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diseases, such as certain forms of dysentery, are due to the presence 

 of parasitic amoebae. This book describes in detail all the kinds 

 of amoebae found in the human body and discusses the life cycle 

 and reactions of each species, with emphasis on its distribution 

 in the body and its relation, if any, to disease. w. r. c. 



4. The Inland Lakes of Wisconsin: The Dissolved Gases 

 of the Water and their Biological Significance ; by Edward A. 

 Birge and Chancey Jtjday. Bull, xxii, pp. xx, 259. Wisconsin 

 Geological and Natural History Survey, 1911. — This book dis- 

 cusses the distribution of gases in the water of certain lakes, with 

 the variation at different depths and over a considerable period of 

 time, and the correlation between the presence of the various gases 

 and the abundance of organisms. w. r. c. 



5. A Laboratory Guide in Bacteriology ; by Paul G. 

 Heineman. 2d ed. Pp. 193. Chicago (The University of 

 Chicago Press). — The book is well suited for an elementary 

 guide in general bacteriological technic. Its scope is indicated 

 by the following divisions ; bacteriological technic, general bac- 

 teriology, important pathogenic bacteria, the bacteriological exam- 

 ination of water and sewage, of milk and of soil, and yeasts, 

 moulds, etc. l. f. r. 



6. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, showing the Operations, Expenditures and 

 Condition of the Institution for the ITear ending June SO, 1910. 



Pp. vii, 688, with numerous illustrations. Washington, 1911. — 

 The annual volume of the Smithsonian Institution opens with the 

 report of the Secretary, which was noticed in this Journal at the 

 time of its advance publication (see vol. xxxi, p. 155). The gen- 

 eral Appendix which follows (pp. 111-688), in accordance with 

 the plan followed since 1889, contains a selection of papers cover- 

 ing a wide range of topics, but all of interest to the general pub- 

 lic both in matter and in method of presentation. One of these 

 is a republished paper by Octave Chanute giving a fully illus- 

 trated account of recent progress in aviation. There are also 

 papers on the atmosphere of the sun by H. Deslandres ; on the 

 future habitability of the earth by T. C. Chamberlin ; on methods 

 of testing explosives by C. E. Munroe. In continuation of a 

 series of earlier papers, F. H. Newell discusses the progress made 

 in the reclamation of arid lands in the western part of the United 

 States ; other papers of more or less distinctly original character 

 are by C. M. Clark on the development of electric power from the 

 Mississippi River ; on a review of current research in isostasy by 

 Bailey Willis, and on forest preservation by Henry S. Graves. 



7. Ticenty -seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of American 

 Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1905- 

 1906. Pp. 672 ; 132 figures, one map. Washington, 1911.— This 

 volume contains the administrative report of the Chief of the 

 Bureau, W. H. Holmes (pp. 1-14) and accompanying this (pp. 

 17-672) an exhaustive monograph on the Omaha tribe of the 

 Sioux nation. This has been prepared by Miss Alice C. 



