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This article examines the probabilities of outcomes from rolling dice with the dimension 1 × 1 × r for various values of r. Experiments were conducted by school students and university students. The results of the experiments are given and the probabilities examined using a generalized linear model. Notes are also made about the value of the experiment in teaching the groups of students.     

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Review of International Association for Statistical Education Proceedings: Proceedings of the First Scientific Meeting of the International Association for Statistical Education, Lina Brunelli and Guiseppe Cicchitelli, Editors. U.S. $5 (cost of postage) from International Statistical Institute, 428 Prinses Beatrixlann, 2270 AZ Voorburg, The Netherlands. Includes 49 papers presented in Perugia, Italy, in August 1993; 476 pages. Reviewed by Peter Holmes     

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A linear combination test for combining several tests of the correlation coefficient in the bivariate normal distribution is proposed. The linear combination test is compared with the well-known Fisher method of combining tests. It is shown by a Monte Carlo study that the linear combination test has a larger power.     

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Estimation of covariance components in the multivariate random-effect model with nested covariance structure is discussed. There are two covariance matrices to be estimated, namely, the between-group and the within-group covariance matrices. These two covariance matrices are most often estimated by forming a multivariate analysis of variance and equating mean square matrices to their expectations. Such a procedure involves taking the difference between the between-group mean square and the within-group mean square matrices, and often produces an estimated between-group covariance matrix that is not nonnegative definite. We present estimators of the two covariance matrices that are always proper covariance matrices. The estimators are the restricted maximum likelihood estimators if the random effects are normally distributed. The estimation procedure is extended to more complicated models, including the twofold nested and the mixed-effect models. A numerical example is presented to illustrate the use of the estimation procedure.     

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This department includes the two sections New Developments in Statistical Computing and Statistical Computing Software Reviews; suitable contents for each of these sections are described under the respective section heading. Articles submitted for the department, outside the two sections, should not be highly technical and should be relevant to the teaching or practice of statistical computing.

An unbiased estimator of e is used to motivate a simple simulation exercise that requires only observations from the distribution uniform on (0, 1). Antithetic variables are introduced and applied to the simulation problem to give a second unbiased estimator of e with reduced variance.     

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ActivStats 2.0.: Paul Velleman. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1998, CD-ROM, $44.25, ISBN: 0-201-31068-6.

The Active Practice of Statistics.: David S. Moore. New York: W. H. Freeman & Co., 1997, xv + 352 pp., $49.95, ISBN: ISBN 0-7167-3140-1. Reviewed by Jon Maatta

Introduction to Statistical Reasoning.: Gary Smith. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 1998, xviii + 654 pp., $46.00, ISBN: 0-07-059276-4. Reviewed by Robert W. Hayden

Modern Applied Statistics with S-Plus (2nd ed.).: William N. Venables and Brian D. Ripley. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1997, xvii + 548 pp., $59.95, ISBN: 0-387-98214-0. Reviewed by Karen Kafadar James R. Koehler

A Course in Mathematical Statistics (2nd ed.): George C. Roussas. San Diego: Academic Press, 1997, xx + 572 pp., $59.95, ISBN: 0125993153. Reviewed by David W. Macky     

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Statistics: A Bayesian Perspective; Donald A. Berry. Belmont, CA: Duxbury Press, 1996. x + 518 pp. $62.95. Reviewed by Paul J. Smith

Statistics: Theory and Methods (2nd ed.).; Donald A. Berry and Bernard W. Lindgren. Belmont, CA: Duxbury Press, 1996. xi + 702 pp. $76.95. Reviewed by Uwe Koehn

Statistics for Management.; B. J. Mandel and Robert E. Laessig. Baltimore, MD: Dangary Publishing, 1996. xii + 538 pp. $49.50 (H). Reviewed by Lynne B. Hare

Statistical Methods, Revised Edition.; R. J. Freund and W. J. Wilson. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1997. xxi + 684 pp. $52.50. Reviewed by Linda Barrett

