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Cochin China, of which finely illustrated accounts are appearing in 
Globus, the early numbers of which for the present year also contain 
some fine views of Yunnan. 
THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD FOR 1874.!— This useful work is appar- 
ently a complete bibliography of all works, papers, and notes, on geology, 
mineralogy, and paleontology, published during the year 1874. It will 
be of course indispensable to American laborers in these fields, espe- 
cially to those who do not have access to large libraries. The work 
seems to have been prepared with thoroughness, as there are twenty- 
seven contributors besides the editor, and it is accompanied by an index. 
The Record is divided into eight sections, namely, Stratigraph a and 
Descriptive Geology, Physical Geology, Applied and Economic Geol- 
ogy, Petrology, Mineralogy, Paleontology, Maps and Sections, " Miscella- 
neous and General. Brief summaries of the most important works and 
essays’ give it a great value to the working geologist. There are more 
than two thousand entries. 
Jounson’s CycLoræpra.? — With Professors F. A. P. Barnard and 
A. Guyot as editors-in-chief of this compact and useful cyclopedia, the 
reader may be assured that the articles upon scientific topics are reliable, 
accurate, and fresh. The associate editors are twenty-seven in number, 
embracing several of our leading scientists, and there are five assistant 
editors, whose names are well known in scientific and literary circles. 
The editors claim that of the articles “not fewer than two or t ree 
hundred, at the smallest estimate, are articles upon topics of interest mm 
science, letters, and constructive art, of which the titles do not appear 
in any contemporary work of the kind; many of them having been, in 
research.” We notice, in looking hastily through the second volume, 
articles by the following scientists: Barnard, Chandler, Cooke, Dawson, 
De Gubernatis, Gill, Goodale, Gray, Carat Hitchcock, Hunt, Packard, 
Riley, Verrill, Willey, Woodward, and Yule. 
Recent CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALOGY.— Dur- 
ing the last few months several important papers have appeared es 
to the mammals of North America, chiefly by Dr. Elliott Coues and 
Theodore Gill. It is now several years since Dr. Coues began to pe 
his labors between the North American mammals and birds his atten- _ 
tion having formerly been given almoxt exclusively to the latter. The 
first general results of his work upon the mammals appeared in the a 
of a Synopsis of the Muridæ of North America.’ This brochure © 
1 The Geological Record for 1874. An Account of Works on Geology, Mea 
and Paleontology, published during the Year. oo by WILLIAM Waitt 
London: Taylor and Francis. 1875. 8vo, pp. 
5 a's Now Universal Cyclopedia. A Badii and Popular Te 
Useful Knowledge. Illustrated with Maps, Plans, and Engravings. nd 
egy 1876. L—Lichens. Royal 8vo, pp. 1767. New York: A. J. Johnson ? 
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