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little manual is intended for the use of students commencing a course of laboratory practice, or preparing themselves for actual work in connection with electric telegraphy. The author employs almost exclusively the nomenclature and system of units approved by the committee of the British Association, but he also gives exercises in the conversion of these units into the units of various other systems, and vice versa.

Report contains the Statement of the Trustees, the Report of the President of the University, Daniel C. Gilman, a letter from P. R. Uhler on Collections in Geology and Natural History, and a Preliminary Announcement of courses of study, fellowships, scholarships, etc.

The Wages Question. By Francis A. Walker. New York: Holt & Co. Pp. 428. Price, $3.50.

Geological and Geographical Survey. Report of F. V. Hayden for the Year 1874. Washington: Government Printing-Office. Pp. 515.

Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1875. By Spencer F. Baird. New York: Harpers. Pp. 946. Price, $2.

Elements of Psychology. By H. N. Day. New York: Putnams. Pp. 248. Price, $1.50.

Spirit Invocations. By P. A. Putnam. Boston: Colby & Rich. Pp. 256. Price, $1.25.

The Historical Jesus of Nazareth. By M. Schlesinger, Ph. D. New York: Somerby. Pp. 98. Price, $1.

High Masonry Dams. By J. B. McMaster, C. E. New York: Van Nostrand. Pp. 132. Price, 50 cents.

Geology of Portions of our Western Territory. By G. K. Gilbert. Pp. 342.

The Geology of Route from St. George, Utah, to Gila River, Arizona. By A. R. Marvine. Pp. 30.

The Geology of Portions of our Western Territory. By E. E. Howell. Pp. 70.

Oxidation Product of Glycogen. By R. H. Chittenden. New Haven: Tuttle & Co., Printers. Pp. 10.

A Gigantic Bird. Pp. 5. Also, Vertebrate Fauna of the Eocene of New Mexico. By E. D. Cope. Pp. 3.

The Public-School Question. Two Lectures. Boston: Free Religious Association. Pp. 100. Price, 20 cents.

Inauguration of President Gilman. Baltimore: John Murphy & Co. Pp. 64.

Valedictory Address of Medical Faculty. By Dr. T. A. Atchison. Nashville University. Pp. 15.

International Medical Congress, 1875. By Dr. G. W. Wells. New York. Pp. 12.

Proceedings of the Kings County Medical Society, Brooklyn. Pp. 40.

Natural History of Kerguelen Island. By Dr. J. H. Kidder. Part II. Washington: Government Printing-Office. Pp. 122.

Poughkeepsie Society of Natural Science. Pp. 41.

Report of the Overseers of the Poor of Lowell. Pp. 49.

Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, Cambridge, Mass.: H. B. Bailey, 13 Exchange Place, Boston. Pp. 28. Quarterly, $1 per year.

Manual of the Apiary. Pp. 59. Also, Injurious Insects of Michigan. Pp. 48. By Prof. A. J. Cook, Michigan Agricultural College.

Supposed Changes in the Nebula M17 $$=$$ h. 2008 $$=$$ G. C. 4403. By E. S. Holden. Pp. 20. From American Journal of Science.

Eozoön Canadense at Côte St. Pierre. By J. W. Dawson. Pp. 10. From Journal of the Geological Society.

Fundamental Principles of Science. By L. Hyneman. Boston: Colby & Rich. Pp. 29.

Fishes of the Bermudas. By G. Brown