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into tanks, and letting it out periodically 

 into the sea, had many objections, and was 

 only partially successful. Another must be 

 devised. . . . The result is so triumphantly 

 satisfactory that Dr. E. M. Hunt, the Sec- 

 retary of the New Jersey State Board of 

 Health, after a very careful examination of 

 its work, pronounced it not only satisfactory 

 but the most complete that could be made." 

 It embraces 15,050 feet of twelve-inch 

 mains, and 8,500 feet of connecting lines, 

 or in all 23,550 feet, or four and one half 

 miles of sewer, connecting with all the large 

 and with many of the smaller houses. Of 

 the work of the year, the president is glad 

 to state that u an offensive condition of 

 things which has for several years caused 

 much complaint, in the rear of the tents 

 near the Trenton House, has been effectu- 

 ally removed, and the water-closet arrange- 

 ments have been so adjusted as to give 

 perfect satisfaction to those immediately 

 concerned, greatly to the relief of the man- 

 agement of the Grove." An artesian well 

 was opened in August, having a depth of 

 420 feet, and delivering about a barrel of 

 water a minute. There are also at least 

 800 tube-wells which draw water from a 

 depth of from twenty to thirty feet. Dr. 

 Hunt says, in his report of the State Board 

 of Health, that the sanitary prospects of the 

 Grove have been greatly improved " the last 

 year." The township Board of Health ex- 

 amined the sewer arrangements and report 

 them satisfactory in every respect. Physi- 

 cians at Ocean Grove and Asbury Park de- 

 clare that the sanitary conditions of Ocean 

 Grove were never so good ; and some of 

 them that the sanitary conditions there are 

 superior to those of any other of the watering 

 places of New Jersey. u The Popular Sci- 

 ence Monthly " is as glad as the officers of 

 the Association or its best friends can be that 

 it has been so successful in improving the 

 condition of things, present and prospective, 

 and is able to make so good a showing. 



The Evolutionary Significance of Human 

 Character. By Professor E. D. Cope, 

 Philadelphia. Pp. 12. 



In this paper Professor Cope essays a 

 sketch of the order of development of the 

 different faculties of the mind, and summa- 

 rizes his conclusions by saying that the or- 

 der of the appearance of the intelligence is 



nearly dependent on the development of the 

 powers of observation. The character of 

 most civilizations tends to diminish the 

 power of perception, while the higher de- 

 partments of reason and imagination are 

 enlarged. The imagination reached a high 

 development before reason had attained 

 much strength. With the exception of a 

 few families, the intelligence of mankind 

 has, up to within two or three centuries, 

 expressed itself in works of imagination. 

 " With the modern cultivation of the natural 

 and physical sciences, the perceptive facul- 

 ties will be restored, it is to be hoped, to 

 their true place, and thus many avenues 

 opened up for the higher thought-power of 

 a developed race. Thus it is that in the 

 order of human development there is to be 

 a return to the primitive powers of obser- 

 vation, without loss of the later-acquired 

 and more noble capacities of the intellect." 



Horses : Their Feed and their Feet. By 

 C. E.Page, M. D. New York: Fowler 

 & Wells. Pp. 149. 75 eta. 



A book of plain, practical maxims on 

 the proper keeping of horses, involving some 

 views that are novel, but the value of which 

 has been tested in the author's experience. A 

 leading object is to recommend a reformed 

 system of feeding, that we might charac- 

 terize as the " two-meal " system, which is 

 fully expounded and earnestly maintained. 

 Accounts are given of the way Mr. Bonner 

 and other famous fanciers treat their horses. 

 The causes of various diseases are pointed 

 out, and suggestions are given respecting 

 their treatment. The question of shoeing 

 is fully considered, and it is shown how, 

 under many conditions, horses will do better 

 service without shoes ; and Colonel C. M. 

 Weld contributes an account of his expe- 

 rience with barefoot horses. 



Photo-Micrographs, and how to make 

 them. By George M. Sternberg, M. D., 

 United States Armv. Boston : James 

 R. Osgood & Co. Pp. 204, with Twenty 

 Colored Heliotype Plates. $3. 



This work, which is really an elegant, 

 although the author modestly styles it a 

 " little " volume, is practical, and is intended 

 for beginners in the art to which it relates. 

 That art, photo-micrography, is the art of 

 taking sun-pictures of microscopic objects 



