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An Introduction to the Theory of Statistics. By G. Udney Yule. London: Charles Griffen and Company. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. 1911. Pp. xiii, 376. Reviewed by Wm. B. Bailey

Ungarisches Statistisches Jahrbuch. Neue Folge, XVII, 1909. Reviewed by F. S. Crum

The Public Health Agitation, 1833–48. By B. L. Hutchins. (London 44 Fleet St., E. C., 1909. Pp. 150.) Reviewed by J. Pease Norton

Tenth Annual Report on Strikes and Lockouts, 1908. Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics. (Part II of the Fortieth Annual Report on the Statistics of Labor.) Boston, 1910. Reviewed by Ira B. Cross     

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Sickness, and Mortality Experience of the Leipzig Communal Sick Fund, 1887–1905. Reviewed by F. S. Crum

The Jews: A Study in Race and Environment. Reviewed by E. A. Goldenweiser

The American Year Book Reviewed by Edward Stanwood

Annual Report for 1909 of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education (London), 1910. 11d. Reviewed by Wm. B. Bailey

Report of Committee on Standard Tables. Reviewed by H. A. Richards, Walter F. Willcox, Thomas S. Adams, Frederick S. Crum, C.-E. A. Winslow, Allyn A. Young

Business Barometers Used in the Accumulation of Money. By Roger W. Babson. Wellesley, Mass., 1911. 4th ed. Pp. 380. Reviewed by H. A. Richards     

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Results of the Russian Census of Manufactures, Mines, and Quarries for 1908. Reviewed by E. A. Goldenweiser

‘Wages and Family Income in the Village, of Lonsdale,’ by Carol Aronovici, Ph. D. Director of the Bureau of Social Research of New England. Reprint from the Annual Report of the Rhode Island Bureau of Industrial Statistics, Part 2, 1911. pp. 31. Reviewed by Wm. B. Bailey     

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The Standard of Living Among Workingmen's Families in New York City. By Robert Coit Chapin, Ph.D., Professor of Economics in Beloit College. Russell Sage Foundation Publication, 1909. (New York: Charities Publication Committee, 105 East Twenty-Second Street, pp. xv., 372, $2.00, postpaid.) Reviewed by Warren M. Persons

Women and the Trades. By Elizabeth Beardsley Butler. Russell Sage Foundation Publication, 1909. (New York: Charities Publication Committee, 105 East Twenty-Second Street, pp. 440, $2.00, postpaid.) Reviewed by Warren M. Persons

Housing Reform, A Handbook for Practical Use in Modern Cities. By Lawrence Veiller. Copyright, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 1910. Reviewed by Eleanor H. Woods.

An Analysis of the United States Steel Corporation With Chart of Quarterly Earnings Since Its Organization. By Charles Wilson Taintor. Boston, 1909.     

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The Book of Wheat. By Peter Tracy Dondlinger, Ph.D. New York, 1908. pp. 369.     

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Criminal Statistics of Indiana. Reviewed by John Koren

Municipal Finances in Massachusetts. Reviewed by Robert H. Tucker

The Special Report of the United States Census on Statistics of Cities Having a Population of over 30,000 in 1908. Reviewed by Horace Secrist

Cost of Living in American Towns. Report of an Enquiry by the Board of Trade into Working Class Rents, Housing and Retail Prices, together with the Rates of Wages in Certain Occupations in the Principal Industrial Towns of the United States of America. With an introductory Memorandum and a Comparison of Conditions in the United States and the United Kingdom. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1911. (Cd. 5609) Pp. xcii, 533. Price 5s. 1d. Reviewed by Robert G. Chapin

Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York. Vol. III: Statistics of Public Service Corporations. Compiled by the Bureau of Statistics and Accounts. Dated January 10, 1910, and covering the year ending December 31, 1909, pp. 971. Reviewed by H. A. Richards     

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Mortality of Seamen in Merchant Vessels of the United Kingdom, 1885–1908 Reviewed by Frederick S. Crum     

