﻿Miscellaneous 
  Intelligence. 
  87 
  

  

  3. 
  Annals 
  of 
  the 
  Astronomical 
  Observatory 
  of 
  Harvard 
  College. 
  

   Volume 
  XXXIX, 
  Parti. 
  Peruvian 
  3Ieteorology, 
  1888 
  to 
  1890. 
  

   Compiled 
  and 
  prepared 
  for 
  publication 
  by 
  Solox 
  I. 
  Bailey, 
  under 
  

   the 
  direction 
  of 
  E. 
  C. 
  Pickering, 
  Director. 
  — 
  This 
  very 
  interesting 
  

   volume 
  contains 
  an 
  account 
  by 
  Professor 
  Bailey 
  of 
  the 
  establish- 
  

   ment, 
  under 
  the 
  auspices 
  of 
  ibe 
  Boyden 
  Fund, 
  of 
  a 
  meteorological 
  

   station 
  on 
  the 
  volcano 
  El 
  Misti, 
  above 
  Arequipa, 
  Peru, 
  at 
  an 
  

   altitude 
  of 
  ] 
  9,200 
  feet. 
  Professor 
  Bailey's 
  narrative 
  is 
  most 
  enter- 
  

   taining 
  and, 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  excellent 
  illustrations, 
  gives 
  

   those 
  who 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  fortunate 
  as 
  to 
  have 
  had 
  the 
  opportunity 
  to 
  

   attain 
  such 
  an 
  altitude, 
  some 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  grandeur 
  of 
  the 
  accompa- 
  

   nying 
  scenery. 
  A 
  second 
  chapter 
  discusses 
  the 
  configuration 
  and 
  

   height 
  of 
  the 
  Andes 
  and 
  a 
  third 
  contains 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  tables 
  giving 
  

   the 
  meteorological 
  observations 
  made 
  in 
  Peru 
  during 
  the 
  years 
  

   1888, 
  1889, 
  and 
  1890. 
  

  

  4. 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Coast 
  

   and 
  Geodetic 
  Survey^ 
  shoioing 
  the 
  lyrogress 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  

   June, 
  1897. 
  — 
  The 
  annual 
  report 
  of 
  General 
  W. 
  W. 
  Duffield 
  has 
  

   recently 
  been 
  issued 
  by 
  his 
  successor, 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  S. 
  Pritchett. 
  

   It 
  contains 
  the 
  usual 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  progress 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  

   Survey 
  work 
  at 
  different 
  points 
  on 
  the 
  coast, 
  with 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   fifteen 
  charts 
  relating 
  thereto. 
  The 
  second 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  volume 
  

   contains 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  twelve 
  Appendices 
  on 
  various 
  topics, 
  among 
  

   which 
  we 
  note 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  Distribution 
  of 
  Magnetic 
  Dip 
  and 
  

   Intensity 
  for 
  January, 
  1890, 
  by 
  C. 
  A. 
  Schott 
  (second 
  edition, 
  

   with 
  three 
  charts); 
  another 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  author 
  discusses 
  the 
  

   telegraphic 
  lono^itude 
  net 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  and 
  its 
  connection 
  

   with 
  that 
  of 
  Europe 
  fi'om 
  18G6 
  to 
  1896. 
  Another 
  contains 
  an 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  Magnetic 
  Observations 
  made 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  

   the 
  Greenland 
  Expedition 
  of 
  1896, 
  under 
  the 
  charge 
  ot 
  Professor 
  

   A. 
  E. 
  Burbon, 
  given 
  by 
  G. 
  R. 
  Putnam. 
  Two 
  highly 
  valuable 
  

   papers 
  by 
  RoUin 
  A. 
  Harris 
  contain 
  a 
  Manual 
  of 
  Tides 
  in 
  two 
  

   parts, 
  — 
  the 
  first 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  subject, 
  the 
  

   second 
  with 
  tidal 
  observations, 
  equilibrium 
  theory, 
  and 
  harmonic 
  

   analyses. 
  The 
  fullness 
  of 
  these 
  discussions 
  and 
  the 
  large 
  number 
  

   of 
  illustrations 
  make 
  this 
  memoir 
  particularly 
  serviceable. 
  

  

  5. 
  A 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  2,030 
  Stars 
  for 
  the 
  epoch 
  1895, 
  vnth 
  an 
  

   Ajypendix 
  giving 
  the 
  derivation 
  of 
  proper 
  motion 
  for 
  971 
  Stars 
  ; 
  

   by 
  Jermaix 
  G. 
  Poetek, 
  Director. 
  Publications 
  of 
  the 
  Cincin- 
  

   nati 
  Observatory, 
  Xo. 
  114, 
  pp. 
  114, 
  4to. 
  Cincinnati, 
  1898. 
  — 
  This 
  

   important 
  catalogue 
  containing 
  a 
  second 
  series 
  of 
  five-year 
  obser- 
  

   vations, 
  with 
  Cincinnati 
  meridian 
  circle 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  

   Observatory, 
  J. 
  G. 
  Porter, 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  issued. 
  

  

  6. 
  Stars 
  and 
  Telescopes. 
  A 
  Hand-book 
  of 
  Popular 
  Astronomy; 
  

   by 
  David 
  P. 
  Todd, 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Amherst 
  Observatory; 
  pp. 
  

   419, 
  with 
  244 
  illustrations, 
  including 
  82 
  portraits. 
  Boston, 
  1899. 
  

   (Little, 
  Brown 
  & 
  Co.) 
  This 
  book 
  is 
  founded 
  on 
  Lynn's 
  Celestial 
  

   Motions 
  with 
  copious 
  additions 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Todd, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  

   matter 
  ot 
  illustrations. 
  In 
  so 
  long 
  a 
  list 
  there 
  are 
  naturally 
  some 
  

   to 
  be 
  found 
  which 
  could 
  well 
  enough 
  be 
  spared, 
  as 
  drawings 
  of 
  

  

  