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THE BRAIN AND ITS FUNCTIONS. By J. Lurs, Physician 

 to the Hospice de la Salpetri^re. With Illustrations. 12mo. 

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'* Dr. Lays, at the head of the great French Insane Aeylam, is one of tbe most 

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 given unquestionably the cleareet and mo^t interesting brief account yet made 

 of the structure and operations of the brain. We have been fascinated by this 

 volume more than by any other treatise we have yet eeen on the machinery of 

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THE CONCEPTS AND THEORIES OF MODERN 



PHYSICS. By J. B. Stallo. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75. 



" Judge Stallo's work is'an inquiry into the validity of those mechanical con- 

 ceptions of the universe which are now held as fundamental in physical science. 

 He takes up the leading modern doctrines which are based upon this mechanical 

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 the conservation of energy, the neoniar hypothesis, and other views, to find how 

 much standi* upon solid empirical gruund, and how much rests upon metaphys- 

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 and minuteness of the author's learning, the acuteness of his reasoning, and the 

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THE FORMATION OF VEGETABLE MOTTLD, throngh 

 the Action of Worms, with Observations on their 

 Habits* By Charles Darwin, LL. D., F. R. S., author of " On 

 the Origin of Species," etc., etc. With Illustrations. 12mo. 

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" Mr. Darwin's little volume on the habits and instincts of earth-worms is no 

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 vigor in generalizing upon thera. The main purpose of the work is to point out 

 the share which worms have taken in the formation of the layer of vegetable 

 mould which covers the whole surface of the land in every moderately humid 

 country. All lovers of nature will unite in thanking Mr. Darwin for the new and 

 interesting light he has thrown upon a subject so long overlooked, yet so full of 

 interest and instruction, as the structure and the labors of the earth-worm." — 

 Saturday Review. 



*' Respecting worms as among the most useful portions of animate nature. 

 Dr. Darwin relates, in this remarkable book, their structure and habits, the 

 part they have played in the burial of ancient buildings and the denudation of 

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