1896.] Recent Books and Pamphlets. 1035 
make it especially convenient for the traveller who reads as he goes. 
The author writes clear and direct English, and correct classical ortho- 
graphy. His systematic of the Mammalia given on p. 11 is uncritical, 
though it includes most of the groups brought to light by paleontology. 
More detailed classification in later chapters elucidates the subject fur- 
ther. 
The accompanying three illustrations give a good idea of their 
their general character.—E. D. Cope. 
AMERICAN NATURALIST LIST OF RECENT BOOKS 
AND PAMPHLETS. 
Baur, G.—The Stegocephali Aus d. Anat. Anz., XI Bd.,1896. From the 
author. 
Bessey, C. aa Essentials of Botany. New York, 1896. From Henry 
Holt and Co., 
Biographical aces of Dr. Robert W. Shufeldt. Extr. from Physicians and 
Surgeons of America. 
Curster, A. H.—A Dictionary of the Names of Minerals including their His- 
tory and Nomenclature. New York, 1896. From John Wiley and Sons, Pub 
JORGENSEN, A.—Ueber den Ursprung der Alkoholhefen. Kopenhagen, 1895. 
From the author. 
Dasney, C. W.—Vivisection in the District of Columbia, Washington, 1896. 
From the Dept. Agric. 
Dalı, W. H.—Diagnoses of New Tertiary Fossils from the Southern States. 
—Diagnoses of New Mollusks from the Survey of the Mexican Boundary. 
Extrs. Proceeds. U. S. Natl. Mus., Vol. XVIII, 1895. From the Museum. 
—— Defence of Wivivection. Resolution Adopted by the American Medical 
Association, May 6, 1896. 
ET, M.—Sur I’ Age de la Terrasse quaternaire de Villefranche. Extr. du 
C. R. des séances Soc. Geol. de France, Paris 1895. From the author. 
Dexter, F.—A Contribution to the Morphology of the Medulla oblongata of 
the Rabbit. Reprint Achiv, fiir Anat. u. Physiol. Anat. Abth. Boston, 1896. 
From the author. 
Dumerit, A. ET F. Bocourt.—Etudes Sur les Reptiles et les Batraciens, Troi- 
sième Partie. Recherches Zoologiques, Miss. Scientif. au Mexique, etc. Mexico, 
1895. From M. Bocurt. 
EARLE, C.—Notes on the Fossil Mammalia of Europe. Extr. Amer. Nat. 
Phila., 1896. From the author. 
Farrcuitp, H. L.—Glacial Genesee Lakes. Extr. Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., 
Vol. 7, 1896. 
——Proceeds. of the Eighth Annual Meeting, held at Philadelphia, Dec., 
1895. Extr. Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., April, 1896. From the Society: 