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Statistics at International Congresses on Hygiene and Demography. Reviewed by Walter F. Willcox

Saleswomen in Mercantile Stores Reviewed by Frederick J. Allen     

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Life-Tables: The Construction of Life Tables, and on their Application to a Comparison of the Mortality from Phthisis in England and Wales during the Decennia 1881–90 and 1891–1900. By T. E. Hayward, M.B., F.R.C.S., Medical Officer of Health for Haydock, England. pp. 42, with tables and diagrams. Reviewed by S. W. Abbott

Social Progress. Edited by Josiah Strong. A Year Book and Encyclopsdia of Economic, Industrial, Social, and Religious Statistics. 1904. pp. 273.     

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Mortality Statistics of the Registration Area of the United States, 1910 Reviewed by F. S. Crum

A Century of Population Growth in the United States. 1790–1900 Reviewed by F. S. Crum

Wholesale Prices in Canada, 1890–1909 Reviewed by Allyn A. Young     

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Conferences of German Municipal Statisticians. Reviewed by Walter F. Willcox

Plans for Publishing the Results of the Thirteenth Census.

Mortality—According to age and the Duration of Economically Productive Life Reviewed by F. S. Crum     

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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.     

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Suicide in the European Armies. Reviewed by Fred P. Emery.

Movement of Population in France For 1890. Reviewed by G. N. Calkins.

Statistical Year-Books and Annuals: Die Bevolkerung der Erde. VIII By H. Wagner and A. Supan. Justus Perthus. Gotha, 1891. Pp. x, 271.

Statistical Year-Books and Annuals: Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1890. Published by the Bureau of Statistics, Department of the Treasury. Washington, 1891. Pp. 346.

Statistical Year-Books and Annuals: The Statistical Year-Book of Canada for 1890. Published by the Department of Agriculture. Compiled by Sydney C. D. Roper. Ottawa, 1891. Pp. 628.

Statistical Year-Books and Annuals: Statistical Tables for British India. 15th issue. Compiled in the Statistical Branch of the Finance and Commerce Department. Cal-cutta, 1891. Pp. 176.

Statistical Year-Books and Annuals: Oesterreichisches Statistisches Handbuch. Ninth Year, 1890. Published by the K. K. Statistischen Central-Commission. Vienna, 1891. Pp.282.

Statistical Year-Books and Annuals: Annuaire Statistique de la Belgique. 21st issue, 1890. Brussels, 1890. Pp. 357. Published by the Ministére de l'Intérieur.

Statistical Year-Books and Annuals: Statistisk Arsbok för Finland. Issued by the Statistiska Central-byran. 12th issue, 1891. Helsingfors. Pp. 166.

Statistical Year-Books and Annuals: Statistish: Aarbog for Kongeriget Norge. 10th issue, 1890. Christiana, 1890. Pp. 161.

Statistical Year-Books and Annuals: Annuaire Statistique de la Suisse. Published by Le Bureau de Statistique du Départment Fédéral de l'Intérieur. First year, 1891. Berne. Pp. xiv, 265; two maps.

Statistical Year-Books and Annuals: Résumé Statistique de l' Empire du Japan. No. V. Tokio, 1891. Pp. 159; map and chart.

Statistical Year-Books and Annuals: Annual Statistical Report of the American Iron and Steel Association for 1890. By James M. Swank. Secretary. Philadelphia, 1891. Pp.80.

Statistical Year-Books and Annuals: American Electrical Directory for 1890–91. Published by the Star Iron Tower Co. Fort Wayne, Ind. Pp. 593.

Statistical Year-Books and Annuals: The Financial Reform Almanac, 1891. London. Pp, 200.

Statistical Year-Books and Annuals: Low's Hand-Book to the Charities of London, 55th year, 1891. London. Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Pp. 296.

Statistics Of German Cities: Statistisches Jahrbuch deutscher Städte. By Dr. M. Neefe, Direktor des Statistischen Amtes der Stadt Breslau. First issue. Breslau, 1890. Reviewed by Roland P. Falkner.

