Miller, William Allen. Elements of chemistry: Pumpelly, Raphael, director.-(continued.) theoretical and practical. Revised by Herbert MCLEOD. 6. ed. Lond. Longmans. 1877-8. 2 v. xxii+707 pp., illus. in text; xxx+1005 pp., 51:1781.1-2 illus. in text. 8° [81,586; 43.] Contents: Vol. I. Chemical physics. Vol. 2. Inorganic chemistry. Minchin, George M. A treatise on statics, containing the fundamental principles of electrostatics and elasticity. 2. ed., corr. and enl. Oxf. Clarendon press. 1880. x+518 pp. 8° [81,552; 43.] 51:2206 Mivart, St. George. The cat: an introduction to the study of back boned animals, especially mammals. N. Y. Scribners. 1881. xxiii+557 pp., frontis., illus. in text. 8° [80,135; 43.] 44:740 Money, Lieut.-Col. Edward. The cultivation and manufacture of tea. An essay for which the prize of the Grant gold medal and rs. 300 was awarded by the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India in the year 1872. 3. ed., corr. and much enl. Lond. W. B. Wittingham. 1878. xii+189 pp. 8° [81,555; 43.] 52:2238 Nuttall, Thomas. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. The water birds. Bost. Hilliard, Gray and Co. 1834. vii+627 pp. 12° [3,817; 43.] *70:1458 f° 8° Pickering, Charles. The geographical distribution of animals and plants. Bos!. Little, Brown and Co. 1854. (4+)168(+44) pp. [5,866; 43.] (U. S. expl. exp., 1838-42; Charles Wilkes.) *60:4054 Platt, Franklin. The geology of Blair county. With 35 page illustrations and an atlas of 14 sheets of the colored map of Morrison's cove, etc.; 1 index sheet; and 2 sheets of colored sections. Harris. Bd. of Com'rs. 1881. 2 v. vii+311+4 pp., 1 fold. pl., illus. in text.; 17 col'd pls. 81,596; 43.] (2. geol. survey of Penn. T; J. P. Lesley.) *42:1587.1-2. T Platt, Franklin. A special report to the legislature upon the causes, kinds and amount of waste in mining anthracite. With a chapter on the methods of mining; by John Price WETHERILL. Illustrated by 35 figures of mining operations; a plan of an anthracite breaker, and a specimen sheet of the work of the geological survey in the anthracite coal fields. Harris. Bd. of Com'rs. 1881. xiii+134 pp., 23 pls. 8° [81,596; 43.] (2. geol. survey of Penn., 1881. A 2; J. P. Lesley.) *42:1587.A2 Platt, W. G. Report of progress in Jefferson county. With a colored map of the county. Harris. Bd. of Com'rs. 1881. xxxiv+218+4 pp., 2 col'd maps. (1 fold.), illus. in text. 8° [81, 596; 43.] (2. geol. survey of Penn. H 6; J. P. Lesley.) *42:1587.H 6 Pumpelly, Raphael, director. Geological survey of Missouri. Preliminary report on the iron ores and coal fields from the field work of 1872. Printed by authority of the legislature of Missouri under the direction of the bureau of geology and mines. N. Y. J. Bien. 1873. xvi+214+ xvi+214+ 441 pp., 1 col'd pl., 1 map, illus. in text. 4° [3,810; 43.] *70:4531 Note. Atlas wanting. Contents: Pt. 1. Geology of Pilot Knob and its vicinity; Raphael PUMPELLY.-Analyses of iron-ores, pig-irons, and fuels; Regis CHAUVENET and A. A. BLAIR.-Iron-ores of Missouri; Adolf SCHMIDT. Pt. 2. Geology of northwestern Missouri; G. C. BROADHEAD.-Lincoln county; W. B. POTTER. Qualtrough, E. F. The sailor's handy book and yachtman's manual, adapted for the use of the navy, merchant service, revenue marine, and yachtsmen. N. Y. Scribner. 1881. viii-+594 pp., 4 col'd pls., illus. in text. 18° [81,615; 43.] 52:886 Rand, Edward Sprague. Bulbs a treatise on hardy and tender bulbs and tubers. Bost. J. E. Tilton. 1866. 306 pp., illus. in text. [3,818; 43.] 12° *70:1175 Sturges, Edward B. The druggists' legal directory. Phil. Evans, Stoddard und Co. [1870.] 366 pp. 4° [81,484; 43.] *46:454 Sweet, S. H. Special report on coal: showing its distribution, classification and cost, delivered over different routes to various points in the state of New York and the principal cities on the Atlantic coast. N. Y. D. Van Nostrand. 