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WEBB, George J., in Orange, N. J., October 6, 1887, aged eighty-four years; key: teacher of music in Boston; compiler of several excellent hymnals and a compose much sacred music.

WEISSE, John Adam, in New York City, January 12, 1888, aged seventy-seven year professor of French in the Imperial School, Vienna, Austria; instructor in French eight years in Boston; author of a Key to the French Language (1842), the Orga Progress, and Destiny of the English Language and Literature (1878), etc. WHEELER, John H., A. M., Ph. D., at Newbury, Vt., October 10, 1887, aged thirty years; professor of Latin in Bowdoin College, Maine, 1881, and of Greek in the Ut versity of Virginia, 1882-87; one of the most promising of American philologist whose death is a serious loss to sound scholarship.

WIMMER, Very Rev. Boniface, O. S. B., at Beatty, Pa., December 8, 1887, aged abor eighty-two years; founder of the Benedictine Order in this country, and a vigoros promoter of the many colleges and schools conducted thereby,

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ARNOLD, Matthew, M. D., D. C. L., in Liverpool, England, April 15, 1888, aged sixtyfive years; oldest son of the famous "Arnold of Rugby;" inspector of schools for Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education in Erge 1854-86; professor of poetry in the University of Oxford, 1876-86; author of C ure and Anarchy, Literature and Dogma, etc.; one of the ablest poets and critis. modern days.

BALTZER, Dr. R., at Giessen, Germany, November 7, 1887, aged sixty-nine years; pre fessor of mathematics in the University of Giessen.

BLOXAM, Charles L., in London, England, November 28, 1887, aged fifty-five yeas professor of chemistry in King's College.

BOGDANOFF, M. N., Ph. D., in St. Petersburg, Russia, March 16, 1888, aged fortyyears; professor of ornithology in the university and a well-known writer on Russia zoology. BOUCICANT, Mme.

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in Paris, France, March, 1888, aged seventy years; prope tor for fifty years of the famous Bon Marché; a life-long giver to schools, b pitals, and charities.

BURROWS, Sir George, Bart., M. D., LL. D., D. C. L., in London, England, December1887, aged eighty-six years; lecturer on medical jurisprudence and professor of mei cine in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London; president of the British Medical Asse ciation, 1862, and president of the Royal College of Physicians, 1871-74; physician the Queen, 1873, etc.

CIPARIN, Timoteo, in Bucharest, Roumania, September 14, 1887, aged eighty-t years; a noted professor, editor, and author of books on Roumanian philology, etc. CARO, Elme Marie, in Paris, France, July 13, 1887, aged sixty-one years; professor philosophy in the Paris faculty of letters; member of the Academy, etc. CRAIK, Mrs. Dinah Maria [Muloch], in Shortlands, Kent, England, October 12, 195 aged sixty-one years; author of John Halifax, Gentleman and many other charmi stories.

DE BARY, Anton, in Strassburg, Germany, January 19, 1888, aged fifty-seven yea professor of botany at the Universities of Freiburg, Halle, and Strassburg; specialy noted for his researches and publications respecting fungi, bacteria, etc.

DE CHAUMONT, F. S. B. F., F. R. S., surgeon-major in the British army, in Southamp ton, England, April 18, 1888, aged fifty-five years; professor of military hygiene iz the Army Medical School at Netley.

DICKSON, Alexander, M. A., M. D., LL.D., at Hartree House, Lanarkshire, Scotland December 30, 1887, aged fifty-one years; professor of botany in the University of Dub lin, 1866; in the Royal College of Science of Ireland, 1867; in the University of Gls gow, 1868-79; in the University of Edinburgh, 1879-87; a copious writer on botanies subjects.

FECHNER, Gustav Theodor, at Leipzig, Germany, November 18, 1887, aged eighty-six years; professor of experimental physics in the University of Leipzig; virtual creatur of the subject of psychophysics, on which he wrote copiously.

FARRE, Arthur, M. D., F. R. S., in London, England, December 17, 1887, aged serenty-six years; an eminent vital statistician, etc.

FLEISCHER, Dr. Heinrich Leberecht, in Leipzig, Germany, February 10, 1888, ageć eighty-six years; professor of Arabic in the university at that place.

GIBSON, Miss Jane, in Glasgow, Scotland, December, 1887, aged 102 years; founder of the Gibson bursaries in the University of Glasgow, and a life-long power for leam ing and religion in her native city.

