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It will sufficiently appear from the above that either the dis- 
tinguished representatives of chemistry in the University of Penn- 
sylvania and the Jefferson College are mistaken or else great 
chemical discoveries have been the result of the Whittaker will 
trial. The advice of the committee does not seem to be apropos 
to anything; as its reason for not undertaking the duty assigned to- 
it, viz.: that the duty would not be profitable, seems to be gratui- 
tous. The whole pe state is a very good illustration of “ how not 
to do it.”—Fersifor Frazer 
OUTLINES OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE. 1_In what has appeared of 
the second volume of his “outline of linguistic science,’ the 
celebrated aathiad linguist has given to the world a series of 
short, but lucid sketches of the languages of Eastern Siberia, not be- 
longing to the Ural-Altaic family; of Ale-ut, Eskimo and also of 
the whole Malay-Polynesian family scattered over the whole 
Pacific ocean. The languages of Western and Southern Africa 
was disposed of in the first volume, and in one of the next num- 
bers the author will reach the American languages. 
Morina’s Dictionary oF THE AzTEC LancuaGeE.’*—This work 
is a most praiseworthy republication of the second edition of 
Molina (1571), the only copious dictionary which exists on the 
Aztec ies To students, who were almost discouraged by 
the high price of the original, this republication is now offered at 
a moderate figure (50 marks in Leipzig, unbound) and will enable 
them to study the sonorous Aztec tongue from the best authority 
in existence. The volume contains over 50,000 terms. 
ECENT BooKs AND nginlas di —Sur l’uniformité d ie 
dans tous les pays ce qui regarde les Terrains les Eta ( 
rong Rendu _Sistogaphigne du Congrés Prades de Gaseaian: 1878.) 
r M, Stéphanesco. 8vo, 1880. From the author 
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Sous Copper Deposits a Carroll rp aad By Persifor Frazer. 8vo, 
pp. 8. Maps 1, 1880. From the 
Extraits de Géologique pour les Bes 1877 et ue? sf Ext. des Ann. des Mines, 
ras Par MM. Delesse et de Lapparent. 8vo, pp. 242. Paris, 1880. From the 
authors. 
The Food of Fishes. Sag es No. 3, Ill. = Lab. Nat. Hist., November, 
ee By S. A. Forbes. oO, pp. From the author 
Annual Report of the thins of te Interior on ee operations of a department 
for ‘hes year ending June 30, 1880. 8vo, pp. 81. From the departme 
Drug Adulterations. By S. V. Clevenger. (From ae Druggist = December, 
pion. pp- 7. From the author. 
Cerebral Anatomy a. by Comparative Anatomy Studies by S. V. Clevenger, 
(From sie Chic: Pa Med. Journ. and Examiner for November, 1880.) 8vo, pp. 9- 
From the author. 
Erster Naclines zum Katalog der herpetologischen a des Basler Museums. 
Von F. Miller. 8vo, pp. 49, pl. 1. 1880. From the author 
1 Dr. Friedr. ane Grundriss der Sprachwissenschaft. Vol. U, No. I*, 2a. 
Wien. 1880. a A. Flélder, publisher. 
? Vocabulari a lengua Mexicana, compuesto por el P. Fr. Alonso de Molina 
licado ve ee os Julio Platzmann. Edicion facso’milaria. Leipzig, B. G 
‘eubner. 4°. Parte 1. Castell,-Mexic. 121 double pages. Parte 11. Mexic.- 
eo ae. double pages, of two columns each. 
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