1866. (2+)94 pp., 9 fold. and col'd maps. 8° [81,492; 42:1567 43.] Thomson, Sir C. Wyville. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger 1873-6, under the command of Captain George S. Nares and Captain Frank Turtle Thomson. 1880-81. 2 v. Lond. Longmans. 1880-81. 2 v. xiv+62+67 +41+184+45+58+82 pp., 107 pls., illus. in text; viii+218(+166) pp., 61 pls. (30 col'd), illus. in text. fo [81,612; 43.] *A Contents: Vol. 1. General introduction to the zoological series of reports; Sir C. Wyville THOMSON.-Report on the brachiopoda; Thomas DAVIDSON.-Report on the pennatulida; Albert V. KÖLLIKER-Report on the ostracoda; G. Stewardson BRADY.-Report on the bones of the cetacea; William TURNER.-Report on the development of the green turtle; William Kitchen PARKER.-Report on the shore fishes; Albert GÜNTHER. Vol. 2. Report on certain hybroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals; H. N. MOSELEY.-Report on the birds; Philip Lutley SCLATER. Urquhart, J. W. Electro-typing; a practical manual, forming a new and systematic guide to the reproduction and multiplication of printing surfaces and works of art by the electro-deposition of metals. Lond. C. Lockwood. 1881. x+ 226 pp., frontis., illus. in text. 12° [81,554; 43.] 52:1681 Wheeler, O. E. Practical photography; being the science and art of photography, developed for amateurs and beginners. Lond. "The Bazaar" office. [1881.] 266 pp., illus. in text. 12° [81,553; 43.] 52:1640 White, I. C. The geology of Erie and Crawford counties. With two colored geological county maps; 107 vertical sections; tables of barometric heights in each township; an index of names of persons and places; and notes of the place of the Sharon conglomerate in the paleozoic series. Discovery of the preglacical outlet of Lake Erie; by J. W. SPENCER. With 2 maps of the lake region. Harris. Bd. of Com'rs. 1881. xxi +406 pp., 5 maps (4 fold.), illus. in text. 8° [81,596; 43.] (2. geol. survey of Penn., 1879. Q 4; J. P. Lesley.) *42:1587.Q4 Williamson, Benjamin. An elementary treatise on the differential calculus, containing the theory of plane curves, with numerous examples. 4. ed., rev. and enl. Lond. Longmans. 1880. xvi+440 pp. 12° [81,549; 43.] 51:798 Williamson, Benjamin. An elementary treatise on the integral calculus, containing applications to plane curves and surfaces; with numerous examples. 3. ed., rev. and enl. Lond. Longmans. 1880. xiv+375 pp. 12° [81,550; 43.] 51:799 Zurcher, Frédéric and Margollé, Élie. Volcanoes and earthquakes. From the French by Mrs. Norman LOCKYER. Lond. R. Bently. 1868. viii+253 pp., 24 plts. 12° [20,674; 43.] 41:2651 31:2370 Poetry, Music and the Drama. Barham, Richard Harris. (Thomas Ingoldsby.) The Ingoldsby lyrics. Ed. by his son. 2. ed. Lond. R. Bentley. 1881. xii+308 pp., 1 port. 12° [81,581; 43.] Broadhouse, John. Musical acoustics; or, the phenomena of sound as connected with music. Lond. W. Reeves. 1881. xii+436 pp., illus. in text. 12° [81,548; 43.] (The student's Helmholtz.) 51:2465 Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton, Lord Lytton. The Siamese twins. A satirical tale of the times. With other poems. N. Y. Harpers. 1831. xvii+11-308 pp. 12° [80,936; 43.] 31:2414 Carleton, Will. Farm festivals. N. Y. Harpers. 1881. 151 pp., 18 pls. 8° [81,299; 43.] Crane, Walter. The first of May. masque; presented in a series of 52 Bost. J. R. Osgood. 1881. 57 leaves. [81,137; 43.] 31:2425 A fairy designs. obl. 12° *A Curwen, J. Spencer. Studies in worship-music, chiefly as regards congregational singing. Lond. J. Curwen. [1880.] viii+225 pp. 12° [81,576; 43.] 53:2114 Foster, Elon. Cyclopædia of poetry. 2. ser. Embracing poems descriptive of the scenes, incidents, persons and places of the bible. Also indexes to Foster's cyclopædias. N. Y. T. Y. Crowell. 1881. 748 PP. 8° [81,131; 43.] 