French Statistical Album. Reviewed by William Z. Ripley.

Preliminary Report of the Census of the United Kingdom.     

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Labor Statistics: Twentieth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor. Horace G. Wadlin, Chief. December, 1889. Boston. Pp. xxv, 694. Reviewed by Frank S. Hathaway.

The United States Census Bulletins: No. 6. August 4, 1890. Financial Condition of Counties. By T. Campbell-Copeland. Pp. 26.

The United States Census Bulletins: No. 7. Aug. 6, 1890. Indebtedness of States in 1880 and 1890. By T. K. Upton. Pp. 4.

The United States Census Bulletins: No. 8. Aug. 8, 1890. Production of Slate. By William C. Day. Pp. 10.

The United States Census Bulletins: No. 9. Aug. 20, 1890. Production of Pig Iron. By Dr. Wm. M. Sweet. Pp. 8.

The United States Census Bulletins: No. 10. Aug. 22, 1890. Quicksilver Mines and Reduction Works. By T. B. Randall.

The United States Census Bulletins: No. 11. August 23, 1890. Growth of Rapid Travel Facilities from 1880 to 1889, inclusive, in cities having over 50,000 inhabitants. By Henry C. Adams. Pp. 8.

The United States Census Bulletins: No. 12. Oct. 30, 1890. Population of the United States and Territories: 1890. By Robert P. Porter. Pp. 8.

The United States Census Bulletins: No. 13. Oct. 31, 1890. Production of Steel. By Dr. William M. Sweet. Pp. 7.

The United States Census Bulletins: No. 14. Nov. 4, 1890. Financial Condition of Municipalities. By T. Campbell-Copeland. Pp. 67.

The United States Census Bulletins: No. 15. Nov. 7, 1890. The Census of Alaska. By Ivan Petroff. Pp. 6.

Statistical Report of Interstate Commerce Commission: Second Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States to the Interstate Commerce Commission, for the year ending June 30, 1890. Henry C. Adams, Statistician.

Banks and Banking: Garland's Banks, Bankers, and Banking in Canada, to which has been added statistics of the Dominion. Edited by N. Surrey Garland. Ottawa. Mortimer & Co. 1890. Pp. xxiii, 328.

Banks and Banking: Annual Report of the Inspector of Finance, showing the condition of the Savings Bank and Trust Companies in Vermont on June 30, 1890. Pp. 223.

Banks and Banking: The Clearing-House System. By Dudley P. Bailey. Reprinted from the Bankers' Magazine. Homans Publishing Co. New York. 1890. Pp. 57.

The English Mint Report: Twentieth Annual Report of the Deputy Master of the Mint, 1889; with a general index to the annual reports from 1870 to 1889 inclusive. London. 1890. Pp. 136, xi.

Local Finance and Taxation: Report of the Tax Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the year ending Dec. 31, 1889. Pub. Doc. 1890. Pp. 299. Reviewed by William Z. Ripley

Local Finance and Taxation: Report of the Special Tax Commission of Maine, appointed under resolve of the Legislature, March 8, 1889. Augusta. 1890. Pp. 192. Reviewed by William Z. Ripley

Local Finance and Taxation: Finance Annual Report of the Executive Department of the City of Boston, for the year 1889–90. Boston. 1890. Pp. 416. Reviewed by William Z. Ripley

Local Finance and Taxation: Report of the Special Committee on use of Streets by Private Corporations. Boston. City Document 144. Sept. 8, 1890. Pp. 35. Reviewed by William Z. Ripley

Problems of Population: Marriage Rates and Marriage Ages, with special reference to the growth of population. By Dr. William Ogle. In Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (London), June, 1890. Pp. 253–289. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Problems of Population: Twenty-first Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts. Boston. 1890. Pp. 457. Reviewed by Davis R. Dewey.

