80 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
radiating planes; and over the eens large angular prismatic 
crystals “stand out that are half an inch and larger in diameter, 
nd i ore lon 
ie Wirbelstiirme, Tornadoes und Fe eaenee in der Erd- 
Atmosphiire, mit Beriicksichtigung der Stitrme in der Sonnen- 
Atmosphire ; dargestellt und wissense ees erklért von Dr. 
Turopor Reyes, Prof Univ. Strasburg. 248 pp. 8vo, with 4 
st Sede eae and 30 etnies and lithographs. Hanover, 1872. 
(Carl Riimpler.)—In this work Professor RES has treated the 
subject of bona tapioca and waterspouts with great ful- 
ness and s m. He resents the facts at length, discusses freely 
some of his charts; and also cites freely from the papers of Pro- 
a Loomis, ree and Piddington, and from various European 
urces. He adopts the idea of cyclones, and ‘lhasenten the earth’s 
apolonae by ae a and a fine plate illustrating bo cyclones 
in the sun’s atmosphere. The frontispiece of the work is a copy 
of Olmsted’s plate of “ Whirlwinds from the burning of a cane- 
brake,” from II, vol. xi, of 86 8 ournal (1851). The work closes 
with a list of books and articles on the subject of which it treats. 
7. American Journal of Conaheen: ; GEORGE ae RYON, JF, 
Editor.—The cover of the 4th number of vol. vii. announces that 
sustained. The last number, like very man oy of those reiests. it, 
eee, ep: Tims ala Faculté des Sciences de Dijon. From 
Mem. Cour. of the Belgian Academy for 1872.—Prof. Eeerey, the 
aniasieable investigator of earthquakes, here gives a re f 
the facts connected with the earthquakes of ship Leen adding 
20 to 60 pages, by Lee & Shepard, Bos ton. Price of foot, 25 cts. 
—The first number of the series contains Proctor’s excellent paper 
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chow on “The Cranial ates of Man and the 
preg out, or — as in progress, are of equal interest, and 
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