31:2139 Hartmann, August, editor. Das Oberammergauer Passionsspiel in seiner ältesten Gestalt. Zum ersten Male herausgegeben. Leip. Breitkopf u. Härtel. 1880. vi(+ii)+269 pp. 12° [80,984; 43.] 32:2421 Contents: Augsburger Passionsspiel aus St. Ulrich und Afra.Sebastian WILD'S Passionsspiel. Der Oberammergauer Passionstext vom Jahre 1662.-Johann AELBL's Passionsspiel. Havergal, Frances Ridley. Poems. N. Y. E. P. Dutton. 1881. (vi+)455 pp., 1 port., illus. 12° [81,360; 43.] 31:2595 Ingoldsby, Thomas. (pseud.) See Barham, R. H. Lennox, Lord William Pitt. Plays, players and playhouses at home and abroad; with anecdotes of the drama and the stage. Lond. Hurst and Blackett. 1881. 2 v. viii+303 pp.; viii+271 pp. 12° [81,595; 43.] 10:2748.1-2 Main, David M. A treasury of English sonnets. Edited from the original sources with notes and illustrations. N. Y. R. Worthington. 1881. viii+470 pp. 12° [81,285; 43.] 31:224 Euvres. Par. M. Bourfette. Marot, Clément. 1556. (767) pp. 24° [81,401; 43.] *31:2715 Prölss, Robert. Geschichte des neueren Dramas. Bd. 1. Leip. B. Schlicke. 1881. xii+833 (+3) pp. 8° [80,981; 43.] 10:3062 Contents: Rückblick auf die Entwickelung des mittelalterlichen Dramas. Das neuere Drama der Spanier.-Das neuere Drama der Italiener. Quita, Domingo dos Reis. Obras. Chamado en tre os da Arcadia Lusitana Alcino Micenio. 2. éd., corr., e augm. com as obras posthumas, evido do author. Lisboa. Typografia Rollandiana. 1781. 2 v. 351 pp.; 369+7 pp. 18° [81,242; 43.] 31:2818.1-2 Sargent, Epes, editor. Harper's cyclopædia of British and American poetry. N. Y. Harpers. 1881. (ii+)xxxii+958 pp. 8° [80,844; 43.] 31:2152 Shakespeare, William. Comedy of errors. Ed. with notes by William J. ROLFE. N. Y. Harpers. 1881. 153 pp., illus. in text. 16° [81,633; 43.] 32:1249.2 Stapfer, Paul. Shakespeare and classical antiquity. Greek and Latin antiquity as presented in Shakespeare's plays. Tr. from the French by Lond. C. K. Paul. 1880. Emily J. CAREY. x+483 pp. 12° [81,573; 43.] 32:3036 Stirling, Edward. Old Drury Lane: fifty years' recollections of author, actor, and manager. Lond. Chatto and Windus. 1881. 2 v. vi+363 pp.; (6+)369 pp. 12° [81,594; 43.] 10:2785.1-2 Vining, Edward P. The mystery of Hamlet. An attempt to solve an old problem. Phil. J. B. Lippincott. 1881. 95 pp. 16° [82,073; 43.] 32:3051 Wilde, Oscar. Poems. Bost. Roberts. 1881. vii+ 31:1931 230 pp. 12° [81,368; 43.] Zinn, Serjeant A throw for a throne, or, the prince unmasked. With an introduction and references, by Chancery LANE. Wilson. 143 pp. 12° [82,093;43.] Lond. 32:3070 THE LIBRARY IS OPEN every day in the year, Sundays included, from 8 A. M. to 10 P. M. The special departments are open as follows: DELIVERY HALL, (except Sundays) 8 A. M. to 10 P. M. 66 66 BOOKS MAY BE RETAINED two weeks, and may be renewed for the same period, after which they can not be reissued to the same person until they have been in the library twenty-four hours. 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White and lady, west of the Rocky Mountains; with incidents of two sea voyages via Sandwich Islands around Cape Horn; containing also a brief history of the missions and settlement of the country; origin of the provisional government; number and customs of the Indians; incidents witnessed while traversing and residing in the territory; description of the soil, production and climate of the country. Ithaca, N. Y. Mack, Andrus and Co. 1848. 1848. xvi, 430 pp., 1 fold. map. 12° [53,521; 44.] 21:2581 America. A general history of North and South America, including the celebrated work, by Robertson; continued by a complete history of the United States, to the present time. Lond. Mayhew, Isaac and Co. 1834. (iv)xviii+(ii+)1146 pp., 1 fold. map. 8° [60,254; 44.] 