Minor Notices: A Preliminary report on the cost of production. Pig iron, steel ingots, steel rails, coal, coke, iron ore, and limestone. By the Commissioner of Labor. Washington. 1890. Pp. 61.

Minor Notices: Some Experiments on behalf of the Unemployed. By Amos G. Warner, Ph.D. In Quarterly Journal of Economics. October, 1890.     

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A Statistical Study of Illegitimacy: Illegitimacy, and the Influence of Seasons upon Conduct. Two studies in Demography. By Albert Leffingwell, M.D. With maps and diagrams. London and New York, 1892. Pp. viii, 160. Reviewed by Charles F. A. Currier.

Mortgage Indebtedness in Europe. Reviewed by George K. Holmes.

Statistics of Divorce in France.

Anthropometry: The results of Anthropometry as derived from the measurements of the Students of Amherst College. Amherst, 1892. Pp. 7, Tables.

A University Course in Statistics.

Convention of Commissioners of Bureaus of Labor Statistics.

Statistics of Prisoners, 1890: Statistics of Prisoners, 1890. Collected by the Wardens' Association of the United States and Canada; with an introduction by Roland P. Falkner, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Statistics, University of Penn. Published by the Association, 1892. 800. Pp. 56. Reviewed by A. G. Warner.     

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An Annual Census of Manufactures. The Annual Statistics of Manufactures (Massachusetts), 1886, 1887, Boston, 1889. Pp. xix, 119. Reviewed by S. N. D. North

An Annual Census of Manufactures. The Annual Statistics of Manufactures, 1888. Boston, 1889. Pp, lxxxii, 147. Reviewed by S. N. D. North

Hubner's Geographisch-Statistisohe Tabellen. Otto Hübner's Geographisch-statistische Tabellen für 1889. Edited by Prof. Fr. v, Juraschek.

Hubner's Geographisch-Statistisohe Tabellen. Album of Agricultural Statistics of the United States. Department of Agriculture. Results of Investigation under direction of the Statistician. Washington, D. C., 1889. Quarto. Pp. 8; plates 16.

Comparative Statistics of Springfield Churches. Second Annual Report of the Eastern Avenue Congregational Church together with comparative statistics ofthe Springfield churches for fifty years. Springfield, Mass., Oct., 1889. Pp, 20.

Recent Industrial Reports. Third Annual Report of the Factory Inspectors of the State of New York, for the year ending December 1, 1888. Albany; 1889. Pp. 461.

Minor Notices. Third Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission. December 1, 1889. Washington, 1889. Pp. 463.     

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Ohio Building and Loan Associations: Fourth Annual Report of the Inspector of Building and Loan Associations of Ohio, for 1894. Columbus. Pp. 515. Reviewed by Stephen H. Wilder

Labor Statistics: Fourth Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of Minnesota for 1893–94. L. G. Powers, Commissioner. St. Paul, 1895. Pp. 546.

Labor Statistics: Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor of New Jersey, for the Year Ending October 31, 1894. Trenton, 1895. Pp.568.

Labor Statistics: Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of Ohio for 1894. Columbus. Pp. 395.

Labor Statistics: Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor of New Hampshire, 1894. Pp. xxxvi, 539. Concord, 1895.

Labor Statistics: Annual Report of the Bureau of Statistics for the Province of Ontario, 1894. Toronto, 1895. Six parts, paged separately.

Labor Statistics: Report on the Question of Employers' Liability in Germany. Foreign Office, Miscellaneous Series. Reports of 1894. No. 325. London, 1894. Pp. 29.

Labor Statistics: Ninth Annual Report of the State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation of Massachusetts for 1894. Boston, 1895. Pp. 153.

Labor Statistics: Report on Profit-Sharing. By D. F. Schloss, Labor Department, Board of Trade. London, 1894. Pp. 198.

Labor Statistics: Seventh Special Report of the Commissioner of Labor. The Slums of Baltimore, Ohicago, New York, and Philadelphia. Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner. Washington, 1894. Pp. 620.

