Burdach, K. F. Vom Baue und Leben des Gehirns. Lpz., 1819-26. 3 v. bd. in 2. 4o. ΙΟ plates.

Church, I. P. Statics and dynamics for engi. neering students. 2d ed. N. Y., 1886. 8°. pp. vi +194. Figs.

From the author.

Clerke, A. M. A popular history of astronomy during the 19th century. Edin., etc., 1886. 8°. pp. xiv +468.

Day, R. E. Numerical examples in heat. New ed. L., 1885. 16o. pp. vi + 176. Plate. Dudley, W. R. The Cayuga flora. Pt. 1. Ithaca, N. Y., 1886. 8o. 2 maps. (Cornell University. Bulletin: science. Vol. ii.)

Contents: 1. Catalogue of the phænogamia growing without cultivation in the Cayuga lake basin.

Edwards, H. Milne-. Leçons sur la physiologie et l'anatomie comparée de l'homme et des animaux. P., 1857-81. 14 v. 8o.

Ferrier, D. The functions of the brain. 2d ed., rewritten and enlarged. N. Y., 1886. 8o. pp. xxiii +498. Wdcts.

The 1st English ed., London 1876, is also in the library. Flammarion, C., and P. Fouché. Planisphère céleste; contenant toutes les étoiles visibles à l'œil nu et les principales curiosités du ciel; dressé sous la direction de C. Flammarion, par P. Fouché. P., E. Bertaux, [188–]. Size, 110 × 84 cm. Rolled.

This general map includes all the stars and curiosities of the heavens given in Flammarion's "Les étoiles," and is constructed according to the catalogue in that work.

Frick, J. Physical technics; or, Practical instructions for making experiments in physics, and the construction of physical apparatus; translated by J. D. Easter. [2d ed.] Phil., 1862. 8°. pp. 467. Wdcts.

The 1st ed. is also in the library

Friedländer, K. The use of the microscope in clinical and pathological examinations. 2d ed., enlarged; translated by H. C. Coe. N. Y., 1885. 12o. Pp. x+195. Chromolithograph.

Galilei, G. The sidereal messenger; and a part of the preface to Kepler's Dioptrics; containing the original account of Galileo's astronomical discoveries. Translation, with introduction and notes, by E. S. Carlos. L., etc., 1880. 8°. pp. xi +111. Figs. and plate.

Goss, N. S. A catalogue of the birds of Kansas. Topeka, Kan., 1883. 8°. pp. 34.

Same. A revised catalogue. With descriptive notes of the nests and eggs of the birds known to breed in the State. Topeka, Kan., 1886. 8°. pp. iv + (1) + 76.

Both of the above catalogues were published by order of the Executive Council of the State. The "Catalogue" is inserted in vol. with the "Revised catalogue."

Great Britain - Challenger Expedition. Report on the scientific results of the voyage, 1873-76; prepared under the superintendence of Sir C. W. Thomson and J. Murray. L., 1886. 3 v. 4°. Illus.

Contents: - Zoology. Vol. xiv.-xvi.

Harvard College - Astronomical Observatory. Annals. Vol. xiv., xv. 1, xvi. Camb., [Mass.], 188486. 2 v. I pt. 4o. Plates.

Contents:-xiv. Pickering, E. C., and others. Observations with the meridian photometer, 1879-82. 1884-85 xv. 1. Rogers, W. A. Catalogue of 1213 stars observed with the meridian circle, 1870-79. 1886.-xvi. Observations of fundamental stars, made with the meridian circle, 1870-86. 1886.

Haushofer, K. Mikroskopische Reactionen; eine Anleitung zur Erkennung verschiedener Elemente und Verbindungen unter dem Mikroskop, als

Supplement zu den Methoden der qualitativen Analyse. Braunsch., 1885. 8°. pp. vii + 162. Wdcts. Hospitalier, E. Domestic electricity for amateurs; translated, with additions, by C. J. Wharton. L., etc., 1885. 8°. pp. viii + 229. Illus.

Hussak, E. The determination of rock-forming minerals; authorized translation from the 1st German ed., by E. G. Smith. N. Y., 1886. 4°. pp. viii Wdcts. +233. Kansas Academy of Science. Transactions. Vol. vii.-ix. 1879-84. Topeka, Kan., 1881-85.

3 v. 80.

Königliche Sternwarte zu Berlin. Berliner astronomische Jahrbuch für 1888; mit Ephemeriden der Planeten 1-247 für 1886. Berl., 1886. 8°. Listing, J. B. Vorstudien zur Topologie. Göt., 1848. sm. 80. pp. 67.

