Notices of Books. 
[July, 
meteorology, astronomy, physics, natural history, and ethnology; 
account of international exchanges, &c. The National Museum 
of the United States appears to have received many and valuable 
additions from almost all parts of the world. 
The accompanying literary matter consists of the Eulogy of 
Laplace, by Arago, as delivered before the French Academy ; the 
Eulogy on Quetelet, by Ed. Mailly ; and of A. A. de la Rive, by 
M. Dumas. It may be interesting to our readers to learn that, 
in addition to his well-known eminence as a mathematician and 
statistician, Quetelet possessed considerable merit as a poet — a 
somewhat rare combination of talents. There are also papers on 
“ Tides and Tidal Action in Harbours,” by Prof. J. E. Hilgard ; 
“ Observations on the Electricity of the Atmosphere and the 
Aurora,” by Prof. Lemstrom ; on a “ Dominant Language for 
Science,” by Prof, de la Carpolle ; on “ Underground Tempera- 
ture,” by Messrs. Schott and Everett ; “ Earthquakes in North 
Carolina,” by Prof. Warren du Pre; “ Transactions of the Society 
of Physics and Natural History of Geneva, June, 1872, to June, 
1873 ;” a “ Report on Warming and Ventilation,” by A. Morin ; 
and a number of brief ethnological notices. 
Some Account , Critical, Descriptive, and Historical, of Zapus 
Hudsonius ; and on the Breeding-Habits, Nest, and Eggs of 
the White-tailed Ptarmigan, Lagopus leucurus. By Dr. 
Elliott Coues, U.S. A. Washington: Government Printing 
Office. 
A couple of useful monographs, which the binder has unfortu- 
nately blended together in a curiously perplexing manner. It is 
singular that the Zapus Hudsonius has been honoured with no 
fewer than forty-four synonyms, and has been referred to the 
genera Dipus, Gerbillus, Meriones, Jaculus , and Mus. 
An Account of the Various Publications relating to the Travels 
of Lewis and Clarke, with a Commentary on the Z oolo gical 
Results of their Expedition. By Dr. Elliott Coues, uTs.A. 
Washington : Government Printing Office. 
This pamphlet, extracted from the “ Bulletin of the Geological 
and Geographical Survey of the United States,” consists of & two 
portions, the bibliographical and the zoological. The author, 
having frequent occasion to consult the work for fads bearing 
upon the zoology of Western North America, found quotation 
