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and stream-flow ; and a list of tbe developed 

 water powers and the drainage systems is 

 given in the appendix. 



The Psychology of Childhood, by Fred- 

 erick Tracy (Heath, 90 cents), would be bet- 

 ter described by the title The Psychology 

 of Infancy, for the view which it affords ex- 

 tends but little beyond the first two years of 

 life. The author shows that he recognizes 

 this fact, so perhaps the publisher is respon- 

 sible for the title used. What is here un- 

 dertaken is " to gather together, so far as 

 possible, the best work that has been done 

 in actual observation of children up to the 

 present time, arrange this under appropriate 

 headings, incorporate the results of several 

 observations made by the writer himself, 

 and present the whole in epitomized form, 

 with copious references and quotations." 

 The mental manifestations of early child- 

 hood are taken up in the following order : 

 sensation, emotion, intellect, and volition. 

 Language, in view of its peculiar importance, 

 is treated in a chapter by itself. Prof. G. 

 Stanley Hall testifies in an introduction to 

 the thoroughness with which the work has 

 been done. 



The doctrine set forth by Theodore C. 

 Knaitff, in his Athletics for Physical Culture, 

 is that gymnastics is good, but athletic sports 

 are better. (Tait, $2.) Accordingly, after 

 giving two short chapters to gymnasium 

 work, he describes nearly a score of athletic 

 games and contests, pointing out their valu- 

 able features and warning against their dan- 

 gers. His descriptions are general, not aim- 

 ing to give the technics of the sports treated. 

 Other subjects discussed are Training, Ques- 

 tions of Hygiene, Athletic Clubs, and Pro- 

 fessionalism. There is a special chapter on 

 Women in Athletics, in which the matter of 

 dress is prominent, and in the chapter on 

 Equestrianism the riding of women receives 

 separate attention, the cross-saddle position 

 being strongly advocated. The volume con- 

 tains a large number of instructive illustra- 

 tions, most of them made from photographs. 



The Twenty-second Annual Report of 

 the Geological and Natural History Survey 

 of Minnesota is a record of the regular work 

 of the survey in 1893. The Tioenty-third 

 Annual Report is largely made up of discus- 

 sions on interesting general and economic 



topics. In the first of these the origin of 

 Archaean greenstones is treated by N. H. 

 Winchell, the State Geologist. This is fol- 

 lowed by a preliminary report on the gold 

 region about Rainy Lake, by H. V. Winchell 

 and U. S. Grant, and a record of the mineral 

 discoveries in the Lake Superior region, 

 which includes the Mesabi iron deposit. 

 Another scientific topic considered is the 

 late glacial subsidence and re-elevation of 

 the St. Lawrence River basin. 



The Journey through Mongolia and Tibet 

 in 1891 and 1892, of which Mr. William 

 Woodville Rockhill gives the story in a large 

 and handsomely illustrated volume, was under- 

 taken by him partly under the auspices of 

 the Smithsonian Institution, and the work, 

 is issued as one of its special publications 

 Tibet is now, as it has been many scores of 

 years, the most isolated country in the world. 

 Many travelers have attempted to reach its 

 interior, but all have been turned away when 

 they came within a certain distance of the 

 capital. Mr. Rockhill himself was brought 

 to a stop in the neighborhood of the Tengri 

 nor and the Gart'ok. Although his route 

 was not to any great extent through wholly 

 new country, he has been able, through his 

 knowledge of the Chinese and Tibetan lan- 

 guages, as well as by his own observations, 

 to collect many data of interest and value. 

 At any rate he has given us a very excellent 

 book concerning a region of which very little 

 is known. 



The Revue Franco- Americaine is a new 

 French magazine, especially designed for 

 American readers ; and with that view it 

 promises to temper the freedom with which 

 French writers are sometimes accustomed to 

 express themselves, to suit American ideas 

 of propriety and taste. It is edited in Paris, 

 by Prince Poniatowski ; will admit only mas- 

 ters of French literature and the principal 

 artists of France (though we find Whistler 

 named among them) as contributors; will 

 give representation to the various schools of 

 art and literature ; and will " not be com- 

 posed of extended, heavy studies, but will 

 contain short, vivid, vigorous articles on 

 subjects of universal interest." The first 

 number, of one hundred and twenty-three 

 pages, contains many articles of the charac- 

 ter described, by well-known authors, with 

 portraits of French authors in their work- 