Statistics from Scratch. An Introduction for Health Care Professionals.; David Bowers. New York: Wiley, 1996. 180 pp. $19.95 (P). Reviewed by David McCormick

Statistical Tests: An Introduction with MINITAB Commentary.; G. P. Beaumont and J. D. Knowles. London, England: Prentice Hall International (UK) Limited, 1996. ix + 285 pp. $38.00. Reviewed by Ralph F. Frankowski

Principles of Statistical Data Handling.; Fred Davidson. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1996. xii + 319 pp. $23.50. Reviewed by John F. Monahan

Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence.; Federal Judicial Center. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1994. vii + 637 pp. $32.00. Reviewed by Joseph L. Gastwirth     

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Understanding Basic Statistics. Charles H. Brase and Corrinne P. Brase. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997. xviii + 576 pp. $48.50. ISBN: 0-669-39812-8. Reviewed by Elizabeth Low

Statistics for Management, 7th ed. Richard I. Levin and David S. Rubin. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998. xvi + 1026 pp. $77.00. ISBN: 0-13-476-2924. Reviewed by Tom Obremski

Statistical Computing Environments for Social Research. Robert Stine and John Fox (eds.). Thousand Oaks: Sage, 1997. iv + 250 pp. $49.95 (P). ISBN: 0-7619-0270-8. Reviewed by Jonathan Nagler

Modern Engineering Statistics. Lawrence L. Lapin. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1997. xv + 583 pp. $66.95. ISBN 0-534-50883-9. Reviewed by V.A. Samaranayake, Jagdish K. Patel

Elements of Engineering Probability and Statistic. Rodger E. Ziemer. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 1997. xiv + 322 pp. $77.00. ISBN: 0-024-31620-2. Reviewed by V.A. Samaranayake, Jagdish K. Patel

Applied Statistical Methods for Business, Economics, and the Social Sciences. William L. Carlson and Betty Thorne. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1997. xxiii + 1021 pp. $77.00. ISBN 0-13-570847-8. Reviewed by Marjorie E. Bond

Statistics for Managers: Using Microsoft Excel. D.M. Levine, M.L. Berenson, and D. Stephan. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Reviewed by Marjorie E. Bond

The Ultimate Resource 2. Julian L. Simon. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996. xlii + 734 pp. $35.00. ISBN: 0-69104-269-1. Reviewed by Thomas Wonnacott     

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Workshop Statistics: Discovery with Data and Minitab. Allan J. ROSSMAN and Beth L. CHANCE. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1998, xxviii + 486 pp. $39.95 (P).

Data Analysis with Microsoft Excel. Kenneth N. BERK and Patrick CAREY. Pacific Grove, CA: Duxbury, 1998, xxi + 503 pp. $29.95 (P), ISBN: 0-534-52929-1.

Statistical Laboratory Exercises Using Excel: A Guide to Understanding Data. Tania PRVAN and Peter PETOCZ. Brisbane: Jacaranda Wiley, 1998, vi + 57 pp., $15.95 (P + 1 disc), ISBN: 0-471-34050-2. Reviewed by Richard Cleary

Data, Statistics, and Decision Models with Excel. Donald L. HARNETT and James E. HORRELL. New York: Wiley, 1998, xviii + 605, $93.95, ISBN: 0-471-13398-1. Reviewed by Sue B. Schou

Maple V© Student Version: Release 5. Waterloo Maple, Inc., New York: Springer-Verlag, 1998, $99.

Statistics with Stata 5. Lawrence C. HAMILTON. Pacific Grove, CA: Duxbury, 1998, x + 325 pp. $34.95, ISBN: 0-534-26559-6. Reviewed by Richard Goldstein     

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Earnings of Women In Michigan: Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics. Henry A. Robinson, Commissioner of Labor. 1892. Lansing, Michigan. Pp. xvii, 472. Reviewed by Lucy M. Salmon.