"Abgedruckt aus den Göttinger Studien, 1847.”

Lyceum of Natural History of New York. Annals. Vol. i.-xi. 1823-76. N. Y., 1823-76. 11 v. 8°. Plates.

The Lyceum was changed to the New York Academy of Sciences in 1876, and the publication of the Annals was resumed in 1879 by the latter society. The continuation is also in the library.

Mackenzie, M. The hygiene of the vocal organs; a practical handbook for singers and speakers. L., 1886. sm. 8°. pp. xii+223. Figs, and tables. Marie, M. Histoire des sciences mathématiques et physiques. Tom. ix. P., 1886. 8°.

Contents:- ix. De Lagrange à Laplace.

Massachusetts Medical Society. A report on spasmodic cholera; prepared by a committee. Bost., 1832. 80. pp iv + 190. 3 maps.

Mayer, A. Lehrbuch der Agrikulturchemie; 40 Vorlesungen. 3e umbearbeitete Aufl. Heidelberg, 1886. 2 v. 8o. Illus.

Contents: -i. Die Ernährung der grünen Gewächse. - ii. Bodenkunde und Düngerlehre, oder agrikulturchemische Grundlage zu einer Theorie des Feldbaues.

Miller, W. A dictionary of English names of plants, applied among English-speaking people to plants, trees and shrubs. L., 1884. 8°. pp. viii+ 264.

Moeller, J. Genussmittel aus 80. pp. vi+394. Morris, R. T.

Mikroskopie der Nahrungs- und dem Pflanzenreiche. Berl., 1886. Wdcts.

How we treat wounds to-day; a treatise on antiseptic surgery which can be understood by beginners. N. Y., etc., 1886. sm. 4°. pp. vi+162. Figs.

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National Academy of Sciences. Biographical memoirs. Vol. i., ii. Wash., 1877-86. 2 v. 80. Contents:i. Gould, B. A. Joseph Stillman Hubbard, 1823-1863. Barnard, J. G. Joseph Gilbert Totten, 17881864 Caswell, A. Benjamin Silliman, sr., 1779-1864. Lesley, J. P. Edward Hitchcock, 1793-1864.Gould, B. A. James Melville Gillis, 1811-1865. Henry, J. Alexander Dallas Bache, 1806-1867.-Hilgard, J. E. John Henry Alexander, 1812-1867. Coffin, J. H. C. William Chauvenet, 1820-1870. Le Conte, J. L. John Fries Frazer, 18121872. Guyot, A. James Henry Coffin, 1805-1873. - Gray, A. John Torrey, 1796-1873. William Starling Sullivant, 1803-1873-Henry, J. Joseph Saxton, 1799-1873.-Packard, A. S., jr. Henry James Clark, 1826-1873.- Lovering, J. Joseph Winlock, 1826-1875. ii. Bradley, J. P. Theodore Strong, 1790-1869.-. Abbot, H. L. Dennis Hart Mahan, 1802-1871.-Guyot, A. Louis Agassiz, 1807-1873. Packard, A. S., jr. Jeffries Wyman, 1814-1874. Newberry, J. S. Jared Potter Kirtland, 1793-1877. Lesley, J. P. Samuel Stedman Haldeman, 1812-1880. -Abbot, H. L. Gouverneur Kemble Warren, 1830-1882. -Trowbridge, W. P. William Augustus Norton, 18101883. Abbot, H. L. Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, 18101883. Silliman, B., jr. John Lawrence Smith, 1818-1883. Young, C. A. Stephen Alexander, 1806-1883. — Scudder, S. H. John Lawrence Le Conte, 1825-1883. - Billings, J. S. Joseph Janvier Woodward, 1833-1884. Dana, J. D. Arnold Guyot, 1807-1884. Barker, G. F. John William Draper, 1811-1882.

State Geologist.

Palæontology

New Jersey of the cretaceous and tertiary. Vol. i. Trenton, N. J., 1886. 80. Plates and map.

Contents:-i. Whitfield, R. P. Brachiopoda and lamellibranchiata of the Raritan clays and greensand marls of New Jersey.

The above general title is on the cover. Another copy in U.S.Geological Survey. Monographs. Vol. ix.

Palæontographical Society, London. [Monographs.] Vol. xxxvii.-xxxix. Issued for 1883-85. L., 1883-86. 3 v. 4o. Plates. Palmer, A. B., and others. A report upon the epidemic at Maplewood Young Ladies' Institute, Pittsfield, Mass., in July and August, 1864; including a discussion of the causes of typhoid fever. By A. B. Palmer, C. L. Ford, and Pliny Earle. Bost., 1865. 80. pp. 36.

