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to Europeans by odd combinations of letters. Dr. Monrano’s 
mode may be better than its predecessors, but at any rate it 
differs from them. At present no two books agree, and the 
student is:fairly bewildered. Who will put an end to this 
- confusion ? 
Connected with the subject of ethnology, there are thirty 
beautifully executed phototypes by Quinsac. Their execution 
leaves nothing to be desired. There is also a plate represent- 
ing microscopic sections of hair from various tribes. These 
sections show an oval, or sometimes a triangular and gqua- 
drangular outline, but never a cylindrica! one. 
The chapter on pathology is exceedingly interesting, contain- 
ing as it does notices of all the various diseases amongst the 
natives which came under the author’s notice. He also gives 
some well-considered observations on the effect of the climate 
upon Huropeans. ‘The subject, however, is too Jong to be dealt 
with here, and the same may be said on the chapters devoted 
to commerce and agriculture. This notice may be concluded 
by stating that Dr. Monrano has contributed a most valuable 
addition to our knowledge of the Philippine Islands, which 
will hereafter be a standard work of reference on the subject. 
Scientific men will look forward anxiously to the portions 
especially devoted to zoology and botany. Even in this 
report there is a list of native names of plants with their cor- 
responding botanical names and the orders to which they be- 
long, amounting to 190 plants. A similar list is given by 
Vipat, which the writer of this notice has found most useful in 
travelling through the Philippines, but Monrano’s list contains 
tribal names which are not found elsewhere. 
J, E. TENISON-WOODS. 
“Work and Adventurein New Guinea, 1877 to 1885,” by Rev. 
JAMES CHALMERS, oe Rev. W. Wav str GIL The 
Keligious Tract Society, 1885. 
Just a year has elapsed since Commodore Exsxking pro- 
claimed a British protectorate over a large portion of the 
southern shores of New Guinea extending from the limit of 
