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after forces with which they are not fa- 

 miliar." 



It has been the purpose of Dr. Parrish 

 to treat the principles of his subject from 

 the foregoing point of view as a physician 

 interested first of all in the nature, causes, 

 and treatment of disease. If alcoholism is 

 a disease involving organic perversion and 

 morbid physical action that has become 

 chronic, it is of but little use either to ex- 

 hort or pledge men against its effects, or 

 even to invoke the law for the suppression of 

 intemperance. Diseases must be treated in 

 conformity with natural laws, and by men 

 who understand what they are. Dr. Parrish 

 takes up the subject of inebriety in its as- 

 pects of vice and crime, and with reference 

 to the various abnormal manifestations of 

 conduct in inebriates. The subject of he- 

 redity in alcoholic intemperance, and the 

 relations of inebriety and insanity, with the 

 questions of asylums for these classes, are 

 considered. The chapters on " The Ine- 

 briate's View," " How to deal with Inebri- 

 ates," " The Psychology of Inebriety," and 

 "The Effects of Different Alcohols," are 

 practical discussions of the subject which 

 ought to be widely disseminated. It should 

 be stated that a large number of cases are 

 cited in the work, illustrative of the phe- 

 nomena and varied effects of intemperance, 

 under its several aspects of vice, crime, 

 and disease. 



Catalogue of Publications of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 1846 to 18S2. By 

 William J. Rhees. Washington : Smith- 

 sonian Institution. Pp. 328. 

 The series of "Smithsonian Contribu- 

 tions to Knowledge" was begun in 1848, 

 and now comprises twenty-three volumes 

 in 4to, with 119 articles. The "Smithso- 

 nian Miscellaneous Collections," begun in 

 1802, embraces twenty-three volumes in 

 8vo, with 122 papers. The annual reports 

 are represented by thirty-five volumes, which 

 include much general matter of interest. 

 Other series are the " Bulletins of the Na- 

 tional Museum," of which twenty, aggregat- 

 ing 3,103 pages, have been published; the 

 " Proceedings of the National Museum," 

 which are sent out by the sheetful of 16 

 pages, and are at present represented by four 

 volumes of 2,221 pages; and the volume of 

 the " Reports of the Bureau of Ethnology," 



638 pages imperial 8vo. The whole number 

 of publications is 478. The names of the 

 articles and the names of the authors are 

 given alphabetically in the catalogue. No 

 copyright is taken out by the Institution on 

 its works, but acknowledgment is expected 

 to be made of the use of them. All works 

 that are in print can be obtained at cost 

 price ; and a price-list is printed in connec- 

 tion with the catalogue. 



The Leading Men of Japan. With an 

 Historical Summary of the Empire. By 

 Charles Lanman. Boston : D. Lothrop 

 & Co. Pp. 421. Price, $2. 



The first part of this volume is devoted 

 to biographical sketches of modern Japa- 

 nese statesmen, authors, and scholars, large- 

 ly those who have contributed in a greater 

 or less degree to the bringing about of the 

 late reforms in the empire. The materials 

 for the sketches are, of course, derived from 

 native sources, and much of the matter 

 appears to be also ; for it has a terseness, 

 a richness, and a home flavor like those of 

 the works of Japanese art that an American 

 writer working up the sketches in his own 

 way could never have given. All the more 

 credit to Mr. Lanman for preserving this 

 flavor, for it is one of the most attractive 

 and delightful features of the book. In the 

 second part are given excellent accounts, 

 historical and descriptive, of the Japanese 

 Empire, and of Corea so lately the for- 

 bidden land ; to all of which is added a 

 bibliography of works on Japan. 



The Builder's Guide, and Estimator's 

 Price-Book. By Frederick T. Hodgson. 

 New York : The Industrial Publication 

 Company. Pp. 331. Price, 2. 



This work is chiefly intended to assist 

 the builder or contractor in making esti- 

 mates of the cost of work he is about to 

 undertake, by bringing before him the de- 

 tails he must look after, and their approxi- 

 mate cost. It is also useful to the person 

 about to employ a builder or contractor, or 

 who intends to execute his own plans. It 

 includes a compilation of the current prices 

 of all kinds of building materials in their 

 details, of worked materials, and of labor, 

 with building rules, data, tables, and use- 

 ful memoranda, and a glossary of archi- 

 tectural and building terms. 