Reprinted from the Boston medical and surgical journal. Bd. in vol. lettered" Earle's Institutions for the insane."

Rabenhorst, (G.) L. Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Oesterreich und der Schweiz. 2e Aufl., neu bearbeitet von A. Grunow u. A. Bd. i., Lieferungen 1-21. Lpz., 1884-85. 2 v. 80. Plate and figs.

Contents: -i. Die Pilze Deutschlands, Oesterreichs und der Schweiz; unter Mitwirkung von A. de Bary und H. Rehm, bearbeitet von G. Winter.

Royal Astronomical Society, London. Monthly notices; containing abstracts of papers, and reports of the proceedings of the Society. Vol. xliii.xlv. L., 1883-86. 3 v. 80.

Schmiedeknecht, H. L. O. Apidae Europaeae (Die Bienen Europa's), per genera, species, et varietates dispositae atque descriptae. Tom. i. Gumperdae, etc., 1882. 80. Plates.

Contents: -i. Nomada, bombus, psithyrus, et andrena. Shenstone, W. A. A practical introduction to chemistry. L., 1886. 16. pp. xiv + 108 + (1).

Figs.

United States

Nautical Almanac Office. The American ephemeris and nautical almanac for 1889.

Wash., 1886. 8°.

Agricultural Ex

University of Wisconsin periment Station. 1st-3d annual report. 1883-85. Madison, Wis., 1884-86. 3 v. 8o.

Vassar Brothers' Institute, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Transactions. 1881-85. Vol. i.-iii. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,] n. d. 3 v. bd. in 2. 8o. Illus.

Vines, S. H. Lectures on the physiology of plants. Camb., 1886. 80. pp. x+710. Figs.

Virchow, R. Post-mortem examinations, with especial reference to medico-legal practice; translated by T. P. Smith. From the 4th German ed. Phil., 1885. sm. So. Pp. 138. 4 plates.

Vogt, C., and É. Yung. Traité d'anatomie comparée pratique. 1e-8e livraison. P., [1883-]. 7 pts. 80. Wacts.

Weierstrass, K. (T.) Abhandlungen aus der Functionenlehre. Berl., 1886. 8o. pp. (5) + 262. Wiedersheim, R. Elements of the comparative anatomy of vertebrates; adapted from the German, by W. N. Parker. L., etc., 1886. 80. pp. xxvi + 345. Wdcts.

Wilder, B. G., and S. H. Gage. Anatomical technology, as applied to the domestic cat; an introduction to human, veterinary and comparative anatomy. 2d ed., revised. N. Y., etc., [1886.] 8°. (pp. var.) Illus.

The 1st ed. is also in the library.

Ziemssen, H. W. von, editor. Handbook of general therapeutics. Vol. v. L., 1886. 8o. Illus.

Contents:v. Busch, F. General orthopedics, gymnas tics, and massage; translated by Noble Smith. Winternitz, W. Hydrotherapeutics; translated by F. W. Elsner.

Useful Arts.

American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association. The American Aberdeen-Angus herd book. Vol. i. 1886. Beecher, Ill., 1886. 1. 8°. Illus.

American Berkshire Association. American Berkshire record. Vol. i.-iii. Springfield, Ill., 1876-78. 3 v. 8°. Illus.

American Cotswold Association. The American Cotswold record; containing the pedigrees of pure bred Cotswold sheep, the standard of excellence and scale of points for Cotswolds, constitution and by-laws of the American Cotswold Association. Vol. iii. Waukesha, Wis., 1885. 8°. Plates.

Contains an essay on the breeding and management of Cotswold sheep. Edited by George Harding.

American Devon Cattle Club. American Devon record; containing the pedigrees of pure bred Devon cattle in the United States and Canada. Vol. i.-iii. Frankfort, Ky., and Zanesville, O., 188184. 3 v. 80. Plates.

Edited by James Buckingham.

American Duroc-Jersey Swine Breeders' Association. American Duroc - Jersey record. Vol. i. Springfield, Ill., 1885. 80.

Chas. H. Holmes, secretary.

American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association. The American Hereford record and Hereford herd book. Vol. v. Beecher, Ill., 1886. 80. Plates.

Contents:-V. Entries 14500-19999.

tion.

