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United States; lumber statistics; and various other topics, on all 
of which the author has br ought forward a great amount of valu- 
able facts, and in a manner to enlighten and benefit every part of 
the c 
6. ‘Bulletin of the Bussey Institution, vol. ii, Part iii, 1878.— 
This number of the Bussey bu 9 tin contains the following papers: 
on the hybridization of Lilies by F. Parkman; on the composi- 
tion of Lguisetum arvens F. H. Srorer; composition of 
cog of aie and lobsters, and those of oysters, clams, mussels, 
; prominence sia carbonate of lime as a con minder of 
ak id.; a list of F _— found in the vicinity of Boston, with 
remarks, by W. G 
é ys bing Telephone Tulking Phonograph, and other 
Novelti ties; by GzoreE B, Prescorr. p- 8vo, with numer- 
ous illustrations. pee York. 1878. (D. Appleton ‘& Co. ee 
volume contains a complete account of the Telephone and Phon 
graph, in their various forms, with a large number of wa 
figures illustrating their construction and mode of use, and also 
diagrams of the vibrations or “1 gographi records” of the 
phonograph. It sas treats of Quadruplex wae at much 
length, giving many detailed figures in the course of the chapter. 
- The Naturalist’s Directory noe 1878, "Edite d by 8. E. 
Cassino. 184 pp. 12mo. Salem, Mass., 1878. —This well arranged 
catalogue of the names and addresies of al ‘naturalists of 
ry 
useful and Hedioioigse% work to he who are interested in any 
pare EN to iene ology by S. A. Miller and C. B. Dyer 
describing various Silurian fossils, figures of which are given 
on the plates; alae a paper on a new species of Pupa by C. R. 
y 
v. ae a and another on the tongue of some ee by 
y ’ mbes 
the Zour de surpass in extent any hitherto examined 
Outside of the pole regions. Inthe Mustagh range, two glaciers 
immediatel ining one another s a united length of 
y adjo posses 
sixty-five miles. Another cities in the fexrhberiaed is twenty- 
