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are for drinks of various kinds milk with 

 seltzer-water, with lime, with magnesia, etc., 

 teas, broths, gruels, egg preparations, lemon- 

 ade, and a long list ol variously flavored " wa- 

 ters." When we come to the solid foods, the 

 reader is furnished with a guide to their use 

 by means of initials attached to the recipes. 

 I. stands for invalid, C. for convalescent, 

 D. for dyspeptic, G. for gouty, and E. for 

 economical. When a dish is suitable for 

 all these classes, all these initials are ap 

 pended to it. Thus, mock pdte defoie gras 

 is marked (I. C. D. G. E.), cauliflower (C. G.), 

 scrambled eggs (I. C. D.), while half a dozen 

 recipes for various salads have only the sin- 

 gle initial (G.) 



Cream is also a favorite element in many 

 of the recipes of this book. Eggs, oysters, 

 fruit, and vegetables abound in them ; and, 

 although the title only promises sick-room 

 cookery, we are offered an abundance, and 

 variety that commend the book to everybody, 

 sick or well. Warmed-over meat is con- 

 demned, unless the digestion is perfect. One 

 method of preparing it is given as follows : 

 " Mince the meat fine with some pepper and 

 salt ; place a wall of well-mashed potato in 

 a pie-dish or soup-plate ; put in the minced- 

 mcat, and place over it a crust of mashed 

 potato; put in the oven till the moat is 

 warmed through, and not one moment long- 

 er." Sandwiches are much approved. Nur- 

 sery-food is carefully provided for, and ex- 

 cellent general directions are given concern- 

 ing the serving of food to the sick. The 

 book can not fail to be helpful to families 

 which are seldom quite exempt from sick- 

 ness or feebleness ; and physicians may 

 make it serviceable in providing a full diet- 

 ary for their patients. 



Introduction to the Study of Indian Lan- 

 guages, WITH Words, Phrases, and 

 Sentences to be collected. By J. W. 

 Powell. Second edition, with Charts. 

 Washington: Government Printing-Of- 

 fice. Pp. 228, with blanks for taking 

 Notes. 



This work, published under the direction 

 of the Bureau of Ethnography of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, is designed to aid in the 

 collection of data for the examination and 

 comparison of the languages and dialects of 

 the Indian tribes, and to direct the efforts 

 of students among whatever tribe, so that 



they shall be conducted methodically, and 

 adapted to fit a system embracing the whole 

 subject. The first edition was published in 

 1877 ; the present edition embodies the 

 modifications of the plan that have been 

 suggested by the progress that has been 

 made in the study. An alphabet has been 

 prepared which seems to admit of the repre- 

 sentation of all the sounds and modifications 

 of sounds that are likely to occur without 

 demanding the use of odd signs or going 

 outside of the cases of a well-stocked Eng- 

 lish printing-ofiice. A chapter is devoted 

 to the explanation of the manners, cus- 

 toms, articles of dress, ornament, and use, 

 etc., the study of which may throw light 

 upon the main subject, and should be 

 connected with it. This chapter contains 

 also a synopsis of Mr. Lewis H. Morgan's 

 work on kinship and affinity, illustrated by 

 charts showing the relations of kinship for 

 nine generations, and gives the substance 

 of a paper by Mr. J. Hammond Trumbull 

 on the best methods of studying the Indian 

 languages. It is followed by a series of 

 schedules embracing the various subjects of 

 Indian thought which are to be filled up by 

 individual students with details for vocabu- 

 laries, phrases, the representation of inflec- 

 tions, and all other matter that may be of 

 value in the study. 



Report on the Geology of the High Pla- 

 teaus OF Utah. With Atlas. By C. 

 E. DuTTON, Captain of Ordnance, U. S. A. 

 Washington: Government Printing-Of- 

 fice. Pp. 307. 



The surveys, of which this report gives 

 an account, were conducted, in 1875, 1876, 

 and 1877, in connection with the surveys of 

 Major J. W. Powell, and under his direction. 

 The Colorado plateaus, of which the district 

 covered by the survey is a part, extend from 

 southern Wyoming through western Colo- 

 rado and eastern Utah far into New Mexico 

 and Arizona, and have a general elevation 

 of about seven thousand feet above the 

 sea, but which varies from five thousand to 

 twelve thousand feet. The high plateaus 

 constitute one of the most important of the 

 several groups into which the region is di- 

 vided, and occupy a belt of country extend- 

 ing from a point about fifteen miles east of 

 Mount Nebo in the Wahsatch Mountains for 

 about one hundred and seventy-five miles to 



