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musical instruments, it goes without saying 
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In AND Our oF FLoreNce. A New Intro- 
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Max Vernon. New York: Henry 
Holt & Co, 1910.” 12mor ont om 
Price, $2.50 net. 
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HEALTH PROGRESS IN THE ADMINISTRATION 
or THE West INpiEsS. By Sir Rubert 
W. Boyce, M.D., F.R.S. New York: 
E. P. Dutton & Co., 1910. 8vo.; 328 
pp. Price, $3.50. 
The epitomized record of the progress or 
sanitation and sanitary administration in 
the West Indies is the outcome of a visit 
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1909 in order to investigate an epidemic 
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colonies of Barbados at the time. While 
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NauticaL Science. In Its Relation to 
Practical Navigation. Together with 
a Study of the Tides and Tidal Cur- 
rents. By Charles Lane Poor, Pro- 
fessor of Astronomy in Columbia 
University. New York and London: 
G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1910. 8vo.; 31 
illustrations; 11 plates; 329 ‘pp 
Price, $2. 
Astronomy finds its most practical ap- 
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their causes, giving the recent researches 
of Dr. Harris, which show that the tides 
of each ocean basin are practically inde- 
pendent of those of the rest of the world. 
