' Recent Literature. | December, 
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the hands of the young. It will, we think, stimulate to observa- 
tion and even to original research. If it does no more, it must 
surely lead to correct and logical views of the facts of nature. It 
will make a good Christmas gift for thinking boys, and will afford 
them healthy and inspiring recreation. When saying this, 
however, we do not desire to convey the idea that it is in any 
sense a “ boys’ book.” It offers as rich entertainment for the 
adult—_W. W. B 
FLEMING’S GEOGRAPHY OF THE CANADIAN Pacific RAILWAY. — 
This report is of particular interest as giving a résumé of the 
knowledge recently acquired regarding the physical geography 
of British Columbia and the interior of British Ameri 
map, showing various projected lines of the Canadian Pacific Rail- 
way, is a compact presentation of existing . knowledge of this 
region, and is consequently of much use to American students. 
hy ao aerie aia Hired —Pacific Coast Lepidoptera, No. 26. Desc 
of t s of diu By Henry Edwards. (From the Preven 
D the California pone ot oe g ek es 17th, 1877.) ies 
Sketch of the Life and Scientific Work of Prof. Charles Fred. Har By Richard 
R thbun. (Read before the Boston Society of Natural History, April 17th, 1878.) 
8vo, pp. 26. 
Remarks of Robert E. C. Stearns before the California Academy of Sciences on 
the Resignation and Farewell of Vice-President Henry Edwards, August roth, 
1878. 8vo, pp. 3 
Surveys by the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War in response 
i oa Resolution of the House of Representatives giving information concerning the 
rveys conducted by the Department in the ina ten years. Washington, May, 
1878, 8vo, pp. 8, and map. 
oi on Be Insect and other Animal Forms of Caledonia Creek, New York. 
By J. A. Lintner. (From the Tenth Report of the New York State Commissioners 
ot Fisheries, Kocit 1878.) 8vo, pp. 26, 3 plates 
On the Willemoesia Group of Crustacea. By C. Spence Bate. (Vrom the Annals 
and Mazazine of Na ural History, for October, 1878.) Read at the meeting of the 
British Association, at Dublin, August Hi 1878, 8vo, pp. I1, I pla 
Neue exotische Hesperidae. Besc H. B. Méschler (Au s den Ver- 
hindlungen der k. k. ae caches Gesellschatt i in Wien, oeii 1878, 
besonders abgedruckt.) 8vo, 
On the Mineralogy of Nevada. vt W. g ae M. D. SNET ae = 
Balletin of the Survey. Vol. iv, No. 3, D partment - the Interior. 7, Hay 
. Gevlogist-in- Charge. Wato Pily 39 878.) 8vo, pp. I 
On the Nauplius Stage of Prawns. By C. Spence Bate. (From the Annals and 
Magazine of Natural History for July, 1878.) 8vo, pp. 
Die prahistorischen Kupfers pens Nordamerikas. Von Dr, Emil Schmidt in 
Essen a. d. Ruhr. (Hierzu Taf. iv, v, vi.) 4to, pp. 42, 3 Plates. 
_ Journal of the American Geograph cal Society of New York, 1875, 76, Vols. vii 
and viii. Albany, 1878. 8vo 
ae i Acemasion Pacific Railway. SANDFORD FLEMING, C. M. G. Engineer in-Chief. 
Re aol 
eports Documents in reference to the location i ae line and a western ter- 
| tal arbor, aoe Ottowa, 1878, 8vo, pp. 104, 3 m 
