Miscellaneous Intelligence. 247 



the production of Low Temperatures and Refrigeration ; on the 

 return of Halley's Comet, by W. W. Campbell ; on the British 

 Antarctic Expedition of 1 909, by Lieut. Shackleton ; on the 

 Antiquity of Man in Europe, h\ G. G. MacCurdy ; on Panama 

 and its People, by Eleanor Y. Bell ; on the Natural Resistance 

 to Disease, by Simon Flexner. 



The following are recent Bulletins issued, by the Bureau of 

 Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution: 



No. 30. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico ; 

 edited by Frederick "Webb Hodge. In two parts. Part 2, 

 N-Z. Pp. iv, 1221. See vol. xxiv, p. 91. 



No. 37. Antiquities of Central and Southeastern Missouri, by 

 Gerard Fowke. (Report on Explorations made in 1906-07 

 under the auspices of the Archaeological Institute of America.) 

 Pp. vii, 116, 19 plates, 20 figures. 



No. 45. Chippewa Music ; by Frances Densmore. Pp. xix, 

 216, 12 plates, 8 figures. 



No. 49. List of Publications of the Bureau of American 

 Ethnology with Index to Authors and Titles. Pp. 32. 



4. Publications of the Allegheny Observatory of the Univer- 

 sity of Pittsburgh ; edited by Frank Schlesinger. — The follow- 

 ing have recently been issued : 



Vol. I, No. 23. The Orbits of the Spectroscopic Components 

 of v Andromedse; by Frank C. Jordan. Pp. 191-201. Also 

 title page and contents of volume I. 



Vol. II. No. 1. A Description of the Mellon Spectrograph ; 

 by Frank Schlesinger. Pp. 1-12, two figs. No. 2. On the 

 Relative Motions in 61 Cygni and similar Stars ; by Frank 

 Schlesinger and Dinsmore Alter. Pp. 13-16. No. 3. The 

 Orbits of the Spectroscopic Components of e Herculis ; byRoBKRT 

 H. Baker. Pp. 17-23. No. 4. The Orbit of I H. Cassiopeia} ; 

 by Robert H. Baker. Pp. 25-28. No. 5. The Orbit of 30 H. 

 TJrsse Majoris ; by Robert H. Baker. No. 6. The Orbits of the 

 Spectroscopic Components of 57 Cygni; by Robert H. Baker. 

 No. 7. Further Observations of 6 Aquilae ; by Robert H. Baker. 

 No. 8. The Orbit of tc Andromedae ; by Frank C. Jordan. No. 

 9. The Eclipsing Variable u Herculis ; by Frank Schlesinger 

 and Robert H. Baker. Pp. 51-62. No. 10. The Spectrum and 

 Orbit of o Persei ; by Frank C. Jordan. Pp. 63-71. 



5. Bref och Skrifvelser af och till Carl 'von Linn e. Part IV. 

 Pp. iv, 365. Stockholm, 1910. — The fourth part of the corre- 

 spondence of Linnaeus (see vol. xxix, 200), published under the 

 auspices of the Upsala University, contains a very interesting 

 series of letters to and from Abraham Back, dating from 1741 to 

 1755. 



6. Seismological Society of America. — The Seismological 

 society, of which Prof. J. C. Branner is president, has decided 

 to issue a Bulletin, the first number of which is about to be 

 issued ; it will be sent to all members. The dues of the society 

 are $2.00 per year ; life membership, $25.00. 



7. Das Electrokardiogramm cles gesunden und JSranhen Men- 

 schen ; von Prof. Dr. Freidrich Kraus und Prof. Dr. Georg 