American Shropshire Registry AssociaThe American Shropshire sheep record. Vol. i. La Fayette, Ind., 1885. 8°. Plates. Edited by Mortimore Lovering.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Transactions. Vol. i.-vii. 1880-86. N. Y., [1880-86.] 7 v. 8°. Figs. and plates.

Austria. The armed strength of Russia; translated from the German, at the Topographical and Statistical Department of the War Office [of Great Britain.] L., [1873.] 8°. pp. x+217. Plans. Bd. with "Potto, V. (A.) Steppe campaigns." Ayrshire Breeders' Association. The Ayrshire record. New series. Vol. i.-v. 1876-85. Bost., Central Falls, R. I., etc., 1876-85. 5 v. 8°. Illus.

Edited by the secretary. Old series, vol. 1-4, was entitled, "American and Canadian Ayrshire herd record."

Baker, T. H. Records of the seasons, prices of agricultural produce, and phenomena observed in the British isles. L., [1884.] sm. 8°. pp. vii+ 360.

Barnaby, S. W. Marine propellers; 3 lectures delivered at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, March 1885. L., etc., 1885. 16o. pp. xi + 65. Figs. and plates. Benjamin, P. The age of electricity, from amber-soul to telephone. N. Y., 1886. sm. 80. pp. viii+381. Figs. and plates.

City Council.

Boston Joint Committee upon the Subject of Gas. Report of the evidence and other matter presented. Bost., 1867. 8°. pp. 464.

2 copies.

Breeders' trotting stud book; comprising the pedigrees of the standard-bred trotting horses of America. Vol. i. Chic., 1881. 8°. Plate. Compiled by J. H. Sanders.

Same. Supplement; comprising a list of the sires of the 2.30 trotters, with their pedigrees,

and a list of the 2.30 trotters arranged under their respective sires. Based on the records of 1883. Chic., 1884. 8°.

Inserted in the preceding.

Buchetti, J. Les machines à vapeur actuelles ; comprenant une étude préliminaire des distributions et les tracés graphiques, description et principes de construction des machines des systèmes Farcot, Meyer, Corliss, Sulzer, Woolf et compound à réservoir, leurs applications, calculs de leur puissance, de leurs proportions, et des dimensions des organes au point de vue de la résistance des matériaux. P., 1881. 4°. pp. 271. Figs, 13 plates, and Album of 62 plates, fo.

Guide pour l'essai des machines à vapeur et la production économique de la vapeur; complément du traité "Les machines à vapeur actuelles." P., n. d. So. pp. 285. Figs. and 10 plates.

Carpenter, W. L. A treatise on the manufacture of soap and candles, lubricants and glycerin. L., etc., 1885. sm. 8°. pp. viii+344. Figs.

Central Swine Record Association. The central Poland-China record. Vol. i.-vi. Indianapolis, [Ind.], 1880-85. 6 v. 8o. Illus.

Clerk, D. The gas engine. N. Y., 1886. 16o. pp. v + (1) + 279. Wdcts.

Colyer, F. Treatise on the working and management of steam boilers and engines. L., etc., 1885. 160. pp. iv + (1) +74.

Denton, J. B. Sanitary engineering; lectures before the School of Engineering at Chatham, 1876. L., etc., 1877. 8°. pp. xvi +429. Plates and wdcts.

Sewage disposal; works of intermittent downward filtration, separately and in combination with surface irrigation; with notes on sewage farming, 2d ed., with additions. L., 1885. 80. pp. 105. Éclaireur (The); a military journal devoted to the interests of the military forces of the state of New York, and the official military circular of the 9th brigade, N. Y. S. M. F. Vol. ii. Aug. 1854Aug. 1855. Poughkeepsie, [N. Y., 1855]. 80.

Vol. ii. is edited by J. W. De Peyster.

Fleming, J. A. Short lectures to electrical artisans. L., etc., 1886. sm. 80. pp. viii+ 208. Wdcts. Flynn, P. J. Flow of water in open channels, pipes, sewers, conduits, &c.; with tables based on the formulæ of D'Arcy, Kutter, and Bazin. N. Y., 1886. 180. pp. 118. (Van Nostrand's science series, 84.) France - Ministère de la Guerre. Annuaire de l'armée française pour 1886. P., 1886. 8°.

Ministère de la Marine et des ColoniesDépôt des Cartes et Plans. Recherches hydrographiques sur le régime des côtes. Ier-11е cahier. 1838-82. P., 1874-82. 11 pts. bd. in 4 v. 4o. Maps, plans, and Atlas, obl. fo.

Franklin Institute, Philadephia- · International Electrical Exhibition, 1884. General report of the chairman of the committee on exhibitions. 1885. 8°. pp. 54. Plates.

