502 Recent Literature. [ May, 
tern used in lectures upon natural history that a manual of the use of the 
lantern and of the art of projecting in general is a timely publication. Pro- 
fessor Dolbear’s manual is in all respects excellent, being simple, practi- 
cal, and fully illustrated. Besides the porte lumière and magic lantern, 
other apparatus is described and figured, so that the beginner in the art 
of projecting can enen acquire the knowladgo. which with practice will 
enable him to succe 
Recent Books anp PAMPHLETS. — Median and Paired Fins; a Contribution to 
the History of Vertebrate Limbs. By James K.‘Thatcher. (From the Transactions 
of the Connecticut Academy. iii. 1877. i 8vo, pp. 29. 12 Plates 
Paleontological Bulletin. No. 24. Mok ol of Katiba among the Ba- 
trachia of the Coal Measures of Ohio. By E. D. Cope. (From the Proceedings of 
the oe oo Society, February 3, 1877.) 8vo, pp. 12. 
Notes on the Appearance and Migrations of the Locust in Manitoba and the North 
west SFE aA Summer of 1875. By G. M. Dawson. (From the Canadian Natu- 
On the Genus ye (Family Oreodontidx), with Descriptions of Two New 
Species. By G. T. Bettany. Tm the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Soci- 
ety for August, 1876.) 8vo, pp. 2 Plates. 
Onion Smut; an Essay ed to the Massachusetts Seale for promoting Agri- 
culture. By W. G. Farlow. Boston. 1877. 8vo, pp 
Geographical Surveys in the United States. Remarks Spon Professor J. D. Whit- 
ney’s Article in the North American Review, July, 1875, concluding with an Account 
of the Origination of the Pacific Railroad. By Gen. G. K. War rren. Washington. 
1877. 8vo, pp. 28. 
Science Lectures at South Kensington. Outlines of Field Geology. By Professor 
Geikie. With Illustrations. 12mo, pp. 61. 25 cents. The Absorption of Light and 
the Colors of Natural Bodies. By Professor Stokes. With Illustrations, 12mo, 
pp. 43. 20 cents. London and New York: Macmillan & Co. 1877. 
On the Classification of some of the Lower Worms. By C. S. SER (From the 
PE of the Boston Society of Natural History.) 8vo, pp. 
tes on the Ancient Glaciers of New Zealand. By Israel C. Ren (From the 
ia. of the Lyceum of Natural History.) 8vo, pp. 14. Witha M 
Geological Survey of rer penn of Progress for 1876. By a. A. Smith. 
Brehms Thierleben. A iis Fret des Thierreichs. Grosse Ausgabe. Zweite 
umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage. Erste Abtheilung. Saugethiere. Erster 
Band. Leipzig. 1876. New York: B. Westermann & Co. 
Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the United States Geological and Geograph- 
ical Survey of the “T F. V. Hayden, United States Geologist-in-Charge. 
Washington. 8vo, pp. 
Hypsometric Map of ve United States. By vagy Gannett. 1877. Drainage 
Map of Colorado. Primary Triangulation. By J. T Gardner fe A. D. Wilson. 
Topography. By A. D. Wilson, G. R. Bechler, Henry Gannett, G. B. Chittenden, 
and S. B. Ladd. Department of the Interior. 1877. United Starks Geological and 
Geographical Survey of the Territories, F. V. Hayden in charge. 
Annual Report upon the Geographical Surveys west of the One Hundredth Merid- 
jan, in California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, and 
ana, by George M. Wheeler, Ist Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. A being Appendix 
JJ of the Annual Report of the Chief of repo eth for 1876. With Topographical 
Atlas Sheets. Washington, 1876. 8vo, pp. 3 
nnual Report of the Board of Regents of ras Smithsonian Institution for 1875. 
Waduinaton, 1876. 8vo, pp. 422. 