Effect of Occupation on Health: The Effect of Occupation on the Health and Duration of the Trade-life of Workmen. 12th, 13th, and 14th Annual Reports of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Industries, of New Jersey, 1889, 1890, and 1891. Trenton, N. J. Reviewed by S. W. Abbott.

Influence of Occupations Upon Mortality: Journal de la Société de Statistique de Paris. October and November, 1892. Reviewed by William Z. Ripley.

Fertility of Marriages in Prussia According to the Religious Creeds of the Contracting Parties: The Zeitschrift des Königlich Preussischen Statistischen Bureaus for 1891 contains a very interesting article upon the fertility of marriages in the different religious sects of Prussia for sixteen years (Eheliche Fruchtbarkeit bei den verschiedenen Religionsgemeinschaften in Preussen, 1875 bis 1890). Reviewed by Gary N. Calkins.

The French Population: Journal de la Société de Statistique de Paris. September, 1892. La population française. Par M. Levasseur. Reviewed by W. Z. Ripley.

The French Population: Journal des Economistes. October, 1892. La population française le dénombrement. M. Leon Roquet. Reviewed by W. Z. Ripley.

The Geographical Distribution of Sexes: Karl Bücher has recently published in the Allgemeines Statistische Archiv, for 1891–92, Part II, a paper entitled Ueber die Verteilung der beiden Geschlechter auf der Erde, originally read before the Verein für Geographie und Statistik zu Frankfurt a Main. Reviewed by Gary N. Calkins.

Effect of Parents' Age on Vitality of Children: Josef Körösi has recently written an interesting article upon the Effect of Parents' Age on the Vitality of Children in the Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, No. 4, 1892. It is based upon records kept by himself during the five years between 1878 and 1882, and during the years 1888 and 1889, making in all seven years, although not consecutive.

The Fall of the Rate of Interest and its Influence on Provident Institutions: In La Reforme Sociale (Nos. 45 and 46) for November, 1892, appears an article on the above subject by M. Cheysson, with an appended discussion by MM. Juglar, Fougerousse, Gibon, and Cheysson. Reviewed by Francis Walker.

Limitations of Statistics: In the March issue (1892) of the Rassegna di science sociali e politiche the scope and limitations of statistics is considered by Prof. Salvioni, in an article entitled Ai Confini della Statistica. The following is a summary of the principal positions taken by the author. Reviewed by Stephen F. Weston.

Suicides in the Austrian Army in the Years 1873–90: In the last April number of the Statistische Monatschrift (Austria) Josef Roth has an article upon suicides in the German army during the period 1873–90 (Die Selbstmorde in der k. u. k. Armee in den Jahren 1878–90).

Ten YEARS' Growth of the City of London: Ten Years' Growth of the City of London. Report, Local Government and Taxation Committee of the Corporation, by James Salmon, Chairman. London, 1891. 139 pages. Reviewed by F. A. Currier.

Work of the Statistical Seminary at the University of Vienna: Bericht über die thatigkeit des statistischen Seminars an der K. K. Universität Wien im Wintersemester, 1891–92. By Dr. Hermann v. Schullern-Schrattenhofen. In the Statistische Monatschrift, October, 1892. Reviewed by Victor Rosewater.

Local Public Records of Massachusetts: The Report on the Custody and Condition of the Public Records of Parishes, Towns, and Counties in Massachusetts for 1892 has recently appeared. In it the Commissioner, Robert T. Swan, makes complaint of the manner in which state laws are neglected by many town and county clerks.

The Criminal Statistics of Buenos Ayres: Provincia de Buenos Aires. Memoria del Departamento de Policía. 1892. Pp. 196; tables. Reviewed by L. P. Lane.

Registration Report of Massachusetts: Fiftieth Report of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in the Commonwealth, and returns of Deaths investigated by the Medical Examiners, for the Year 1891. Pp. 145. Boston, 1892. Reviewed by G. N. Calkins.