GOLDSCHMIDT, Madame Jenny Lind, in Malvern, England, November 2, 1887, aged sixty-six years; a pupil of the famous music teacher, Manuel Garcia; world-famous as "The Swedish Nightingale," her voice being a soprano of wonderful sweetness, flexibility, and expressive power; for the last thirty years of her life a teacher of music in London.

GORDON, Alexander, M. R. C. S. I., in Belfast, Ireland, July 28, 1887, aged sixty-nine years; professor of surgery in Queen's College, Belfast, for thirty-eight years. HAIRION, Frédéric, M. D., in Louvain, Belgium, August 14, 1887, aged eighty years; formerly professor in the medical faculty of the Catholic University of Louvain, president of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine, commander of the Order of Leopold, etc.

HARNACK, Axel, Ph. D., in Dresden, Germany, January -, 1888, aged thirty-nine years; professor of mathematics in the Royal Polytechnic School at Dresden. HOWITT, Mrs. Mary [Botham], in Rome, Italy, February 2, 1888, aged eighty-four years; author of many volumes in verse and prose for the young.

HUNT, Robert, F. R. S., in London, England, October 17, 1887, aged eighty years; formerly professor of mechanical science in the Royal School of Mines.

JELLETT, The Rev. John Hewitt, M. A., D. D., D. C. L., in Dublin, Ireland, February 19, 1888, aged seventy years; fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, 1840; professor of physics, 1848; provost, 1881; one of the commissioners of national education for Ireland, 1868; author of several able mathematical works.

KAHNIS, Karl Friedrich August, in Leipzig, Germany, June 20, 1888, aged seventythree years; privat docent in the University of Berlin, 1842-44; professor extraordinary in the University of Breslau, 1844-50, and professor in the theological faculty of. the University of Leipzig, 1850-88; a well-known writer of Lutheran theological treatises.

KEY, Admiral Sir Astley Cooper, in- —, England, March 3, 1888, aged seventy-five years; director of the Royal Naval College, which he greatly improved. KIRCHOFF, Gustav Robert, in Berlin, Germany, October 17, 1887; born in Königsberg March 12, 1824; educated at the Königsberg University; privat docent in the University of Berlin, 1848-50; professor extraordinary of experimental physics at Breslau, 1850-54; professor of physics at Heidelberg, 1854-74, and the same at Berlin, 1874-87; his discovery, in 1859, of spectrum-analysis made him famous; author of many valuable papers on magnetism, electricity, heat, etc.

KOSTELETSKY, Dr. Vincent, at Prague, Hungary, August 19, 1887, aged eighty-seven years; sometime professor in the University, and later director of the Botanical Garden.

LANGER, von Edenberg Karl, M. D., in Vienna, Austria, December 8, 1887, aged sixtyeight years; chevalier of the Austrian order of Leopold; professor of anatomy in the Universities of Buda-Pesth and Vienna, and rector of the latter in 1875-76; author of a Manual of Anatomy, etc.

LEMAIRE, Pierre Auguste, at Briancourt, France, December 17, 1887, aged eighty-five years; professor of rhetoric in the College of Louis le Grand, Paris; editor of Lucan, Terence, Lucretius, etc.

LEVI, Professor Leone, in London, England, May 8, 1888, aged sixty-seven years; a well-known author and teacher of political economy.

LINDNER, Gustav Adolf, Ph. D., in Prague, Austria, October 16, 1887, aged fifty-nine years; professor of philology and pedagogics in the University of Prague.

LUTHER, Dr. E., in Königsberg, Germany-October, 1887, aged seventy years; professor of astronomy in the University.

MAINE, Sir Henry James Sumner, M. A., LL. D., K. C. S. I., F. R. S., at Cannes, France, February 3, 1888, aged sixty-five years; regius professor of civil law in the University of Cambridge, 1847-54; reader on jurisprudence in the Middle Temple, London, 1854-62; corpus professor of jurisprudence in the University of Oxford, 187088; author of Ancient Law, Village Communities in the East and West, Lectures on the Early History of Institutions, etc.; the first English writer who applied to law and sociology the rigid methods of modern science; he clothed his researches and results in language of singular vigor, lucidity, and grace. MANGON, Hervé, in, Paris, France, May 15, 1888, aged sixty-six years; professor of engineering in the École des Ponts et Chaussées, in the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, and in the Institut National; a life-long student of science as applicable to agriculture; Minister of Agriculture in the Brisson cabinet.

