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tional or theoretical, and was founded by 

 Newton ; and the third is best described by 

 the term physical and descriptive astronomy. 

 A short sketch is given of the progress of 

 the science during the eighteenth century, 

 and the rapid advance during the nineteenth 

 century is broadly outlined. 



The book is divided into two parts. The 

 first of these treats of the progress of as- 

 tronomy during the first half of the nine- 

 teenth century, the second is devoted to the 

 progress made in recent years. The chap- 

 ters in Part I embrace the foundation of 

 sidereal astronomy, progress of sidereal as- 

 tronomy, progress of knowledge regarding 

 the sun, planetary discoveries, comets, and 

 instrumental advances. 



Part II discusses, among other topics, 

 the foundation of astronomical physics, 

 solar observations and theories, recent solar 

 eclipses, spectroscopic work on the sun, the 

 temperature of the sun, planets, and satel- 

 lites, recent comets, stars, and nebulae, and 

 methods of research. 



It has been the intention of the author 

 to secure the materials needed from the 

 original authorities whenever possible, and 

 the large number of references given 

 throughout the work will prove of great 

 value and assistance to students. 



Considerable attention has also been 

 paid to the biography of the more eminent 

 workers in this field, and the story of the 

 life of many of these men strikingly enforces 

 the lesson that great results may be reached 

 even under the most discouraging circum- 

 stances by honest devotion to the work in 

 hand, joined with tenacity of purpose. 



Forests and Fruit-Growers. By Abbot 

 Kinney, of Kinneyloa, San Gabriel, Cali- 

 fornia. Pp. 5. 



This is an address which was prepared 

 and read at the California Fruit-Growers' 

 Convention, by request of the State Board 

 of Horticultural Commissioners. It pre- 

 sents the damage which has been produced 

 in consequence of the destruction of the 

 forests in different parts of the world. Ac- 

 companying his address, Mr. Kinney sends 

 an article on " Floods and Fires," in which 

 he gives the matter a local application, ex- 

 hibiting the injury that has been wrought 

 in the neighborhood of his own home by 

 forest destruction, and shows that more of 



the same kind may be anticipated from 

 continued progress in the wasting work. 



Circulars of Information of the Bureau 

 of Education, 1885. Nos. 3 and 4. 

 Washington: Government Printing-of- 

 fice. Pp. 55 and 56. 



Circular No. 3 is a review of the Ke- 

 ports of the British Royal Commissioners 

 on Technical Instruction, with notes, by the 

 late Charles 0. Thompson, of the Rose Poly- 

 technic Institute, Terre Haute, Indiana. 

 No. 4 is an account of the organization and 

 statistics of education in Japan. 



United States Government Publications. 

 Monthly Catalogue. Vol. I. No. 12. 

 Washington, D. C. : J. H. Hickcox. Pp. 

 (of the volume) 292. Price, $2 a year. 



It is believed that, in the volume of the 



j Catalogue now completed, no Government 



j publication of the year has escaped notice. 



| The number of publications mentioned is 



approximately given at three thousand. A 



copious index is provided. The Catalogue 



will be continued, though the subscriptions 



to it have not yet been flattering. 



The Life and Genius of Goethe. Edited 

 by F. B. Sanborn. Boston : Ticknor & 

 Co. Pp. 404. 



This volume is composed of the lectures 

 on Goethe, or rather, those of them which 

 were available for publication, which were 

 delivered at the Concord School of Philoso- 

 phy in July, 1885. The list includes lect- 

 ures on Goethe's youth, by Professor H. S. 

 White ; his self -culture, by John Albee ; 

 his Titanism, by Thomas Davidson ; Goethe 

 and Schiller, by Rev. C. A. Bartol ; Goethe's 

 " Marchen," by Rev. F. H. Hedge ; his rela- 

 tion to English literature, bv F. B. Sanborn ; 

 " Goethe as a Playwright," by W. 0. Par- 

 tridge ; " Das Ewig-weibliche," by Mr. E. D. 

 Cheney ; " The Elective Affinities," by S. H. 

 Emery, Jr. ; " Child-Life as portrayed by 

 Goethe," by Mr. C. K. Sherman ; " History 

 of the Faust Poem," by D. S. Snider ; " Goe- 

 the's Women," by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe ; 

 and " Goethe's Faust," by W. T. Harris. To 

 these are added, as an introduction, an ac- 

 count of the Goethe Society and the Goethe 

 Archives, and bibliography of Goethe's 

 works, of works on Goethe, and of papers on 

 Goethe, and two portraits of the poet. 