Unemployment: Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor. March, 1894. Boston. Pp.311. Reviewed by Edward W. Bemis.

Foreign Statistical Annuals: The Statistical Year Book of Canada for 1894. 10th Year. Issued by the Department of Agriculture. Ottawa, 1895. Pp. 1134.

Foreign Statistical Annuals: The Statistical Register of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope for the Year 1894, with Supplement for March Quarter, 1895. Cape Town, 1895. Pp, 320. Diagram of Imports, Exports, Revenue, and Expenditure, 1876–1894.

Foreign Statistical Annuals: Statistics of the Colony of Queensland for the Year 1894. Brisbane, 1895. Pp. 356.

Foreign Statistical Annuals: Jahrbuch für bremische Statistik, 1894. Nos. 1 and 2. Bremen, 1895. Pp. 275, 270.

Foreign Statistical Annuals: Statistisk Aarbog for Kongeriget Norge. 14th Year, 1894. Christiania, 1894. Pp. 198.

Foreign Statistical Annuals: Statistisk Arsbok for Finland. 16th Year, 1895. Helsingfors, 1895. Pp. 181.

Foreign Statistical Annuals: Statistisches Jahrbuch für das deutsche Reich. Published by the Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt. 16th Year, 1895. Berlin. Pp. 218; 5 diagrams.

Foreign Statistical Annuals: Annuaire Statistique de la Belgique. 25th year, 1894. Brussels. Pp. ix, 369, xxi.

Foreign Statistical Annuals: Oesterreichisches statistisches Handbuch. 13th Year, 1894. Vienna, 1895. Pp. 320.

Foreign Statistical Annuals: Résumé Statistique de l'Empire du Japon. 9th Year. Tokio, 1895. Pp. 148; maps and charts.

Publications of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics: Cotton in Commerce. Statistics of United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Egypt, and British India. Pp. 37.

Publications of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics: Imports for Consumption into the United States, 1884–94, with Rates of Duties and Duties Paid, and Ad Valorem Equivalents of Duties. Pp. 269.

Publications of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics: Movement of Prices, 1840–1894. Saurbeck, London Economist, United States Senate Tables. Pp. 22.

Publications of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics: In addition the Bureau publishes a monthly bulletin entitled Principal Articles of Domestic Export, pp. 8.

Publications of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics: Immigration and Passenger Movement at United States Ports, 1894. Chief of Bureau of Statistics. Washington, 1895. Pp. 77.

Vital Statistics: Todesursaehen-Statistik im deutschen Reiche wührend des Jahres 1892, mit Bemerkungen von Sanitätsrath Dr. A. Würzburg.

Vital Statistics: Popolazione Movimento dello Stato Civile. Anno 1894. Roma, 1895.

Vital Statistics: Twelfth Annual Report of the Superintendent of Health, Providence, R. I., for 1894. Pp. 47. Charles V. Chapin, Superintendent of Health.     

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Vital Statistics: Medizinal-statistiche Mittheilungen aus dem kaiserlichen Gesund-heitsamte. Berlin, 1897. Reviewed by H. J. Gerling.

Vital Statistics: Report Relating to the Registration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in the Province of Ontario for 1896. Toronto, 1897, pp. 36, ccxviii.

Vital Statistics: Twenty-eighth Annual Report Relating to the Registry and Return of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Michigan for the Year 1894. Lansing, 1897. Pp. 338, 33.

Vital Statistics: Forty-third Report Relating to the Registry and Return of Births, Marriages and Deaths, and of Divorce in Rhode Island for 1895. Prepared by Gardner P. Swarts, M.D., Providence, R. I. 1897. Pp. vi, 291.

Vital Statistics: Sixth Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Health, 1895–96. Winston, 1897. Pp. 212.

Vital Statistics: This subject is also dealt with in the Tulane University publications, No.2, on the Social and Physical Conditions of Negroes in Cities. Tulane, 1897, pp. 72, 14.