Phil.,

This, and the following reports, are bd. in vol. lettered "International Electrical Exhibition, 1884."

On the efficiency and duration of incandescent electric lamps; report of a special committee. Phil., 1885. 80. pp. 127. Plates and wacts.

Report of a special committee on competitive tests of dynamo-electric machines, and on mechanical and electrical tests of conducting wires. Phil., 1885. 80. pp. 65. Plate and wdcts.

Title on cover.

Reports of the examiners of sections V, VI, VIII, X-XII, XIV-XVI, XVIII, XXI, XXII, XXX. Phil., 1885-86. 9 v. bd. in 1. 80. Illus.

Gardner, J., editor. Acetic acid and vinegar, am

monia, and alum. L., 1885. 160. pp. (3) + 200. Figs. (Churchill's technological handbooks. [iii.]). Garnier, J. Avant-projet d'un chemin de fer aérien à voies superposées, à établir sur les grandes voies de Paris. P., 1884. 4o. pp. 43. 8 plates.

Gillespie, W. M. A manual of road-making; comprising the location, construction, and improvement of roads and railroads. 10th ed., with addenda, edited by Cady Staley. N. Y., etc., [1871]. sm. 80. PP. 459. Figs. and 4 tables.

Haldane, R. C. Subtropical cultivations and climates; for planters, colonists, and settlers. Edin., etc., 1886. sm. 80. pp. xii+308. Wdcts. and tables. Halleck, Maj. Gen. H. W. Elements of military art and science. 3d ed., with notes on the Crimean and Mexican wars. N. Y., etc., 1863. 80. pp. 432. Plates.

Ham, C. H. Manual training, the solution of social and industrial problems. Ñ. Y., 1886. pp. xvii +(2) + 403. Illus.

sm. 80.

Hedges, K. Precautions to be adopted on introducing the electric light; with notes on the prevention of fire risks. L., etc., 1886. 16o. pp. vii + (1) Wdcts. + 117.

Heinzerling, C. Die Conservirung der Nahrungs- und Genussmittel. Halle a. S., 1884. 8o. pp. xii+389. Wdets.

Herring, R. A practical guide to the varieties and values of paper. Added, a history of papermaking. L., 1860. 4o. pp. (2) + 36. Plates and samples.

Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. Transactions. 4th series. Vol. xviii. Edin., 1886. 8°.

Edited by F. N. Menzies. Holley, A. L. A treatise on ordnance and armor; with an appendix referring to gun-cotton, hooped guns, &c. N. Y., etc., 1865. 8o. pp. xliv + 900. Wdets.

Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Holstein-Friesian herd-book, containing a record of all Holstein-Friesian cattle approved and admitted for registry since the publication of the 9th volume of the Holstein herd-book and the 4th volume of the Dutch-Friesian herd-book. Vol. i., pts. 1, 2. [Iowa City, Ia.], 1886. 2 pts. 80. Plates.

For earlier vols. see Dutch-Friesian Association of America and Holstein Breeders' Association of America, now united as Holstein-Friesian Association of America.

Hummel, J. J. The dyeing of textile fabrics. L., etc., 1885. 160. pp. xii +534. Wdets. (Ayrton, W. E., and R. Wormell, editors. Manuals of technology. [.]) Ivatts, E. B. L, 1885. 8. pp.

Railway management at stations. vi+ 595. Port.

Jamieson, A. A text-book on steam and steam engines. L., 1886. sm. 80. pp. xiii +388. Illus. Jeans, W. T. The creators of the age of steel. N. Y., 1884. 120. pp. vii+ 349.

Kemp, D. Yacht architecture; a treatise on the laws which govern the resistance of bodies moving in water, propulsion by steam and sail, yacht designing, and yacht building. L., 1885. 1. 80. pp. xii + 470. Figs. and plates.

Kirkaldy, D. Results of an experimental inquiry into the tensile strength and other properties of wrought-iron and steel. 2d ed. L., 1866. 8°. PP. 227. 16 plates.

Lagrené, H. de. Étude comparative sur divers systèmes de barrages mobiles. P., 1866. 80. pp. 40. Plate.

Lettered "Lagrené and Lesguiller."

Leet, A. N. Petroleum distillation, and modes of testing hydro-carbons; with directions as to the setting and construction of stills, treating-houses, and all the appurtenances of oil refineries; also, facts concerning adulterations and how to detect them. N. Y., (cop. 1884). 1. 80. pp. 114.