The Necessity of a Revision of the Classification and Nomenclature Employed in the Vital Statistics of Massachusetts.     

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Employment of Women in England: Report by Miss Collet on the Statistics of Employment of Women and Girls. Labor Department, Board of Trade. London, 1894. Reviewed by M. K. Conynton.

Taxation in Paris: The Tax Paid by a Parisian Family. Report by L. Beaurin-Gressier, Journal de la Société de Statistique de Paris, October, 1895. Reviewed by Wm. Herbert King.

Taxation in Illinois: Eighth Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of Illinois. Subject: Taxation. By the Commission, George A. Schilling, Secretary. Springfield, III. 1895. Pp. 490. Reviewed by Miles Menander Dawson.

Canada Assurance: Canada Life Assurance Company. Mortality Experience, 1847 to 1893. Published by the Company, Hamilton, Ontario. Reviewed by Miles Menander Dawson.

Vital Statistics: Mouvement de la Population de la Suisse pendant l'Annee 1893. Berne, 1895.

Vital Statistics: Breslauer Statistik. Im Auftrage des Magistrats der königl. Haupt- und Residenzstadt Breslau. Herausgegeben vom statistischen Amt der Stadt Breslau. Bd. 16, Erstes Heft. Breslau, 1895.

Charity Statistics: Armenstatik. Compiled by H. Silbergleit, Superintendent of the Bureau of Statistics for the City of Magdeburg. Magdeburg, 1895. Pp.29. Reviewed by M. K. Conynton.

Thirteenth Biennial Report of Public Oharities of Illinois. Springfield, 1894. Pp. 127.

Criminal Statistics: Annual Report of the Department of Police and Excise, Brooklyn, N. Y., for 1894. Pp. 137.

Railways in United States: Seventh Annual Report of the Statistics of Railways of the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1894. Prepared by the Statistician to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Washington, 1895. Pp. 102; diagrams 9.

Notes: Catechism for Social Observation; a Manual of Social Phenomena. By C. R. Henderson. Boston: D. C. Heath. 1894. Pp. 58.

Notes: Katalog der Bibliothek des Statistischen Amtes der Stadt Dresden. Second Edition. October 15, 1894. Dresden. Pp, 119.

Notes: Memoir of Henry Wheatland, M.D. By William P. Upham. Re-printed from the proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 1895. Pp.27.

Notes: The Rain and Snowfall of the Province of Ontario. By Hugh V. Payne. Meteorological Service. Dominion of Canada. Ontario. Pp. 16 and chart.

Notes: Seventh Report of the Custody and Condition of the Public Records of Parishes, Towns, and Counties. By Robert T. Swan, Commissioner. Public Document. Boston, 1895. Pp, 39.

Notes: Garland's Banks, Bankers, and Banking: A Financial Directory of Canada. Second edition. Ottawa, 1895. Pp.515.

Notes: Report of the Chief Labor Correspondent on the Strikes and Lockouts of 1893. Board of Trade, Labor Department, Great Britain. London, 1895.

Notes: Forty-First Annual Report of the City Comptroller of Philadelphia for 1894. Pp. 221.

Notes: Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of City Trusts, Philadelphia, for 1894. Pp. 191.

Notes: Renseigmements statistiques sur le mouvement dans les asiles publics d'aliénés de la Suisse et dans les principaux e'tablissements privés. No. 99. Pp.76. Berne, 1894.     

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Reports of Bureaus of Labor Statistics: Fifth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor. 1889. Railroad Labor. Carroll D. Wright. Washington. 1890. Pp. 888. Reviewed by Arthur T. Hadley

Indiana.—Second * Biennial Report (Eighth Volume) of the Department of Statistics 1887–88. Wm. A. Peelle, Jr., Commissioner. Indianapolis. 1888. Reviewed by Frank R. Hathaway.