Physical and Mental Condition of School Children in London: Report on the scientific study of the mental and physical condition of childhood. With particular reference to children of defective constitution; and with recommendation as to education and training. London: Published by the Committee, Parker Museum, Margaret Street, W., 1895. Pp. 117.

Physical and Mental Condition of School Children in Switzerland: Résultats du dénombrement des enfants faibles d'esprit en âge de fréquenter l'école, y compris ceux qui sont atteints d'infirmités physiques ou, qui sont négligés et moralement abandonnés, enquête qui a eu lieu en Suisse au mois de mars, 1897. Part I. Berne, 1897. Pp. xxx, 91.

German Income Tax Statistics: Die mittleren Klassen der Einkomminsteuer in einigen deutschen Grosstädten in der Jahren 1880–1895. By Dr. Wilhelm Böhmert. In Jahrbuch für Gesetzgebung, Verwaltung und Volkswirtschaft. Leipzig, 1896. Reviewed by H. D. Hunt.

Municipal Electric Lighting: Twelfth Annual Report of the Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, June, 1897. Boston, 1897. Pp. 182, clvi.

Notes: Statistical Report of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope for the year 1896. Cape Town, May, 1897. Pp. xv, 359.

Notes: Report of the Results of a Census of the Colony of New Zealand, taken for the night of the 12th of July, 1896. Wellington, New Zealand, 1897. Pp, 163.

Notes: Mitteilungen des Bernischen statistischen Bureaus. Year 1897, No. 2. Berne, 1897. Pp. 73–193.

Notes: Fourth Annual Report of Changes in Wages and Hours of Labor in the United Kingdom for 1896. London, 1897. Pp. lxxxi, 273.

Notes: Synoptical Index of the Reports of the Statistician. United States Department of Agriculture, 1893–1894. By George F. Thompson. Washington, 1897. Pp. 258.

Notes: The Manual of American Water Works. 1897. Edited by M. N. Baker, Associate Editor of Engineering News. Engineering News Publishing Co., New York, 1897. Pp. 611, cxiv

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Notes on Vital Statistics: Ville de Bruxelles. Service d'hygiène, son organisation, et son mode de fonctionnement. By Dr. E. Janssens. Brussels, 1898. Pp, 52; diagram and plates.

Notes on Vital Statistics: Marriages, Naissances et Décès en Suisse, 1871-90. Deuxième Partie: les Naissances. Published by the Bureau of Statistics, Federal Department of the Interior. Berne: 1897.

Notes on Vital Statistics: The Therapeutische Monatschefte for September, 1898, contains an an article on Serum Statistics by Dr. Josef von Körösy, Director of Municipal Statistics of Budapest.

Notes on Vital Statistics: Fifth Annual Report upon the Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths in the State of Maine for the year ending December 31, 1896. Augusta, 1898. Pp. 238.

Labor Inquiries: Labor Copartnership. Notes of a Visit to Coöperative Workshops, Factories, and Homes in Great Britain and Ireland, in which Employer, Employee, and Consumer share in Ownership, Management, and Results. By Henry Demerest Lloyd. Illustrated. New York. 1898. Pp. 351.

Finance and Commerce: The Bureau of Statistics of the United States Treasury Department has published a useful compendium entitled National, State, Private, and Savings Banks; Bonds, Paper Currency and Coin; Production and Value of Precious Metals; Coinage, etc., 1789–1898.

Finance and Commerce: Thirteenth Annual Report of the Kansas Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics, 1897. W. L. A. Johnson, Commissioner. Topeka, 1898; pp. 400.

Miscellaneous: Die Zahl im Kriege. Statistische Daten aus der neueren Kreigsgeschichte in graphischer Darstellung. By Otto Berndt. Publishers, Freytag and Berudt. Vienna, 1897. Pp. 174; folded map.

Miscellaneous: A Statistical Account of the Seven Colonies of Australasia, 1897-98. T. A. Coghlan, Government Statistician of New South Wales. Seventh issue. Sydney, 1898. Pp. xiii, 543.