Lesguiller, - Notice sur les travaux de canalisation de l'Ebre. n. t. p. 8o. pp. 24-48. 2 plates. Lettered "Lagrené and Lesguiller." Extracted from the Annales des ponts et chaussées.

Library (The) of entertaining knowledge. [Vol. x.-xii.] L., 1829-33. 3 v. I20. Wdcts.

Contents: [x.] Description (A) and history of vegetable substances: timber trees, fruits. [xi. Lankester, E.] Vegetable substances used for the food of man. [xii.] Vegetable substances: materials of manufactures.

Marshall, L. C. The practical flax spinner; a description of the growth, manipulation, and spinning of flax and tow. L., etc., 1885. 8°. pp. xxvii + 266xlix. Figs. and plates.

Reprinted, with additions, from the Textile manufacturer, July, 1880-May, 1884.

Massachusetts - Adjutant General. Annual report for 1851, '53, '56, '57, '69, '73, '74. Bost., 185175. 6 v. bd. in 5. 8°.

The annual reports for 1863-68, '70-72, '78, '79, '81 are already in the library.

Michigan

Annual Lansing,

State Horticultural Society. reports of the secretary, for 1872, '75, '79. [Mich.,] 1873-80. Plates, port., and wdcts. Before 1880 the title of the society was "State Pomological Society."

National Chester White Association. Na

tional Chester white [swine] record. Vol. i. 1884. Indianapolis, Ind., 1884. 80.

National Conference of Electricians. Report of the Electrical Conference at Philadelphia, 1884. Wash., 1886. 8o. pp. 183.

National Norman-Horse Association. The national register of Norman horses. Vol. i.-iii. 1881-84. Bloomington and Quincy, Ill., 1881-84. 3 v. 80. Illus.

New York (State) Agricultural Experiment Station. 4th annual report of the Board of Control, 1885; with the reports of the director and officers. Rochester, N. Y., 1886. 8°.

Ohio - State Forestry Bureau. Ist annual report. 1885. Columbus, [O.], 1886. 8°.

Owen, J. Report of experiments made at Gospel Oak, Tipton (Walker's works), on the relative strength of common cast iron and toughened cast iron; with remarks by Morries Stirling. L., 1847. obl. fo. pp. 17. 4 plates.

"For private circulation only." "Printed by permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty."

Pierron, Gén. É. Les méthodes de guerre actuelles et vers la fin du XIXe siècle. 2e éd. Tom. i., re pte. P., 1886. 18°.

Contents: i. 1. Conditions à remplir pour commander. Unité de commandement. - Rôle du ministre de la guerre.

Potter, T. The construction of silos, and the

compression of green crops for silage. L., [1886.] sm. 80. pp. xii + 187. Figs.

Potto, V. (A.) Steppe campaigns; translated from the Russian, in the Topographical Branch, Q. M. G.'s Department, by Capt. F. C. H. Clarke. L., 1874. 80. pp. 99. Plans.

Lectures delivered in the Junker school, Orenburg, 1872, and afterwards published in the Voenny Sbornik. Bd. with "Austria. Armed strength of Russia." In the British Museum Catalogue the author's name is given as V. A. Polto.

Ravenstein, E. G., and J. Hulley. A handbook of gymnastics and athletics. L., [1867]. 8°. pp. viii+408. Wdets.

Reed, Sir E. J. A treatise on the stability of ships. L., 1885. 80. pp. xxiv +(1) + 369. Figs. and tables.

Robinson, W. The English flower garden; style, position and arrangement; followed by a description of all the plants best suited for its embellishment. L., etc., 1883. 8°. pp. xii + cxxiv +

332. Illus. Scott, Sir (J.) S. D., 3d bart. The British army; its origin, progress, and equipment, [to 1688]. L., etc., 1868-80. 3 v. 8°. Plates.

Society of Engineers, London. Transactions. 1885. L., 1886. 80. Plates and figs.

Spon, Edward, and F. N., publishers. Encyclopædia of the industrial arts, manufactures, and commercial products. L., etc., 1879-82. 5 v. 8°.

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Contents: -i. A.-Bev. -ii. Bev.-Cot. iii. Cot.-Ind. -iv. Ind.-Pho. - v. Pho.-Woo.

Spon, Ernest. Water supply: the present practice of sinking and boring wells; with geological considerations, and examples. 2d ed. L., etc., 1885. sm. 8o. pp. viii+271. Wdets. and plate. and others. Workshop receipts. [1st]-4th series. L., etc., 1885, '83-85. 4v. 8°. Plate and figs. Contents:- 1. Spon, E. General receipts. 2. Haldane, R. Operations and industries having a chemical basis. -3. Lock, C. G. W. Metallurgical and electrical matters. -4. Subjects connected with handicrafts and mechanical trades.

