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some jealousy of physiology, for he says in 

 the preface to the second edition of Senses 

 and Intellect that the object of the work was 

 " largely, to demonstrate the independence of 

 psychology," and a parade of pictures from 

 the physiologies at the very outset might 

 prejudice the case. His metaphysical train- 

 ing would be apt to generate such a feel- 

 ing. However, in The Emotions and Will full 

 consideration is given to the physiological 

 side of the subject in three chapters : Chap- 

 ter I, The Nervous System ; Chapter II, The 

 Nervous System and Consciousness ; Chapter 

 III, Nature and Divisions of Sensibility. 

 Four chapters follow upon the Feelings and 

 four upon the Emotions before we reach the 

 division of the Will, to which a hundred 

 pages are given. The headings of the chap- 

 ters and of the paragraphs look very attrac- 

 tive, and we have dipped in*x) the work suffi- 

 ciently to perceive the thoroughness of Prof. 

 Baldwin's preparation for his undertaking, 

 his deep earnestness and abounding enthusi- 

 asm. He must have looked upon his first 

 venture as an experiment, and we can imagine 

 his delight when within a year of its publi- 

 cation the unexpected demand was made 

 upon him for a new edition of Senses and 

 Intellect. This alone is a proof of its adap- 

 tation to present needs, while the interest 

 aroused by it in the author's " philosophical 

 point of departure" is another guarantee of 

 its quality. Still another, were it needed, 

 may be found in the request made by a num- 

 ber of teachers of psychology in the universi- 

 ties that a single, compact volume should be 

 made of the larger work, such as could be 

 furnished at reasonable cost. This request 

 has been complied with in the Elements of 

 Psychology, wherein the exposition of the 

 larger work is simplified, whole sections hav- 

 ing been rewritten and chapters recast, while 

 more illustrative facts and illustrations are 

 furnished than are given in the large work. 

 The treatment of the nervous system has 

 been put at the beginning, as "a concession," 

 and references to the corresponding fuller 

 treatment of subjects in the larger work are 

 given at the beginning of each chapter. And 

 bo, by slightly reduced type, we have the 

 newest essentials of the science put within 

 reach of everybody. We may add that Prof. 

 Baldwin's large work has been welcomed 

 and strongly commended abroad as well as 



at home. Fault may doubtless be found 

 with details of its execution, but the spirit 

 in which it is written, its power to awaken 

 interest, enthusiasm, and a thirst for inquiry, 

 are matters of greater importance, and in 

 these respects the work is admirable. 



Actual Africa ; or, The Coming Continent. 

 By Frank Vincent. With Map and over 

 100 Illustrations. New York: D. Apple- 

 ton & Co. Pp. 541. Price $5. 



Mr. Vincent's tour of Africa began in 

 Morocco, where customs, institutions, and 

 public affairs are dominated by the despotic 

 Mohammedan religion. He desciibes the 

 cities, bazaars, roads, and open country, tells 

 how the Jews and Moors live, and gives us 

 an idea of the architecture and wonderful 

 arabesques of the mosques. Tangier, Me- 

 quinez, Fez, Wezzan, and a number of 

 smaller Moroccan towns were visited, and 

 our traveler then proceeded to Algeria. 

 While in this country, now a French colony, 

 he made a trip to an oasis in the edge of the 

 Sahara and saw several Roman ruins. In 

 Tunis other Roman remains and the ruins of 

 Carthage were. visited. There is naturally 

 more or less sameness in the cities of the 

 Barbary states, but with the ascent of the 

 Nile we enter upon new scenes. Mr. Vincent 

 takes us to the sphinx and the pyramids, and 

 in succession to the temples and tombs at 

 Memphis, Sakhara, Beni Hassan, Assiout, 

 Denderah, Luxor, Karnak, Edfou, Kom Om- 

 bo, Kalabshah, Aboo Simbel, and Abydos, 

 penetrating into Nubia as far as Sarras. 

 While describing these monuments of severe 

 grandeur he does not neglect to give us a 

 realistic panorama of the river banks and 

 landing places, showing the native boats and 

 fishermen, style of agriculture, devices for 

 irrigation, crocodiles, donkey- boys, relic ped- 

 dlers, fields of sugar cane, sugar mills, etc., 

 etc. From Egypt he takes us through the 

 Red Sea and southward to Mauritius and Re- 

 union. Before returning to the mainland an 

 extended tour is made through Madagascar, 

 where the French are now carrying on a war 

 with the natives. Any one who would un- 

 derstand the condition and resources of the 

 country, and the character and relations of 

 its three races of inhabitants, should study 

 Mr. Vincent's account. He next crosses to 

 Zanzibar, sees Tippoo Tib, and has an audi- 



