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Rh Disorders;" "Scrofula, Rickets, and Consumption;" "Disease of Heart and Arteries." It is written in the author's usual pointed style, and will prove serviceable alike to the profession and to people of common-sense.

paper, which was read by Dr. Putnam before the Boston Society of Natural History, and printed in its proceedings, is a very interesting statement of what the author discovered in the mounds and caves of Kentucky and Indiana during the last season, also of early discoveries in the mammoth and other caves many years ago. He visited the spot in "Short Cave" where the famous "Mammoth Cave mummy" was found sixty years ago, and quotes a very full description of the mummy, written probably by Mr. Merriam, of Brooklyn, New York. The paper is an important contribution to archæological knowledge.

author informs us that the manuscript of this work has long been used by members of his own classes, and is now offered as an introduction to the determination of minerals by the blow-pipe process, and of crystallized specimens by their physical characteristics.

The work will be appreciated by students in the laboratory. It is of no value to the general reader.

paper, reprinted from the "Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History," New York, shows that a close relationship exists between the Devonian fossils found in New York State, and especially in the Hamilton rocks, and those of Erreré, in Brazil, the geological horizon, and many of the forms of life, being almost identical. Aside from the general scientific interest of the paper, these facts render it especially valuable.

Report opens with appreciative recognition of the services of the late Prof. Jeffries Wyman, to whose industry and great abilities as an osteologist the successful organization of this museum is largely due. He was appointed curator at the first meeting of the Board of Trustees held after Mr. Peabody's "letter of gift," dated October 8, 1866, and in his first "Annual Report" stated that the collection consisted of about fifty specimens. The latest entries in the catalogue bring the numbers up to about 8,000.

The Report, which is illustrated, comprises the additions to the museum in 1874. Of these are varieties of jars, dishes, pots, drinking-cups, water-jugs, water-coolers, and statuettes, exceedingly curious and interesting. With ample resources and skillful management, the museum is a gratifying success.

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Report of the Michigan State Board of Health. 1874. Pp. 221.

American State Universities and the University of Michigan. By Andrew Ten Brook. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co. Pp. 418. Price, $3.50.

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