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true palaeolithic and neolithic age are as 

 marked in that section of the country he 

 has examined as can be found in the valley 

 of any European river. 



The chapter on " Palaeolithic Imple- 

 ments," and the contributions of Professor 

 H. C. Lewis on " The Antiquity and Origin 

 of the Trenton Gravels," with which the vol- 

 ume closes, will be of great value to those 

 interested in this question. 



It is impossible to do justice to this 

 work in the limited space of a book notice. 

 It is sufficient to say that the work as a 

 contribution to the archasology of Eastern 

 North America is by far the most impor- 

 tant of any that has appeared in this coun- 

 try. The student will be greatly aided by 

 the careful way in which the various imple- 

 ments arc classified and named. 



How Persons afflicted with Bright's 

 Disease ought to live. By Joseph F. 

 Edwards, M. D. Philadelphia: Presley 

 Blakiston. Pp. 87. Price, 75 cents. 



The author believes that, in many in- 

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 many years, and even outlive thousands 

 around them who are in vigorous health. 

 The object of his treatise is to define the 

 conditions of the proper life with which 

 this may be accomplished. These condi- 

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 of whatever will irritate the kidneys and 

 attention to keeping up the general health. 

 The skin should be kept in good condition 

 by regular bathing, a proper degree but no 

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 food should be suitable and abundant, the 

 clothing always comfortable ; alcohol and 

 tobacco and other stimulants should be 

 avoided. 



The Figure of the Earth. An Introduc- 

 tion to Geodesy. By Mansfield Mer- 

 kiman, Professor of Civil Engineering 

 in Lehigh University. New York : John 

 Wiley & Sons. Pp." 83. Price, $1.50. 



This work embraces the substance of 

 " familiar talks " on the size and figure of 

 the earth which were delivered, in 1879, to 

 the students of civil engineering in Lehigh 

 University. They were afterward published, 

 with considerable extensions and improve- 



ments, and this is another revision. Its 

 aim is to give the history of scientific in- 

 vestigation and opinion concerning the figure 

 of the earth, and at the same time furnish 

 an introduction to the science of geodesy 

 that will possess desirable qualities for en- 

 gineering students and engineers. The illus- 

 trative examples are generally from Ameri- 

 can surveys. 



Rugby, Tennessee. By Thomas Hughes. 

 London: Macniillan & Co. Pp. 168. 

 Price, $1. 



This book is put forth as the best an- 

 swer which the founders of the Rugby col- 

 ony can make to the questions that are 

 asked them, chiefly in the United King- 

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 part answers questions respecting the class 

 of persons for whom the place is intended. 

 They are young men of good education and 

 small capital. The second part consists of 

 the letters written by Mr. Hughes last fall 

 to the London " Spectator," reprinted with- 

 out alteration. The third part, Mr. Kille- 

 brew's report, describes the natural situa- 

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 glossary answers questions definitely and 

 in short. 



Pharmacology and Therapeutics ; or^Med- 

 icine Past and Present. The Goul- 

 stoman Lectures, delivered before the 

 Royal College of Physicians and Sur- 

 geons in 1877. By T. Lauder Brunton, 

 M. D., F. R. S. London : Macmillan & 

 Co. Pp. 212. 



The object of these lectures was to show 

 how the progress of therapeutics is aided 

 by an exact knowledge of drugs obtained 

 by experiments. The history of medicine 

 in the past, with the course of the empiric 

 and dogmatic systems, is reviewed, and the 

 development described of rational and sci- 

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 application of the systematic investigation 

 of the properties of drugs as illustrated 

 especially in the case of strychnia, curare, 

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