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to the paced — Fellows of Harvard College, June, 1877. 
Vol. If, No. 1, p. 8vo. Cambridge, 1877.—A paper, ‘by Dr. 
. C. Asport, ‘deaciites the occurrence of what appear to be flint 
chippings in undisturbed gravel deposits, only partially stratified, 
of the Delaware River valley, near Trenton, New Jerse 
stone is a hard or indurated argillite, somewhat fusible before the 
blowpipe; but in one case, flint. Bowlders eight or ten feet in 
diameter occur over the surface. Mr, Abbott regards the mate- 
rial as of Glacial origin, and the relics, ~ ‘meg of man of the 
Glacial era. This paper is followed by another, by Professor N. 
HALER, on the same relics and deposits, errs’ states that he 
accompanied Dr. Abbott over the region, and obtained from the 
beds two of the su pposed relics, and concludes with the remark 
that “if these remains are really those of men, they Prove the 
existence of interglacial man on this part of our shore.” 
This Report contains also papers on the exploration of Ash 
Cave in Benton, Hocking County, Ohio, and on ge ena of 
1 DREWS ; 
mounds in Southeastern Ohio, by Professor EK 3; on 
the exploration of a mound in Lee County, Va., by ctu Carr, 
Assistant Curator d on se Art of War and 
Mode of Warfare of the Ancient Mexicans, by . BANDELIER,. 
Professor Andrews describes instruments, anita and other or- 
naments of copper, from the mounds examined . One o 
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the mounds (W. Connett’s in Dover, Athens County, Ohio) is 
spoken of as “of great scientific value, because ae . we prove 
und,’ 
8. Kinetic Theories of Gravitation ; poe WILLIAM B. TAYLOR, 
either hypothesis can satisfy the two Newtonian conditions of a 
Scientific theory—verity and sufficienc A. W. W. 
acher’s Primer of Chemistry. Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia. 
OBITUA 
Tororny Aspotr Conrap.—Dr. ‘tae p died on the ninth of 
Sage at the residence of his bier nee Mr. T. Abbott, 
n, New Jersey. He was son of the late Solomon Conrad, 
of th the | University of Pennsylvania, and oe bons in 1803. 