NEUMANN, Spallart, F. X., in Vienna, April 19, 1883, aged fifty-one years; professor of political economy in the University of Vienna, member of the Imperial (Aulic) Council, and Vice-President of the International Statistical Institute.

PANSCH, Dr. Adolf, in Kiel, Germany, August 14, 1887, aged forty-six years; professor extraordinary of anatomy in the University of Kiel.

PRICE, Bonamy, M. A., LL. D., in London, England, January 9, 1888, aged sever nine years; professor of political economy in the University of Oxford for more twenty years; author of The Principles of Currency, Currency and Banking, Pra cal Political Economy, etc.

QUAIN, Richard, F. R. C. S. and F. R. S., in London, England, September 15, 1987 eighty-seven years; author of The Anatomy of the Arteries, and one of the anth Sharpey & Quain's Anatomy; emeritus professor of surgery in University College. La merly president of the Royal College of Surgeons, etc.

QUESTEL, Charles August, in Paris, France, in May, 1888, aged eighty years; educ in the École des Beaux Arts, in which he afterward became professor of architect member of the Fine Arts section in the Institute of France; president of the Cen Society of French Architects, etc.

SCHJELLERUP, Hans C. F. C., in Copenhagen, Denmark, November 13, 1887, aged sit years; professor in the Danish Naval Academy and in the Copenhagen Polyte School; a well-known astronomer.

SCHUSTER, Dr. Max, in Vienna, Austria, November —, 1887, aged thirty years; a ant professor of mineralogy in the University of Vienna.

SCOTT, The Rev. Robert, D. D., in Oxford, England, December 3, 1887, aged seventy years; master of Balliol College, Oxford; one of the authors of Liddell and S Greek-English Lexicon.

STEWART, Balfour, F. R. S., in Balrath, Ireland, December 18, 1887, aged fifty years; director of the Kew Observatory, 1859-70; professor of physics in Owens Co 1870-87; author of Elementary Physics, Conservation of Energy, and other a writings.

TERQUEM, Alfred, in Paris, France, July 17, 1887, aged fifty-six years; profess physics in the medical school at Lille.

THRING, The Rev. Edward, at Uppingham, England, November, 1887, aged sixty: years; head-master of Uppingham School, 1853-87; author of Theory and Pra of Teaching; an eminent educationist.

TROTTER, The Rev. Coutts, M. A., in Cambridge, England, December 4, 1887, aged years; vice-master of Trinity College, Cambridge, where the teaching of the a sciences has been largely the result of his labors.

VISCHER, Friedrich Theodor, in Gmunden, Germany, September 15, 1887. aged years; professor of philosophy at Tübingen, 1837-46, and in the Zurich Polyte School, 1856-66; professor of aesthetics at Tübingen, 1866; author of a well-kne treatise on Esthetics, in six volumes, etc.

VON BRINZ, Dr. Alois, in Munich, Bavaria, September 19, 1887, aged sixty-seven yal professor of Roman Law at the universities of Erlangen, Prague, and Munich. VON LANGENBECK, Dr. Bernhard Rudolf Conrad, in Wiesbaden, Germany, Seplet 30, 1887, aged seventy-seven years; professor of surgery in the universities at Kiela at Berlin; surgeon-general of the Prussian army, etc.; one of the most illustrious s WAGNER, E. L., M. D., in Leipzig, Germany, February 10, 1888, aged sixty years a quarter century professor of general pathology and pathological anatomy in the L versity of Leipzig; author of a Hand-book of General Pathology, 1862, etc.

geons of the century.

WERNER, Gustav, in Reutlingen, Germany, August 2, 1887, aged about seventy years; founder of manual labor schools and workshops for the training, employmen and care of blind, crippled, and destitute people.

WINTER, Georg, Ph. D., in Leipzig, Germany, August 16, 1887, aged thirty-nine ye professor of botany in the University of Leipzig.

WROBLEWSKI, Dr. Sigismond, at Cracow, Poland, April 16, 1888, aged fifty years; F fessor of experimental physics in the university, 1882.

APPENDIX.

I.-REPORT ON THE SITKA INDUSTRIAL TRAINING SCHOOL.
II.-ADDITIONAL DIGESTS OF STATE SCHOOL REPORTS.

III.-RECORD OF THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY THE BUREAU OF
EDUCATION FROM AUGUST 5, 1886, TO SEPTEMBER 3, 1889.

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