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��some of the pictures are uncommonly well drawn. The descriptions of the great fall hunt, of the manners and habits of the hunters, of traveling over the vast prairies during winter, of the mirage and other at- mospheric phenomena, are excellent, and, although there is no attempt at scientific statement, they give one a good idea of the extent of an important industry, and of the kind of life adopted by those who pursue it.
The Berea Sandstone of Ohio. By Pro- fessor Edward Orton, of the Ohio State University. Pp. 9.
This is a review of the facts brought out by the Geological Survey of Ohio, con- cerning one of the most important geologi- cal formations of the State, the Berea sand- stone. It extends in a continuous line of outcrop more than four hundred miles, through twenty-one counties, the stone of best quality, however, being found at Be- rea, in Cuyahoga County, whence its name. Building-stones and grindstones, to the amount of several million dollars, are an- nually obtained from this enormous deposit. The facts presented by Professor Orton are not only interesting from an economic point of view, but are of special value to the ge- ologist.
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Report on Magnetic Determinations in Mia- eonri. By Francia B. Nipher. Pp. %i, with Map.
Report of the Commissionera of Fisheries of California for 1878 and 1879. Pp. 61.
Indian Com. By E Lewis Startevant, M. D., South Framingham, Massachusetts. 1830. Pp. 31.
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Responsibility restricted by Insane Delu- sion. By T. L. Wright. Bellefontaine, Ohio. Pp. 16.
How to learn Short-Hand. Baker. New York: S. R. Wells & Co. 1880. Pp. 43.
Notes of Students' Work in the Chemical Laboratory of the University of "Virginia. No. VIII. Commuuicated by J. W. Mallet. London, 187!». Pp.14.
Relations of Railroads to the Public. By F. B. Thurber, of New York City. Pp. 18.
The Orijin of Force. By Stephen C. Hutchina. Albany. 1879. Pp.8.
Some Additional Notes on Ozone. Pp. 22. Contributions from the Laboratory of the Ste- vens Institute of Technology. By Albert R. Leeds, Ph.D. Pp. 1.3. Reprints from "Journal of American Chemical Society."
��Solar Parallax from the Velocity of Licht ByD. P. Todd, M.A. Pp.6.
Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Director of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College. By Edward C. Pickering. Cambridtre. 1880. Pp.14. ^
A Lecture on Man. By Charles S. Bryant, A. M. St. Paul, Minnesota. Pp. 53. 35 cents.'
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Civilization : la ita Course natural or enper- natural? Philadelphia : Charles H. Marat. 1879. Pp. 140.
Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Man- agers of the Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls. Milwaukee, 1880. Pp. 52.
Remedy for Existing Evils, Social and Politi- cal. By Judge S. D. J. Moore. Nashville. 1879. Pp. 116.
Notes on New England Isopoda. By Oscar Harger. Pp. 9.
New Characters of Mosasauroid Reptiles. By Professor O. C. Marsh. Pp. 5, with Plate.
On a New Theory of the Retaining Wall. By A. J. Du Bois. Ph. D. Reprint from "Jour- nal of the Franklin Institute." Pp. 27.
The State of Prisons and of Child-saving Institutions in the Civilized World. By E. C. Wines, D. D., LL. D. Cambridge, 1880. Pp. 708.
Etymological Dictionary of the English Lan- guage. By Rev. Walter W. Skcat. Part 11., Dor-Lit. $2.50 per part.
The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States. By Thomas Meehan. Second Series. Parts 9, 10, 11, 12, Vol. L; Parts 13, 14, 15, and 16, Vol. IL Illustrated.
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Part v.. Report of United States Commis- sion of Fish and Fisheries for 1877. Propasra- tion of Food Fishes. Washington: 1879. Pp. 981.
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Popular Romances of the Middle Ages. By Sir Georce W. Cox and Eustace Hinton Jones. New York : Henry Holt & Co. 1880. Pp. 514. $2.2.5.
Pharmaco^raphia: a History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Orisin met with in Great Britain and British India. By Friedrich A.
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