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research which he has developed. Among the papers here 

 printed is to be noted particularly the research by M. Matsumoto 

 on acoustic space. The work for this, begun at Tokyo, was 

 chiefly carried forward in New Haven from 1896 to 1898. It is 

 only possible to call attention to the extended series of experi- 

 ments here detailed, and to quote the closing paragraph : " Our 

 final conclusion is thus that an acoustic sensatiou receives its 

 spatial form primarily from the space idea which is given to us by 

 the visual, tactual and motor sensations. Acoustic space presup- 

 poses the existence of the space form of other sensations. We 

 have only to give an account of how the perception of the posi- 

 tion of sounds arises on the basis of the already existing space 

 which was given to us by other sensations. As to the further 

 problem of the ultimate origin of the space form of perception, 

 its solution must be sought in the visual and tactual perception." 



3. Report on the Survey of the Boundary -Line between Alle- 

 ghany and Garrett Counties ; by L. A. Bauer, chief of party; pp. 

 2-48, with six plates. Maryland Geological Survey, Preliminary 

 Publication. William Bullock Clark, State Geologist, Baltimore, 

 1898. — This report has been recently issued, and gives an account 

 of the work of triangulation accomplished, with also a statement 

 of the magnetic observations made in connection with it. 



4. A Catalogue of Scientific and Technical Periodicals, 1665- 

 1895, together with chronological tables and a library check-list ; 

 by Henry Carrixgton Bolton. Second edition, pp. vii, 1247. 

 Washington, 1897 (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Publications, No. 

 1093). — This new edition of Professor Bolton's Catalogue of 

 Scientific Periodicals has been largely increased over the earlier 

 issue published in 1885. Some eighty-six hundred titles are 

 included, belonging not only to the natural and physical sciences 

 proper but also to anatomy, physiology, and veterinary science; 

 medicine, however, is excluded. Besides the titles given in alpha- 

 betical order, with information as to volumes issued, indexes, etc., 

 the work contains a chronological table from 1728 to 1895, show- 

 ing the volumes of each journal which belong to a particular year. 

 The value of this table lor those looking up references can hardly 

 be overestimated. 



5. Differential and Integral Calculus ; by P. A. Lambert, 

 M.A., Lehigh University, pp. 245. New York and London, 1898. 

 (The Macmillan Co. Price $1.50.) — The arrangement of topics is 

 somewhat different from that usually followed. Differentiation 

 and integration are treated simultaneously, which in the opinion 

 of the author serves to economize the time and effort of the stu- 

 dent. A certain looseness of statement is occasionally noticeable 

 (e. g. in the definition of a limit), which detracts from the merits 

 of other features of the book. 



