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vations of the total solar eclipse of Dec. 22, 1870; a report by C. 
A. Schott on the adaptation of triangulations to the various con- 
ditions of configuration and character of the surface of country 
and other causes ; ; nelle by J. Homer Lane, of a new form 
of mercurial hori n which vibrations are speedily extinguished. 
There is also a Genive Index of professional und scientific papers 
contained in the Coast Survey Reports from 1851 to 1870. The 
volume contains 36 large charts, and amoung these, under the head 
of River and Harbor Charts, there are charts of yee 
Burlington, New Haven, New "York Bay and Harbor, Nos. 1 a 
2, Delaware River from "Navy Yard to Fort Mifflin Lapbbhouse, 
Neuse River, Passes of the Pelee sta Puget Sound. 
The eand Growth of Language: an Outline of Lin- 
suri Bitende:: 3; by W. D. Wurrney, Professor of ee and 
Anil geste ee Oe in ie College. 326 pp. 12mo. New 
has full command of his ‘ubjea in all its ct erie 
— of langu siae® 
cent Origin of Man, illustrated by Geology and the 
Mdorn Seience of prehistoric Archeology ; by Jamus C. Sourn- 
ALL. 606 pp. 8vo, with many illustrations. hiladelphia, 1875. 
(J. B. Biiethsore & Co. )—The author of this ie has gathered 
into it a large amount of information on prehistoric man, and on 
the sper bance cave deposits, and other peppubitonton of hu- 
one relics, The mpts which have been made to measure 
mean i of: the thickness of valley- tinsiptions: peat-beds 
ind stalnyniitie deposits are discussed, and sources of error pointed 
out; and the conclusion reached is that indicated in the title of 
the pos The facts are given with much detail iset are lee 
sion of the subject. In fact, oi whale hele exhibits a temper 
twenty-ninth annual report presented to the Royal ar ae 4 of 
elgium and is published in vol. xxiv of their abinoires 
Seventy-two pages are occupied with the supplementary Att ned 
the preceding years. In the remainder, vegringee 9 be report for 
1871, the most noteworth items are: Earthquak n England, 
March 17; in Chili, March 25; in the rien sleet Talend: ay 1; 
and the eruption of Mauna Loa in August, 
