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of a traveler whose mission is scientific, 

 and who expects to make a study of all that 

 he sees, and to draw a lesson valuable to 

 students and to mankind from every object 

 he meets. The impressions are recorded 

 here. The studies will come afterward, 

 and the fruits of them, probably, be given 

 to the world in volumes which will be heav- 

 ier in proportion as they are of more solid 

 value. Professor Haeckel, as may be in- 

 ferred from the character of his mind, saw 

 more than common tourists do, and, in one 

 direction at least, more intelligently. To 

 him, in Ceylon a country of tropical luxu- 

 riance, contrasting strongly with cold and 

 frugal Germany everything was fresh, new, 

 and full of blooming life. These qualities 

 are exhibited also by his narrative, which is 

 brilliant in color, warm with admiration, 

 and diversified with the lively effusions of 

 an imagination which might have made a 

 poet had it not been bestowed upon a stu- 

 dent of prosaic biology. 



The Maintenance of Health. A Medical 

 Work for Lav Readers. By J. Milner 

 Fothergill, 'M. D., M. R. C. P. New 

 York : G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 366. 

 Paper. Price, 60 cents. 



A work that was first published several 

 years ago, but which is so thorough in its 

 treatment of the subject, and contains so 

 much that is of practical value, that it still 

 remains one of the best books of the kind 

 in the market. We have already given full 

 notice and commendation of the two pre- 

 vious editions, the larger and expensive one, 

 and the more popular edition in 12mo; so 

 we need only mention the appearance of 

 this cheap edition, and say that the publish- 

 ers deserve the tbanks of the public for 

 issuing it. 



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United States Hay Fever Association. 1883. 

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The People's Power; or, How to wield the Bal- 

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Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical 

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The Stuart Period. From a Medical Stand- 

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Statistical Tables from the History and Statistics 

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Human Proportion in Art and Anthropometry. 

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Notes on the Literature of Explosions. By Pro- 

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On Nasal Cough. By John N. Mackenzie, M. D. 

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Circular No. 2, Bureau of Education. Co-edu- 

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Quarterly Report of the Chief of the Bureau of 

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Report on the Thermal Springs of the Yellow- 

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The Ores of Leadville. By Louis D. Ricketts, 

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Report on the Oyster-Beds of the James River, 

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