
BY PROF. J. T. LOVEVi^ELL, DIRECTOR. 
In the record from March 20th to April 20th here given, it will be noticed 
that the usual high winds of March have been delayed this year till April. At 
the close of this report cherry, plum and apple trees are in blossom and the forest 
trees begin to look green. Altogether the season continues very backward. The 
rain-fall is rather light but as yet nothing suffers especially from drought. 
