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the directions indicated, yet it contains a vast amount of valuable 
knowledge carefully tabulated, and is a highly-creditable first step 
teur, 
without it. The binding is not all that could be desired for a 
work of this character, since the covers are neither stiff enough 
to resist bending, nor sufficiently flexible to bend without break- 
ing.— W. O. C. 
REC ai Books AND Pog Tac and Intelligence: a series of Essays 
n the Laws of Life and Mind. By Joseph he Murphy. 2d edition. Illustrated, 
thoroughly revised, and m ostly re-written, pp. 583. Macmillan & Co., Lon- 
don, 1879. From ‘the author 
On the Annelida Chetopods = the Virginian coast. By H. E. Webster. getty 
Jan., 1879, in adva Vol. 1x of Transactions of the Albany Institute. ) 8vo, 
72, pls. I-xI. gey gfe author. 
Extracts from ieee and Notices of Eminent Scientific Men and Journals in 
Europe and America, il gine. the United States Geological and Geographical 
Survey of the Territo ories. (Department of the Interior.) Under the divectiod of 
F.V. Ha yden , Geolog ist. -in-charge. 8vo, pp. 42. perg paw 1879. 
The A ai, Vegetable and Mineral Tapsan r the Adv reine to be derived 
from a stidly of “ Natural History ” in public d private schoo By Mrs. N. B. 
Yie er. 8vo, pp. 18. Wilbur & Hastings, New , 1879. From the authoress. 
e Mesozoic He don gh ra in Virginia. By Osw att 1. Heinrich, Mining Engine 
(Ext. yere Trans. Am. Ins. of Mining Engineers. Read at the Philadelphia dik 
n 
ing, Feb., 1878. y 8vo, pp. 48, with map. From the peria 
The Physical History of the Triassic Formation of ge Ka and the Connecti- 
cut valley. By Israel Z Russell. (Ext. from Ann. N. d. of Sciences, Vol. 
1, No. 8. 1878.) 8vo, pp. 35- From the authur 
The Department of ‘Physical Education and Hygiene in o College. By 
Prof. Edward Hitchcock, M.D. 8vo, pp. 10. Boston, 1879. m the author. 
Bulletin of the Gana, States National Museum. No, 12—Co: Perce toc to North 
American Ichthyology. No. 3, A—On the Distribution of the Fishes of the Alle- 
gheny region chi pach ee Georgia crite Tennessee, with deseo of new 
mbe 
Description of a New Species of Dolabella bigs the Gulf of California, with 
remarks on ant rare or little known species fro e same region. By Robert E. C 
Poasi (Ext. from Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. mieca 1878.) 8vo, pp. 395-401. 
the a recs 
aem ae of Sociology to Biology. By Prof. Joseph LeConte. 8vo, pp. 
21 uthor 
Proceedings of Tia Ameiban Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for Pro-, 
a aaja cron ledge. Vol. xvi, July to Dec., 1878. No. 102. 8vo, pp. 
120. m the so 
Rocres spondence pot Water Supply, between James Haworth, Esq., his i 
Mr. Rob, A, Parrish, Jr., and John W. Nystrom. 8vo, pp. 25. Philadelphia, pras 
From the aia 
Remarks on Saurocepheios and on the species EEN have been referred to that 
genus. By E. T. Newton, Esq., F.G.S., H. M. Geol, Survey. (Ext. Quar. Jour. 
Geol. Soc., London, Nov., 1878.) Svo, pp- 786-796. (Published Oct. 12, 1878.) 
From the author 
Notes from Private Practice, Is the bite of the Heterodon, or spreading adder, 
BY coed By J. Schneck, M.D. Jeen from Chicago Me ne and Examiner.) 
Svo, pp. 585-58). Frai the author 
