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of certain ante-Linnwan names, chiefly those of Klein, whose ori- 
ginal specimens Mr. Agassiz has been able to stu y- 
art II contains detailed descriptions of all the species known 
to inhabit the eastern coast of the United States, including all the 
deep-sea species dedged by Mr. Pourtales during the Coast Sur- 
vey explorations. 
In this part of the work are many interesting details concerning 
the development of the young. The escriptive portion is fol- 
lowed by tables showing the bathymetricalt and geographical dis- 
tribution of the species, and by a systematic list giving their 
n 
The forty-two plates illustrating this part of the work are truly 
admirable, and aside from their great scientific value are worth 
* special attention, because they show the successful application 
of two h 
trations will be similar in character to those of the volume just 
issued, 
German edition, with extensive additions; by 
Wirtiay Crookns, F.R.S., with 336 Illustrations. 745 pp. 8vo. 
1872. New York: D. Appleton & Company.—An English ren- 
u n 
Jahresbericht for general chemistry originated b 
fontinued by Liebig and Kopp. The first edition of the present 
forad tis question has been quite fully and ably discussed by Dr. Liitken in a 
er number of this Journal, Vol. III, page 382. : : 
+ In this connection it may not be out of place to mention that three of vg 
;becies have had their range in depth greatly extended during the Serra oa 
In the table on page 368, Mr. Agassiz gives 80 fathoms as the greatest dep 
Drébachiensis and izaster fragilis, and 40 fathoms as 
Totus Drébach: and Schizas : 
limit of Echinarachin : ese all dred Messrs. Smith and 
T in 430 fathoms, off St. rge’s Bank, on the Coast Curvey steamer, 
Bache, as stated + number of this Journal. ct was communi 
This f : 
hs Mr. Agassiz, by the writer, as soon as possible, but too late to be of use to him, 
or the text of the work was printed last August. 