Vol. 4 contains an index to the four series.

Thompson, S. P. Philipp Reis, inventor of the telephone; a biographical sketch, with documentary testimony, translations of the original papers of the inventor, and contemporary publications. L., etc., 1883. 80. pp. ix + 182. Illus.

United service (The); a review of military and naval affairs. Vol. iii.-xiii. July, 1880-Dec., 1885. Phil., 1880-85. II v. 8o.

To be continued.

United States - Bureau of Navigation. Naval professional papers. Nos. 19, 20. Wash., 1886. 2 v. 8° and 160. Plate and figs.

Contents: -19. Variation of the compass, determined in various parts of the world, 1881-85. - 20. Gilman, Lieutenant H. K. Naval brigade and operations ashore.

Department of Agriculture. Report of the Commissioner. 1885. Wash., 1885. 8°. Illus. Life-Saving Service. Annual report of

operations for 1885. Wash., 1886. 80.

Office of Naval Intelligence. Information from abroad. War series. Nos. 1, 2. Wash., 1885. 2 nos. bd. in I v. 8°. Plan.

Contents:- 1. Wright, Lieutenant M. F., translator. Operations of the French navy during the recent war with Tunis; translated from L'année maritime, 1880-81.2. Mason, Lieutenant T. B. M. The war between Chile, and Peru and Bolivia, 1879-81.

Report on European dock-yards; by naval constructor Philip Hichborn. Wash., 1886. 8°. pp. 96. Plates. War Department. Revised regulations for the army of the United States, 1861. Phil., [1861.] 80. pp. 559.

Watt, A. Electro-deposition; a treatise on electrolysis, with descriptions of the materials and processes used in the art, and chapters on electrometallurgy. L., 1886. 8o. pp. xvi + 568. Plate and figs.

Winkler, E. Vorträge über Brückenbau. Th. I., Heft 2; Th. III., Heft 1; Th. IV., Heft 4. Wien, 1877-81. 3 pts. 8°. Wdcts. and plates.

Contents:-I, 2. Theorie der Brücken: Theorie der gegliederten Balkenträger. 2o Aufl. III, 1. Hölzerne Brück

en Balkenbrücken. -IV, 4. Eiserne Brücken: Querkonstruktionen. 2° Aufl.

Fine Arts.

Anderson, J. Scotland in early Christian times. 2d series. Edin., 1881. 8o. pp. xvii + 263. Illus. The Rhind lectures in archæology for 1880.

Baumeister, (K.) A., editor. Denkmäler des klassischen Altertums, zur Erläuterung des Lebens der Griechen und Römer in Religion, Kunst, und Sitte; lexikalisch bearbeitet von B. Arnold, H. Blümner, W. Deecke, K. von Jan, L. Julius, A. Milchhöfer, A. Müller, O. Richter, H. von Rohden, R. Weil, E. Wölfflin, und dem Herausgeber. Lieferungen 1-13. Lpz., etc., 1884. 13 pts. 4o. Illus.

Birch, S. History of ancient pottery, Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. New ed. L., 1873. 80. pp. xv + 644. Wdcts. and colored plates.

Blümner, H. Technologie und Terminologie der Gewerbe und Künste bei Griechen und Römern. Lpz., 1875-79. 2 v. 8o. Wdcts.

, and O. von Schorn. Geschichte des Kunstgewerbes, in Einzeldarstellungen. i., ii. Lpz., etc., 1885. 2 v. 16°. Figs. (Wissen (Das) der Gegenwart. xxx, xxxii.)

Contents:-i. Blümner, H. Das Kunstgewerbe im Altertum: das antike Kunstgewerbe nach seinen verschiedenen Zweigen. ii. Same: die Erzeugnisse des griechisch-italischen Kunstgewerbes.

British Museum - Department of Coins and Medals. Synopsis of the contents: a guide to the principal gold and silver coins of the ancients. By B. V. Head. 2d ed. L., 1881. 8°. pp. vii + (1) +128. 70 plates.

Vol. vii.)

Senate

Clarke, I. E. Art and industry: instruction in drawing applied to the industrial and fine arts, as given in public educational institutions in the United States. Pt. 1. Wash., 1885. 8o. (U. S. - 46th Cong., 2d sess. Ex. docs. Contents: -1. Drawing in public schools. Delamotte, P. H. nature. L., 1871. 4°. and 24 colored plates.