29:1 Amérique centrale. Colonisation du district de Santo-Thomas de Guatemala par la Communauté de l'Union, fondée par la Compagnie belge de colonisation. Collection de renseignements publiés ou recueillis par la compagnie. Par. Rignoux. 1844. 64+169+70+64 pp., 4 pls., 5 col'd maps (1 fold.) 8° [52,695; 44.] 21:2725 Amicis, Edmondo de. Spain. Tr. from the Italian by Wilhelmina W. CADY. N. Y. Putnams. 1881. (6+)438 pp., 11 pls. 12° [82,040; 44.] 22:2020 2 v. Balboa, Miguel Cavello. Histoire du Pérou. Par. A. Bertrand. 1840. viii+331 pp. 12° [52, 669; 44.] (Voyages, relations et mémoires; H. Ternaux-Compans. 15.) 29:171 Barbé-Marbois, François, marquis de. Journal d'un déporté non jugé, ou deportation en violation des lois, décrétée le 18 fructidor an v (4 septembre 1797). Brux. J. P. Meline. 1835. vii, 305 pp.; 301 pp. 18° [46,470; 44.] 21:2844.1-2 Barber, John Thomas. See Beaumont, J. T. B. Barrett, Lawrence. Edwin Forrest. Bost. J. R. Osgood. 1881. (8+)171 pp., 4 ports., 1 pl., 2 facs. 12° [22,048; 44.] (Amer. actor series; Laurence Hutton.) 24:1015 Barrow, Sir John. A description of Pitcairn's Island and its inhabitants. With an authentic account of the mutiny of the ship Bounty and of the subsequent fortunes of the mutineers. N. Y. Harpers. [n. d.] 303 pp., 2 pls. 18° [25,651; 44.] 22:2573 Beaumont, John Thomas Barber. A tour throughout south Wales and Monmouthshire; comprehending a general survey of the picturesque scenery, remains of antiquity, historical events, peculiar manners, and commercial situations, of that interesting portion of the British empire. Lond. Cadell and Davies. 1803. xiii+ 359 pp., frontis., fold. map. 12° [51,953; 44.] 22:2278 Beesly, A. H. Sir John Franklin. N. Y. Putnams. 1881. 238 pp., 2 maps (1 fold.) 16° 21:1553 [82,078; 44.] (The new Plutarch.) Belgiojoso, Christine Trivulzio, princesse de. Oriental harems and scenery. Tr. from the French. N. Y. Carleton. 1862. 1862. xviii+15-422 pp., frontis. 12° [T. 2,987; 44.] 22:323 Bell, William A. New tracks in North America. A journal of travel and adventure whilst engaged in the survey for a southern railroad to the Pacific Ocean during 1867-8. Lond. Chapman and Hall. 1869. 2 v. lxv(+ii)+236 pp., 10 pls. (7 col'd), 1 fold. and col'd map, illus. in text; vii (+ii)+322 pp., 14 pls. (13 col'd), 1 col'd map, illus. in text. 8° [28,265; 44.] 21:1900-1901 Bevier, R. S. History of the First and Second Missouri Confederate brigades. 1861-5. And from Wakarusa to Appomattox, a military anagraph. St. Louis. Bryan, Brand and Co. 1879. xii, 480+27 pp.,4 ports. 8° [82,012; 44.] 29:2637 Birney, David Bell, Mujor-general United States volunteers, Life of. Phil. King and Baird. 1867. xii+418 pp., frontis. 4° [82,015; 44.] 23:3079 Botero, Giovanni. Le relationi universali. Divise in quattro parti. Con le figure, e due copiosissime tavole. Nuovamente ristampate, e corrette. Venetia. A. Angelieri. 1608. (32+) 256+(20+)152+183(+25)+79+80 pp., 4 maps. 12° [81,237; 44.] *60:348 Contents: Nella prima parte, si contiene la descrittione dell' Europa, dell' Asia, e dell' Africa, e i costumi, ricchezze, nogotii, e industria di ciascuna natione. Et si tratta del continente del mondo nuouo. Et del' isole, et peninsole sino al presente scouerte.-Nells seconda, si dà contezza de' maggior prencipi del mondo, e delie cagioni della grandezza de i loro stati.-Nella terza, si tratta ancor de' popoli d'ogni credenza, cattolici, giudei, gentili, et scismatici.— Nella quarta, si tratta delle superstitioni in che viueuano già le genti del mondo puouo, e delle difficoltà, e mezi, co'quali si è quiui intro. dotta la religione christiana, e vera. Brandon, Charles. Les principales découvertes des voyageurs anciens et modernes. Suite de descriptions illustrées pour la jeunesse. Vol. 1. Jusqu'à la découverte de l'Amérique et du chemin des Indes par mer. Leip. Spamer. [n. d.] viii +248 pp., 5 pls., illus. in text. 12° [55,354; 44.] 21:258 Burton, Richard Francis. Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccab. With introduction by Bayard TAYLOR. 1 Amer. ed. N. Y. Putnams. 1856. xv, 492 pp., frontis., 1 map. 1 map. 12° [18; 44.] 22:611 Bustamante, Juan. Apuntes observaciones civiles, politicas y religiosas con las noticias adquiridas en este segundo viaje a la Europa. Par. Lacrampe. 1849. vii+669 pp., 1 port. 8° [52,535; 44.] 22:820 Butterworth, Hezekiah. Zigzag journeys in the Cabeça de Vaca, Alvar Nuñez. Castañeda de Nagera, Pédro de. Relation du [Confederate States army.] Reports of the operations of the army of northern Virginia, from June 1862, to and including the battle at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. Rich. R. M. Smith. 1864. 2 v. 626 pp.; 602 pp. 8° [49,776;44.] *29:2531-2 Cruz, Luis de la. Descripcion de la naturaleza de los terrenos que se comprenden en los Andes, poseidos por los Peguenches; los demas espacios hasta el rio de Chadileubú. Buenos-Aires. Impr. del estado. 1835. 67 pp. f° [52,599; 44.] In *21:3188 Cruz, Luis de la. Viage á su costa, del alcalde provincial del muy ilustre cabildo de la Concepcion de Chile, D. Luis de la Cruz, desde el fuerte Ballenar, frontera de dicha Concepcion, por tierras desconocidas, y habitadas de Indios barbaros, hasta la ciudad de Buenos Aires; auxiliado por parte de S. M. de un agrimensor, del practico D. Justo MOLINA, de dos asociados, tenientes de milicias, D. ANGEL y D. Joaquin PRIETO, de dos dragones, un interprete, y siete peones para el servicio y conducción de viveres, en 27 cargas. Buenos-Aires. Impr. del estado. 1835. (ii+)iii, 216(+7)+ii pp. f° [52,599; 44.] *21:3188 Curtis, Benjamin Robbins. Dottings round the circle. Bost. Osgood. 1876. x+329 pp., 14 pls. 12° [54,134; 44.] 21:328 [Czikann, J. J. and Graffer, F., editors.] Oester reichische National-Encyclopädie, oder alphabetische Darlegung der wissenswürdigsten Eigenthümlichkeiten des österreichischen Kaiserthumes, in Rücksicht auf Natur, Leben und Institutionen, Industrie und Commerz, öffentliche und PrivatAnstalten, Bildung und Wissenschaft, Literatur und Kunst, Geographie und Statistik, Geschichte, Genealogie und Biographie, so wie auf alle Hauptgegenstände seiner Civilisations -Verhältnisse. Wien. M. Schmidl's Witwe u. I. Klang. 1838. 6 v. 12° [40,100; 44.] *60:2801-6 Contents: Vol. 1. A bis D. Vol. 2. E bis H. Vol. 3. I bis M. Vol. 4. N bis Sedria. Dana, Richard Henry. To Cuba and back. A vacation voyage., Bost. Ticknor and Fields. 1859. viii, 288 pp. [1863.] 1859. viii, 288 pp. 16° [96; 44.] 21:2646 Disturnell, John, compiler. Island of Mackinac, [Confederate States navy department.] Report of evidence taken before a joint special committee of both houses of the Confederate congress, to investigate the affairs of the navy department. P. KEAN, reporter. Rich. G. P. Evans. [186] 472 pp., 1 map. 8° [79,214; 44.] *29:2541 [Confederate States navy department. Report of the secretary of the navy, S. R. MALLORY. 1864. n. t. p.] 52 pp. 8° 8° [79,213; 44.] *29:2542 Cooper, James Fenimore. The battle of Lake Erie; or, answers to Messrs. Burges, Duer and Mackenzie. Cooperstown. H. and E. Phinney. 1843. iv, 117 pp. 12° [39,150; 44.] 29:2313 Countries (The) and cities of the world; or, geography illustrated. Including a complete German and English geographical glossary. With an atlas of 24 steel plates, containing geographical maps, and plans of cities. N. Y. Appleton. 1856. xxix+172+vi pp. 8° [10,476; 44.] (Iconographical encyclopedia.) 41:1959 Note. Atlas is wanting. giving a description of all the objects of interest and places of resort in the straits of Mackinac and its vicinity; including Old Mackinaw, Point St. Ignace, Cheboygan, etc. Also, an account of the early settlement of the country, climatic influence, steamboat and railroad routes, etc. Phil. 1875. 75 pp., 6 pls., 1 fold. map. 18° [47,751; 44.] *22:2883 |