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both of general interest as extensions of 

 scientific knowledge and of special moment 

 to all the well-qualified members of the 

 medical profession. The publication de- 

 serves to be liberally sustained. 



Thk Beautiful and the Sublime. An Anal- 

 ysis of these Emotions, and a Determi- 

 nation of the Objectivity of Beauty. By 

 John Steinfort Kedney. New York : 

 G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 214. Price, 

 $1.25. 



This is not a text -book on aesthetics, 

 but an attempt to deal with the underlying 

 philosophy of the subject. Physical sci- 

 ence, metaphysics, and theology profess to 

 be no more dealt with than is necessary for 

 the author's logical purpose. His chief 

 claims are on the psychologic and the ethic 

 side, and there he thinks he has made ad- 

 ditions to the treatment of the subject. He 

 does not attempt to deal formally with art 

 or art criticism, but holds that his views 

 may be carried out in application to the 

 several departments of architecture, sculp- 

 ture, painting, music, literature, oratory, 

 poetry, and histrionics. The author mod- 

 estly says in his preface : " While my 

 treatise is intended, primarily, as a contri- 

 bution to the philosophy of the science, I 

 have endeavored to cast it in such form and 

 style as to interest all intelligent readers, 

 who, if they are patient over some parts of 

 the work, may find it, elsewhere, and on 

 the whole, compensatory." 



A New School Physiology. By Richard 

 J. Dunglison, A.m., M. D. 119 En- 

 gravings. Philadelphia : Porter k Coates. 

 Pp. 314. Price, 81.50. 



This school-book has several things to 

 commend it : it is neatly printed, it is ele- 

 gantly illustrated, it carries an eminent 

 name on its title-page as author, and is, 

 consequently, we have no doubt, trust- 

 worthy in its statements ; if, therefore, the 

 publishers can not make a good thing out of 

 it, it will be their fault. The drawback of 

 the book is, that its author seems to know 

 only physiology, while some knowledge of 

 the growing mind is necessary to make a 

 good book of science for educational pur- 

 poses. It is a question-and-answer book 

 " of the old type," to be learned by memory 

 by young people. As this class embraces 



pupils of all grades, the book is suited to no 

 special grade, and will be equally used to 

 begin with, to continue with, and to finish 

 with. This will be again favorable to its 

 sale, but unfits it for intelligent educational 

 use. 



Diphtheria : Its Cause, Nature, and Treat- 

 . ment. By RoLLiN R. Gregg, M. D. 

 Pp. 137. Price, $1.50. 



On the title-page of this book is printed 

 the following, which are probably funda- 

 mental propositions maintained in the vol- 

 ume : " Spherical Bacteria, or Micrococci of 

 Diphtheria, shown to be only Molecular 

 Granules of Fibrin. Rod -like Bacteria, 

 Bacterian termo, shown to be Molecular 

 Granules of Fibrin, united into Fibrils, or 

 fine thread-like prolongations." 



The book is one that it belongs to the 

 medical profession to judge of. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Cases treated by the Lister Method. Report- 

 ed to the Portland Clinical Society by Frederick 

 H. Gerrish, M.D. Portland, 1880. Pp. 15. 



The Anarchist. Socialistic-Revolutionary Re- 

 view. Edited and publishd by Dr. Nathan Ganz. 

 Boston, January, 1881. Monthly. Pp. %i. 60 

 cents a year. 



Vennor's Almanac and Weather Record for 

 1880-81. New York: American News Compa- 

 ny. Pp. 84. 25 cents. 



Annals of the New York Academy of Sci- 

 ences. Vol. I. Nos. 11, 12, March, and No. 13, 

 April. 1880. New York : Published for the Acad- 

 emy. 



The Constitution of the Tartrates of Anti- 

 mony. By Professor F. W. Clarke and Helena 

 Stallo. Reprint from "American ChemicalJour- 

 nal." Pp. 13. 



Reports of the Iowa Weather Service for 

 the Twelve Months of 1S78. and January, Feb- 

 ruary, March, and April, 1879. By Dr. Gustavus 

 Hinrichs. Des Moines, 1880. 



Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Edited 

 by Georsje Grove, D. C. L. Part XII, Palestrina 

 to Plain" Song. London and New York : Mac- 

 millau & Co. 1880. Issued in quarterly parts, 

 at $1. 



Report on the Culture of the Sugar-Beet and 

 the Manufacture of Sugar therefrom in France 

 and the United States. By William McMurtrie, 

 Ph D. Washington: Government Priuting-Of- 

 flce. 1880. With Maps. Pp. 294. 



A Treatise on the Injurious and Beneficial 

 Insects found on the Orange-Trees of Florida. 

 By William H. Ashmead. Jacksonville, Fla. 

 1S80. Illustrated. Pp. 78. 



The Food of Fishes. By S. A. Forbes. Re- 

 print from Bulletin No. 3. Illustrated. State 

 Laboratory of Natural History. Pp. 60. 



On the Present Condition of Musical Pitch 

 in Boston and Vicinity. By Charles R. Cross 

 and William T. Miller. Reprint from the " Amer- 

 ican Journal of Otology," October, 1880. Pp. 16. 



The Coming Revelation : Its Principles. St. 

 Louis, 1878. Pp. 40. 



