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Afrika. spezial-karte von. Scale 1 : 4000000. Lief, iv.: Abessin- 

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Barnes, P. The present technical condition of the steel in- 

 dustry of the United States. (U. S. geol. surv., No. 25.) Wash- 

 ington, Government, 18S5. 85 p. 8°. 



Berkshire life insurance company railway and highway map 

 of the Berkshire Hills region. By Walter Watson, C. E. New 

 York. Strutters, Servoss &> Co., 1883. 80 X 60 c m. f°. 



Berthelot, M. Science et philosophic Paris, Levy, 1886. 

 16-1-492 p. 8°. ("New York, Christern, $2.50.) 



Cowan, F. Australia : a charcoal-sketch. Greensburg, Penn., 

 The press printing house, 1886. 40 p. 8°. 



A visit in verse to Halemaumau. Honolulu, P. C. ad- 

 vertiser steam print, 1885. 21 p. 8°. 



The terraces of Rotomahana : a poem. Auckland, 



N. Z., H. Brett, pr., 1885. 6i p. 12 . 



Dall, W. H. List of marine Mollusca. (U. S. geol. surv., 

 No 24.) Washington. Government, 1885. 336 p. 8°. 



Goss, X. S. A revised catalogue of the birds of Kansas. To- 

 peka. State, 1886. 4+76 p. 8°. 



Hitzig, E. Von dem materiellen der seele. Leipzig, Vogel, 

 1886. 26 p. 8°. (New York, Stechert.) 



Howe, H. M. Copper smelting. (U. S. geol. surv., No. 26.) 

 Washington, Government, 1885. 107 p. 8°. 



Laveleye, E. de. La peninsule des Balkans. Tome i. and ii. 

 Bruxelles, Muquardt, 1886. 360+435 p. 12 . (New York, 

 Christern, $3.35.) 



Merriam, C. H. Description of a new subspecies of chipmunk. 

 Philadelphia, Amer. nat., 1886. [7] p. 8°. 



Description of a newly-born lynx. (N. B. Nat. hist. 



soc.,bull. No. v.) St. John, McMillan. 1886. 4 p., pi. 12 . 



Description of a new species of Aplodontia. New York, 



Acad, sc., 1886. 16 p., 2 pi., illustr. 8°. 



Naunyn, B. Zum derzeitigen standpunkt der lehre von den 

 schutzimpfungen. Leipzig, Vogel, 1886. 18 p. 8°. (New York, 

 Stechert.) 



New York meteorological observatory, report of, for the 

 year 1886. _ New York, M. B. Brown, pr., [18S6.] 16 p. 4 . 



Pohl-Pincus, J . Das polarisirte licht als erkennungs-mittel 

 fur die erregungs-zustande der nerven der kopfhaut. Berlin, 

 Grosser, 1886. 53 p., 1 col. pi. 8°. (New York, Stechert.) 



Sabbrin, C. Science and philosophy in art. Philadelphia, 

 W. F. Fell b> Co., 1886. 21 p. 8°. 



Sexton, S. Catarrh of the upper air- tract, especially its 

 effects on the ear. (Med. rec, Jan. 30.) New York, J. H. Vail 

 & Co., 1886. 33 p., illustr. 16°. 



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