Obituary. 335 
New Constructions in Graphical Statics ; by H. T. Eppy. 
Van Nostrand, New York: 1877. 8vo, pp. 62 an nd9 foldin ng plates. 
to the arch rib with and without joints, the suspension cable, t 
continuous girder, the retaining wall, the dome, ete. 
The following oa at of the U. 8S. Geological Survey of the oe 
den in charge, have been received and will be noticed in another nu 
ber ; also other volumes whose titles fo 
Ninth A ort, embracing Ootors do and parts of adjacent Cabal 
being a report of progress of ae exploration for the year 1875, by F. V. Hayden 
27 PP. ae Washington, 
f the United pa Geo logical Survey of the Territories, volume XT. 
odagretis of North American Rodentia, by Elliott Coues, Secretary and Natu- 
ralist of the o Rare and Joel Asaph Allen, Special Collaborator of ‘the Survey. 
Misce adie Publications.—No. 7. Et seg ar see es the Hidatsa 
Indians, hy Gi rom —_— Matthews, Assistant Sur 239 pp. 8vo. 
rig ring Animals: A Monograph ee North Ametioan Mustelide, 
yi lliott prey  Gantaln and Assistant Surgeon U.S. A 8 pp. 8vo, with 
twenty plates. 
Bulletin of the U. S. Geological ree bre are Survey of the Territories. 
Volume III, Number 4, August 5th, 1 
Bulletin of the U. 8. National Museum; No. 8.—Inde the names which 
have Pome applied to the subdivisions of ‘the ae Bciiocls by W. H. Dall. 
88 pp. 8yo. Washington, 1877. 
hina : oF erp eigener Rei und darauf Le semi oc te — od 
Mesmeri rism, Spiritualism, ete. Historically and scientifically considered; be- 
ing two Lectures delivered at the London Institution, by Whar as B. Carpenter, 
C.B., ete. 158 pp. 8vo. New York, 1877. (D. Appleton & C 
Proceedings of ee Davenport Academy of N atural Sciences, aba I, Part I; 
January, 1876—June, 1877. Davenport, low 
yee bent jan Naturhistorischen Yorsis von Wisconsin fiir das Jahr 
agit waukee. 
neers f Science and Industry, by Theodore 8. Case. f monthly 
of 64. pages published at Kansas City, Missouri, popular in its characte 
Pr he American Association for the Advancement of Science. 
Twenty-fifth n eae he held at Buffalo, N. Y., August, 1876. 368 pp. 8vo. 1877. 
OBITUARY. 
_ Professor Henry Newron, E.M., Ph.D., Professor elect of Min- 
engaged ee a Bic examination of the Black Hills, which, 
begun two ago, as Assistant Geologist to the United oer es 
Black Hills Expedion of the Interior Department. He w 
region, with plates of fossils, and numerous drawings 
eae and other hae illustrations. The publication of this 
uable report by the department, as it has more than ap- 
ten before with other reports of the same kind, had been griev- 
ously delayed—much to the annoyance and disappointment of its 
