The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-14
CURRENT PUBLICATIONS.

udi OF tDe NerteorateS OF Tue INofbueNn Past Va
the United States has been entirely rewritten
and much ENLARGED. II is the only book OF Its
kind Published and, is used in every college OF
rank in the country. IL stands in the same re-
lation to the systematic study OF vertebrates
that Gray's Manual OF Botany does to the botan-
Zeal analysis
President Jordan's special field is ichthyoloey;
there in no higher authority on this group among
naturalists In the preparation of the keys
and descriptions Of the reptiles. the birds and
the mammals, every available source Of infor-
nation has been freely and intelligently used
The classification OF batrachians and reptiles 10
that Of Professor Cope; the manuscripts of
this group are revised by Prof. o. z. Hay, Of
Butler University; the nomenclaturs OF birds is
that of the American Ornithologsts' Union, an
alyticai keys conforming to Ridgway and Coues.
The new edition differs greatly from the old; the
order is reversed The lowest forms are
presented first according 10 the system Of nat
ure. In the keys the natural characters are
substituted in place Of the artificial. The verte-
brates OF Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota and the
Canadian provinces included: the marine
forms from Nova Scotia to Cape Hatteras are
given, including not only fishes, but sea NAM
mails dolphins, PROPOSES, 10 species OF
whales and seal The book includes the verts-
brates under classes. "a orders, 202 fami-
lies, GOT genera and L. 45 species, ending with
homo sapiens,' or man. The author 10 at
times facetious, AZ when he speaks OF the varie-
ties OF men 10 America: 1.-THE first or these Is an
Immigrants from Europe, the second from Asia.
and the third was brought hither from Africa
by representatives. OF variety Europ@us' to be
used slaves The wild man. as described oy
Linnasus CHomo diurnus: Various culcnra,
loco tstrapus, mutus, hirsutus'), seems y be
now extinct" The manual includes the latest
advances in classification, as for example the
Tuncates (sea-squirte, etc., once regarded as
mollusks but which. in the larvse state, show
the vertebrate structure. are included, as are
also certain worm-ke creatures OK our coasts,
once classsd as verrnes. The fishes occupy one
half the volume-487 species.
President Jordan quotes Myron Reed on the
speckled trout Bret Harte on the grizzly
bear and on the snake, and Thoreau on the
horned pour TO good effect. The book IS written
throughout with ths free swing and firm step OF
pne who knows and loves his way. 1t Is not
Snly y substantial addition to the knowledge OF
vertebrate life, but is so methodcally arranged
that any person of intelligence can readily ident-
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OF the woods, fields and waters of the North,
eastern third Of the United States. Published
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An interesting contribution to early Amsri-
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In the Life and Papers Of Edmund Randolph.
Governor Of Virginia. First Attorney ger eral
Randolph came OF one OF tho most noted Vir-
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days. His public career extended beyond the
colonial and revolutionary PERIOD and embraced
service in Virginia and under the federal gov
eminent A relative of Jefferson. intimate
friend Of Washington, and closely connected
with the public men and affairs Of that day. bis
biography is largely history OF the times in
which he lived. Incidentally il reveals many in
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to light. The author has devoted much time to
the collection Of material. and has handled it in
Ia fr1A ~ en a II fo
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Literature embraces words from Herbert to
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