May II, 1888. 1 



SCIENCE. 



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— Mr. Edward Atkinson will open the 

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— F. E. Galloupe, 30 Kilby Street, Boston, 

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— The Publication Agency of the Johns 

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 in Scribner's Magazine will appear in the 

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Mayi. — Mr. VV. H. Holmes, Some Primi- 

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