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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.

the information of the men engaged in the work. It is not designed to be an elementary treatise upon surveying, as it presupposes a knowledge of the application of mathematics to surveying equivalent to that to be obtained in our professional schools; and it is not intended to be a treatise on topographical work, although it may to a certain extent supply the existing need of such work.



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Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Journal. Second series. Vol. X. Part II. Certain Sand-Mounds of the St. John's River, Florida. By Clarence B. Moore. Philadelphia. Pp. 112, with Plates.

Adams, Henry C. Relation of the State to Industrial Action. American Economic Association. Pp. 85. 75 cents.

Agricultural Experiment Station of Cornell University. Sixth Annual Report, 1893. Albany. Pp. 365.

American Forestry Association. Proceedings at the Tenth. Eleventh, and Twelfth Annual Meetings, etc. Washington. Pp. 44.

Arrowsmith, Robert, and Whicher, G. M. First Latin Readings. American Book Company. Pp. 301. $1.25.

Austen, Prof. Peter T. English Examinations. Pp. 4.—Chemistry at the Polytechnic. Pp. 2.—How shall Young Men be educated in Applied Chemistry? Pp. 8.—How to Purify Drinking-water. Pp. 4.—A Danger Signal. Pp. 3.—Oldfield Village Sermons. Part III. Pp. 9.

Bailey, L. H. Impressions of the Peach Industry in Western New York. Pp. 24.—Peach Yellows. Pp. 16.

Bardeen, C. W., Publisher, Syracuse, N. Y. Questions and Answers in American History, Civil Government, and School Law. Pp. 80. The Teacher's Mentor. Pp. 121.—Handbook for School Trustees. Pp. 93. 50 cents.

Barlow, W. H. The Celestial Writing, or the Normal Script Phonetic Writing. Philadelphia: The Stenographer. Pp. 14.

Barnett, Mrs. S. A. The Making of the Body. New York: Longmans. Green & Co. Pp. 208.

Bay, J. Christian, Des Moines, Iowa. On the Study of Yeasts. Pp. 28.—On Compass Plants and Twisting of Leaves. P. 1.—Crystals of Ice on Plants. Pp. 6.—Sachsia (in German). Pp. 8.—A New Infection-needle for Entomological Studies (in German). Pp. 3.

Boston Society of Natural History. Proceedings, November, 1893. to May, 1894. Boston. Pp. 140.

Burt, Edward A. A North American Anthurus: its Structure and Development. Pp. 16, with Plates.

Cannon, G. L., Jr. The Geology of Denver and Vicinity. Pp. 36.

Carus, Paul. The Gospel of Buddha, according to Old Records. Chicago: Open Court Publishing Company. Pp. 275. $1..50.

Cheiro, the Palmist. Cheiro's Language of the Hand. 432 Fifth Avenue, New York. Pp. 193, with 33 Plates. $2.

Commelin, A. O. Of Such is the Kingdom, and Other Poems. New York: Fowler & Wells Co. Pp. 110. $1.50.

Corea, the Hermit Nation. American Book Company. Pp. 16.

Curry, J. L. M. Education of the Negroes since 1860. Baltimore: Trustees of the John F. Slater Fund. Pp. 32.

Davidson, Thomas. The Education of the Greek People and its Influence on Civilization. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 229.

Davis, Charles II. 8 . Editor. The Egyptian Book of the Dead. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 186, with Ninety-nine Plates of Original Texts. $5.

Dawson, G. M. The Progress and Trend of Scientific Investigation in Canada. Pp. 17.

Dickson, W. K. L., and Antonia. The Life and Inventions of Thomas A. Edison. New York: T. Y Crowell & Co. Pp. 362. $4.50.

Dooner, P. W. The Genesis of Water. Pp. 47.

Fernow, B. E. Report of the Chief of the Division of Forestry for 1893. Washington. Pp. 64.

Pewkes, J. Walter. The Kinship of the Tusayan Indians. Pp. 16.

Flammarion, Camille, and Gore, J. Ellard. Popular Astronomy. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 686. $4.50.

Free Lance, A. Towards Utopia. Brief Speculations in Social Evolution. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 252. $1.

Froment, A. Les Merveilles de la Flore Primitive (Wonders of the Primitive Flora). Geneva and Paris. Pp. 145.

Harrington, Mark W. Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau for 1893. Washington. Pp. 132.

Harvard College Observatory. Observations of the New England Weather Service in the Year 1892 Pp. 32.—Observations made at the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, Massachusetts, in 1893, under the Direction of A. L. Roth. Pp. 69, with Plates.—Journal of Zone Observations, by M. A. Ropes. Pp. 272.

Hodgins, J. George, Editor. Work that has been accomplished during Five Years by the Toronto Humane Society, etc. Toronto, Ont. Pp. 112.

Huxley. T. H. Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 334. $1.25.

Imperial University of Japan Calendar for 1893-'94. Pp. 265, with Maps.—Journal of the College of Science. Pp. 278, with Plates.

Kennedy, John. Must Greek Go? Syracuse, N. Y.: C. W. Bardeen. Pp. 66. cents.

Locy, W.. A. The Mid-brain and the Accessory Optic Vesicles. Pp. 3.

Marshall, A. Milnes. Lectures on the Darwinian Theory. New York: Macmillan & Co. Pp. 130. $2.25.

May, Fanny. Saint and Sinner. New York: J. S. Ogilvie Company. Pp. 216. 50 cents.

Merriam, L. S. Higher Education in Tennessee. United States Bureau of Education. Pp. 287. Moore, Clarence B. As to Copper from the Mounds of the St. John's River, Florida. Pp. 28, with Plates.

Newth, G. S. A Text-Book of Inorganic Chemistry. New York: Longmans, Green & Co. Pp. 667.

North Dakota Weather and Crop Service Bulletin for September, 1894. Pp. 15.

Ostwald, Wilhelm. Manual of Physico-Chemical Measurements. New York: Macmillan & Co. Pp. 255. $2.25.

Paterson, Arthur. The Daughter of the Nez Perces. New York: G. Gottsberger Peek. Pp. 381. $1.

Rayleigh, Lord. The Theory of Sound. Vol. I. New York: Macmillan & Co. Pp. 480. $4.

Robinson's New Intellectual Arithmetic. American Book Company. Pp. 192. 35 cents.

Sabin. S. B., and Lowry, C. D. Elementary Lessons in Algebra. American Book Company. Pp. 128. 50 cents.