Iowa.—Third Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics 1888–89. E. R. Hutchins, Commissioner. Des Moines. 1889. Pp. cxiii, 440. Reviewed by Frank R. Hathaway.

Kansas.—Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics. 1889. Frank H. Betton, Commissioner. Topeka. 1890. Pp. 407. Reviewed by Frank R. Hathaway.

Michigan.—Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics. A. H. Heath, Commissioner. Lansing. 1891. Pp. vviii, 451. Reviewed by Frank R. Hathaway.

Minnesota.—Second Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1889–90. John Lamb, Commissioner. Minneapolis. 1891. Pp. 377. Reviewed by Frank R. Hathaway.

Missouri.— Twelfth Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1890. Lee Meriwether, Commissioner. Jefferson City. 1890. Pp. 569, 141. Reviewed by Frank R. Hathaway.

Pennsylvania.— Annual Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs. Part III. Industrial Statistics. Vol. XVII. 1889. Albert S. Bolles, Chief of Bureau. Harrisburg. 1890. Reviewed by Frank R. Hathaway.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 16. Dec. 13, 1890. Population of the United States by States and Territories: 1890. Pp. 10.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 17. Dec. 16, 1890. Preliminary Statistics of Education for Louisiana, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, various cities, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. By James H. Blodgett. Pp. 10.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 18. Dec. 26, 1890. Statistics of Churches. By Henry K. Carroll. Pp. 26.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 19. Dec. 30, 1890. Vital Statistics of the Jews in the United States. By John S. Billings. Pp. 19. Diagrams, 4.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 20. Jan. 5, 1891. The Anthracite Coal Fields of Pennsylvania. By John H. Jones. Pp. 13.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 21. Jan. 15, 1891. Population of New Hampshire by Minor Civil Divisions. Pp. 4.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 22. Jan. 20, 1891. Distilled Spirits Consumed in the Arts, Manufactures, and Medicine. Pp. 9.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 23. Jan. 21, 1891. Areas of States and Counties. Pp. 14.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 24. Jan. 24, 1891. Population of Massachusetts by Minor Civil Divisions. Pp. 6.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 25. Jan. 29, 1891. Statistics of Indians. By Thomas Donaldson, special agent. Pp. 14.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 26. Jan. 30, 1891. Coal-mining Industry of Maryland in 1889. By John H. Jones. Pp. 6.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 27. Jan. 30, 1891. Coal-mining Industry of Alabama in 1889. By John H. Jones. Pp. 6.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 28. Jan. 28, 1891. Freight Traffic on the Great Lakes. By Henry C. Adams. Pp. 21.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 29. Feb. 4, 1891. Transportation. Changes in Floating Equipment on the Great Lakes since 1886. Pp. 10.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 30. Feb. 11, 1891. Alaska, Statistics of Population. 1890. Pp. 9.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 31. Feb. 14, 1891. Convicts in Penitentiaries. 1890. By Frederick Howard Wines.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 32. Feb. 24, 1891. Distribution of Population in Accordance with Mean Annual Rainfall. By Henry Gannett. Pp. 4.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 33. Feb. 25, 1891. Distribution of Population with Reference to Mean Annual Temperature. By Henry Gannett. Pp. 4.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 34. Feb. 26, 1891. Centre of Population: 1890. By Henry Gannett. Pp. 4. Maps 2.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 35. Feb. 27, 1891. Irrigation in Arizona. By F. H. Newell. Pp. 8.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 36. February 28, 1891. Statistics of Education. Arizona, California, Connecticut, District Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming, and eighty-three Cities. By James H. Blodgett. Pp. 27.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 37. March 7, 1891. Population by Counties. North Atlantic and South Atlantic Divisions. Pp. 7.

United States Census Bulletins: No. 38. March 10, 1891. Viticulture. Statistics of Grape Growing and Wine Production in the United States. By H. Gardner. Pp. 11.