The art of sketching from pp. vi+ (2) + 74. Wdcts.

Downes, J. Roscius Anglicanus; or, An historical review of the stage from 1660 to 1706. [L., 1708. With an historical preface by J. Knight. L., (fac-simile reprint), 1886. sm. 80. pp. xxxv + (4) + 52.

No. 30 of an edition of 135 copies.

Field, G. Chromatography; a treatise on colours and pigments. Modernized by J. S. Taylor. 2d ed. L., 1885. 160. pp. viii+ 207. 4 colored plates.

Frieze, H. S. Giovanni Duprè; with two dialogues on art, from the Italian of Augusto Conti. N. Y., 1886. sm. 8°. pp. xii + 220. Plates and

Great Britain Parliament. A declaration of the lords and commons for the appeasing and quietting of all unlawfull tumults and insurrections in the severall counties of England and dominion of Wales. Also an ordinance of both houses for the suppressing of stage-playes. [L., 1642.] L., (fac-simile reprint), 1886. 40. pp. (8).

Published in vol. with J. Downes' Roscius Anglicanus.

Irving, H. English actors; their characteristics and methods; a discourse delivered at Oxford, June 26, 1886. Oxf., 1886. 16o. pp. 60.

Kulturhistorischer Bilderatlas. Bd. i. Lpz., 1885. obl. 4°. Illus.

Contents:-i. Schreiber, T. Altertum.

Moller, G. Die Kirchen des Heiligen Georg zu Limburg an der Lahn und des Heiligen Paulus zu Worms. Darmstadt, [182-.] fo. pp. (2)+6. 18 plates.

Also in Bd. ii. of the author's "Denkmäler der deutschen Baukunst," which is in the library. The above is the title on cover. Moody, F. W. Lectures and lessons on art. 4th ed. L., 1885. 8°. pp. xvi +176. Illus. Müller, K. O. Denkmäler der alten Kunst. Bearbeitung, durch F. Wieseler. Göt., 1854. 2 v. bd. in I. obl. fo. 104 plates.

2e

Ancient art and its remains; or, A manual of the archæology of art. New ed., with additions, by F. G. Welcker. Translated by J. Leitch. L., 1852. 8°. pp. xv +636+ (1).

Palmer, W. An introduction to early Christian symbolism; a series of compositions from frescopaintings, glasses, and sculptured sarcophagi; edited, with notes, by J. S. Northcote and W. R. Brownlow. L., 1885. fo. pp. vii+ (1)+61. 34 colored plates.

Petrie, W. M. F., and others. 'H Tóλis NavкраTITOV: Naukratis; with chapters by C. Smith, E. Gardner, and B. V. Head. Pt. 1. 1884-85. L., 1886. 4o. Plates. (Egypt Exploration Fund. 3d memoir.)

Redford, G. Sculpture, Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Roman. L., 1886. sm. 80. pp. xi + 245 + (2). Illus. (Poynter, E. J., and T. R. Smith, editors. Illustrated hand-books of art history.)

Rockstro, W. S. A general history of music from the infancy of the Greek drama to the present period. N. Y., 1886. 80. pp. xiv + (1) + 535. Wdcts.

Royal Institute of British Architects. The kalendar. 1886-87. L., 1886. 80.

Transactions. New series. Vol. ii. L., 1886. 4o. Illus.

Schuchardt, (J.) C. Goethe's Kunstsammlungen. Jena, 1848-49. 3 v. 120.

Contents:i. Kupferstiche, Holzschnitte, Radirungen, Schwarzkunstblätter, Lithographien und Stahlstiche, Handzeichnungen und Gemälde. ii. Geschnittene Steine, Bronzen, Medaillen, Münzen; Arbeiten in Marmor, Elfenbein und Holz; antike Vasen und Terracotten, Gypsabgüsse, Majolica. iii. Mineralogische und andere naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen. Mit einer Vorrede der Gebrüder von Goethe.

Studniczka, F. Beiträge zur Geschichte der altgriechischen Tracht. Wien, 1886. 80. pp. viii +143. Wdets. (Kaiserlich-königliche Universität Wien. Abhandlungen des Archäologisch-epigraphischen Seminares. vi, 1.)

Philology.

Eschylus. Prometheus vinctus; edited by Rev. H. M. Stephenson. L., 1885. 16o. pp. xiii + (1) +71. (Macmillan's elementary classics.) Aristophanes. The Acharnians; performed by undergraduates of the University of Pennsylvania,