raphies of their subjects, and necrological notices. In Professor Gill's zoölogy the bibliographical notices are given in the text according to the groups to which the subjects belong.
The Interstate Readers. Primary, pp. 82; Intermediate, pp. 32. Price of each, 30 cents for ten numbers. Grammar-School, pp. 48. 15 cents a number. All monthly, and No. 1, September, 1886. Chicago and Boston: Interstate Publishing Company.
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Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Vol. V, No. 2. Pp. 52, with Plate.
Report of American Association Committee on Indexing Chemical Literature. Pp. 7.
Catalogue of Rutgers College, at New Brunswick, N. J. 1885-'86. Pp. 66.
Function: Its Evolution and Influence. By C. N. Pierce, D. D. S. Philadelphia. Pp. 7.
A New Philosophy of the Sun. By Henry Raymond Rogers, Jamestown, N. Y. Chautauqua Society of History and Natural Science. Pp. 27.
The Manifesto. August, 1886. Henry C. Blinn, editor, Shaker Village, N. H. Pp. 24.
The Silver Question. By E. J. Farmer, Cleveland, Ohio. Pp. 12.
Michigan State Board of Health. Report of Proceedings. July 13, 1886. Pp. 13.
The Botanical Gazette. John M. Coulter, Charles R. Barnes, and J. C. Arthur, editors. Monthly. Crawfordsville, Ind. Pp. 36.
Kupfer in den Vereinigten Staaten (Copper in the United States). By E. Reyer, Vienna, Austria. Pp. 10.
The Menorah. Monthly. Benjamin F. Peixotto, editor. New York: No. 39 Broadway. Pp. 48.
The Hygiene of Nature. By Dr. Romaine J. Curtiss, Joliet, Ill. Pp. 18.
Architecture. Heating, and Ventilation of Institutions for the Blind. By J. F. McElroy, Adrian, Mich. Pp. 21.
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Duffy's Wave-Motor as a Source of Power, etc. San Francisco: Terence Duffy. Pp. 15.
The Second Law of Thermodynamics. By Professor J. Burkitt Webb. Salem, Mass.: The Salem Press. Pp. 14.
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C. V. Riley. Report of the Entomologist of the Agricultural Bureau for 165. Pp. 160, with Plate. The Mulberry Silk-Worm. Pp. 61, with Plate.
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Exploration of the Harriot Mound. Ohio, No. 1. By C. L. Metz and F. W. Putnam. Pp. 18.
Rutgers Scientific School, New Brunswick, N.J. Twenty-first Annual Report. Pp. 61.
List of Institutions in the United States receiving Publications of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington. Pp. 72.
Resultados del Observatorio Nacional Argentino (Results of the Argentine National Observatory). Juan M. Thome, Director. Buenes Ayres. Pp. 564.
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