Reports of State Boards of Charities and Corrections: Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the New York State Board of Charities. Transmitted to the legislature Feb. 5, 1891. Pp. 74.

Reports of State Boards of Charities and Corrections: Twenty-second Annual Report of the Board of State Charities and Corrections of Rhode Island, 1890. Pp. 142.

Reports of State Boards of Charities and Corrections: Twelfth Annual Report of the State Board of Lunacy and Charity of Massachusetts. January, 1891. Pp. 205, lxxxiv.

Reports of State Boards of Charities and Corrections: Eleventh Biennial Report of the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities of Illinois, 1888–1890. F. H. Wines, Secretary, Springfield. 1890. Pp. 322.

Reports of State Boards of Charities and Corrections: Fourth Biennial Report of the State Board of Supervision of Wisconsin Charitable, Reformatory, and Penal Institutions for the two years ending Sept. 30, 1890. Madison. 1891. Pp. 239.

Health and Vital Statistics: Forty-eighth Report to the Legislature of Massachusetts Relating to the Registry and Return of Births, Marriages, and Deaths for the year ending Dec. 31, 1889, together with Returns of Libels for Divorce and the Returns of Deaths Investigated by the Medical Examiners. Editorial remarks by Samuel W. Abbott, M.D. Boston. 1890. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Health and Vital Statistics: Twelfth Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Rhode Island for the Year 1889, and including the Report upon the Registration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in 1888. Providence. 1890. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Health and Vital Statistics: Twenty-second Annual Report of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Michigan for the Year ending 1888. Lansing. 1890. Pp. viii, 260. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Health and Vital Statistics: Fourth Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Ohio for the Year ending October 31, 1889. Columbus. 1889. Pp. 350. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Health and Vital Statistics: Fourth Annual Report of the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics of Pennsylvania. Harrisburgh. 1889. Pp. 1200. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Health and Vital Statistics: Eleventh Biennial Report of the State Board of Health of California for the two years ending June 30, 1890. Sacramento. 1890. Pp. 284.

Health and Vital Statistics: Fifth Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Maine for 1889. Augusta. 1890. Pp. xvi, 304. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Health and Vital Statistics: Medical Education, Medical Colleges, and the Regulation and Practice of Medicine in the United States and Canada. 1765–1891. By John H. Rauch, M.D., Secretary Illinois State Board of Health. Springfield. 1891. Pp. 222. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Health and Vital Statistics: A Manual of Public Health. By H. Wynter Blyth. London. 1890. Pp. 23, 653. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Statistical Year-Book of Uruguay: Anuario Estadístico de la República Oriental del Uruguay 1889. Montevideo. 1890. Pp. lxxvii, 727. Reviewed by R. R. de Carvalho.

Report of the Comptroller of the Currency: Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Currency, December 1, 1890. Edward S. Lacey, Comptroller. Washington. 1890. Pp. 307.

Municipal Finance: Third Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the Citizens Association of Boston. 1891. Pp. 80.

Municipal Finance: Bulletin Annuel des Finances des Grandes Villes. Dixiěme Année: 1886. By Joseph Körösi, BudapeSt. 1890. Pp. 93.

Minor Notices: Three Papers read before the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. By Henry Heyleyn Hayter, Government Statist of Victoria. Melbourne. 1890. Pp. 37.

Minor Notices: Report on the Beef Supply of the United States, and the Export Trade in Animals and Meat Products. By Dr. D. E. Salmon. United States Department of Agriculture. 1890. Pp. 15.

Minor Notices: Abandoned Farms in Massachusetts. (From the Twenty-first Annual Report of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor.) By Horace G. Wadlin. Boston. 1891. Pp. 177–258.

Minor Notices: Shoe and Leather Reporter Annual for 1891. Boston. Pp. 701.

Minor Notices: Maps of the United States showing the Central Station Plants of Electric Railways and System in Operation. Thomson-Houston Electric Company. Boston. 1891. Pp. 110.