568 General Notes. [ September, 
at length the discoveries of Dr. Schliemann, at Mycenæ. He concludes 
that the supposed analogy of the treasures to Byzantine work is delusive, 
and that they are of a very early date. 
In Popular Science Monthly for June, Herbert Spencer writes on The 
Evolution of the Family, and Prof. Wm. B. Carpenter on Mesmerism- 
Odylism, Table Turning, and Spiritualism. 
In the Atlantic Monthly for May, Mr. Edward H. Knight begins a 
series of illustrated articles on Crude and Curious Inventions at the 
Centennial Exhibition, commencing with musical instruments. 
The Nineteenth Century for June contains an article on Infanticide, 
by C. A. Tyffe. 
‘Dr. Dalrymple, of Baltimore, sends us an interesting pamphlet enti- 
tled, Excerpta ex Diversis Litteris Missionariorum, issued during the 
first part of the present year. 
In the Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Science, ete., vol. 
iii. 1875-1876, the following archeological papers appear: The An- 
cient Civilization of America, by W. L. J. Nicodemus; Copper Tools 
found in the State of Wisconsin, by J. D. Butler; Report of the Com- 
mittee on Exploration of Indian Mounds in the Vicinity of Madison. 
Dr. Gustav Bruhl has sent to the Smithsonian Institution four pam- 
phlets, printed in German, on Die Culturvélker Alt Amerikas, treat- 
ing of the Mississippi Valley, Mexico, Chiapas and Yucatan, and Central 
America. j 
An article in the Ohurch Gazette, x., No. 4, New York, treats of the 
Proto-Historic Settlement of America. 
Prof. J. Hammond Trumbull sends to the Magazine of American 
History, June, a note on the Indian names of places on Long Island, de- 
rived from esculent and medicinal roots. x 
Before the Anthropological Institute of London, April 24th, three 
papers were read on American subjects: On the Migrations of the Es- 
kimo, by Dr. John Rae; On Earthworks in Ohio, by Robert B. Holt; 
Note on Skulls from Ohio, by Prof. Geo. Busk. 
The Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and that 
of the Board of Commissioners must not be overlooked in the summary 
of contributions to American ethnology. The map of the location of 
tribes in the former is especially valuable. — Oris T. Mason. 
GEOLOGY AND PALZONTOLOGY. 
Pan-Icr Work AND GLACIAL Marks IN LABRADOR. — In an arti- 
cle in the Canadian Naturalist (viii. No. 4), entitled Notes on some Geo- 
logical Features of the Northeastern Coast of Labrador, Prof. H. Y. 
Hind describes the action of pan-ice in abrading and polishing the rocks 
both above and below the sea level. He gives an account of the mode 
of formation of the remarkable gneiss steps or terraces in Tooktoosner 
Bay, south of Hopedale, and in Lake Melville, Hamilton Inlet. His 
