SCIENCE It is proposed to issue this paleobotanical volume each year. This laudable intention in a measure depends upon the acquisition of a regular subscription list and it is to be hoped that individual botanists and geologists as well as institutions will make the absurdly small expenditure that will insure the permanence and prompt appearance of this work. Minn., The Pioneer Company. 1911. Pp. xiv + 761. This profusely illustrated monograph contains a mass of useful archeological and

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... gical information, much of which is a monument to the scientific activities of the late Jacob V. Brower. Pages 1-579 treat of the Dakota, with some notes on the related Winnebago, etc.; pages 580-731 of the Ojibwa; while in appendices (pp. 732-743) are given Brebeuf's account of the solemn feast of the dead, from the Jesuit Relations, an account of the battle of Pokegama, from SCIENCE of 1886, a part of the Walurm Olum, a tradition of the Delaware Indians, etc. A good index adds to the value of the book. Besides historical and geographical information, data as to treaties, and a detailed record and description (occupying pages 77-379) of earthworks in Minnesota, there are sections on the habitations, implements and instruments, manufactured articles, ornaments, food, pipes and smoking-also matter relating to death and burial, dances and "medicine," traditions, myths, etc., pictographs. A good deal of bibliographical material is included-on pages 25-62 is an annotated list of old maps of the Minnesota country, on pages 575-579 a partial bibliography of the Dakota, and on pages 707-671 731 (two columns to the page) a valuable list of Ojibwa personal names. In connection with the discussion of the "pre-Indian inhabitants of Minnesota " (pp. 1-23) one should read the recent studies of the antiquity of man in North and South America by Dr. A. Hrdlicka, and remember also that no convincing evidence of the existence of " pre-Indian