y 
578 Recent Literature. [September, 
volumes on birds and Crustacea being apparently nearly com- 
pleted, the Molluscs and Radiates having been published several 
years ago. The work is a compilation from numerous memoirs 
and papers, being encyclopædic in its nature, and the most 
authoritative, complete general account of the different classes 
and orders of the animal kingdom to be found. The plates are 
filled with figures, chiefly anatomical and developmental, from 
the memoirs and works of the leading authors, and are, in gen- 
eral, excellent copies. The present work on Crustacea is done 
in Dr. Gerstaecker’s best style. The last part is taken up with the 
Trilobites, which are treated of with great thoroughness and 
sa peg of illustration. Though a somewhat expensive 
, it is invaluable as a work of reference, and we call atten- 
tion to it because of its ei usefulness to any one living out of 
reach of extended libraries. ' 
BAIRD’S ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND*INDustRy.1—This is 
ne of a series of eight yearly volumes which fills a place in pop- 
lät scientific literature not occupied, and will prove to be a very 
useful compendium of annual progress in science in Europe and 
this country. Reference to the index, which by the way is an 
admirable one, will show how many items are inserted in this 
well packed book, and just how fruitful the year 1878 was in 
scientific discoveries, whether of pure or applied science. The 
number who have assisted the editor are thirteen. This volume 
is of the same nature as the one issued for 1877, having a less 
number of pages than "those from 1871 to 1876, owing to the 
omission of abstracts of scientific papers, for which it was impos- 
sible to find epig space. We have noticed the series in for- 
mer years, and now recommend it as reliable, condensed, most 
useful and, in hort indispensable to teachers and editors as well 
as to the general reader., 
NT BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS.—Notice of Recent BALE. to gee Marine 
Pinks of the Eastern Coast < North America, No. 5. Verrill. (Brief 
Contributions to Zodlogy from the Museum of Yale Ele, No. xii.) (From 
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the American Journal of Sciatied and Arts, Vol. xvit, June, 1879.) 8vo, pp- 3- 
Notice of Kesti oe to the Marine Fauna of the Eastern Coast of North 
America, No. 6. a . E. Verrill. (Brief Conieritsations to Zodlogy from the 
seum of Yale College, No. A 1m.) (From the American Journal of Science and 
Aris, Vol. XVII, pra 79-) 8vo, pp. 3. 
Loc gee! a heck-list of the Marine Sige aes of the Atlantic Coast, from 
od to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. By A. E. Verrill. (Prepared for the U.S. 
Commission of Fish and Fisheries.) (Author’ s sl June, reg ott 8vo, pp. 32- 
Report of Work of ty Bigg tana Experiment Station, Middletown, Conn., 
1877-8. By W.O. Atwa Taken, in part, from the Report of he Secretary of 
the Conn. Board of Apic for 1878, ) es 
The North American Entomologist. No. 1, Vol. 1, July, 1879. Editor, A. me 
Grote. Publishers, Reinedse, seins Baltz, 500 Maia ‘sireet, Buffalo, N. Y. 879 
pp. 8, 1 plate. 
We nee 
‘Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1878. Edited by SPENCER ae 
_ BAIRD, with the assistance of eminent men of science. New York, Harper r & 
Brothers, 1 tame, Pp. 715. 
