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subject," he adds, "as it appears to me, 

 possesses a larger significance. Even the 

 poems and romances it has suggested fail 

 to render the still, sad music of humanity 

 pervading the variations of the folk-tale 

 itself." He regards the legend as a kind 

 of a mirror, " wherein may be seen by re- 

 flection things that few eyes can look upon 

 directly " among them an aspect in which 

 Christianity has appeared to believers of 

 former generations. From the immediate 

 subject he is led to a consideration of the 

 character, condition, and probable destiny 

 of the Jewish race and religion. 



An Introduction to the Science of Com- 

 parative Mythology and Folk-lore. 

 By the Rev. Sir George W. Cox, Bart., 

 M. A., author of " Popular Romances of 

 the Middle Ages," etc. New York: 

 Henry Holt & Co. Pp. 3S0. Price, 

 81-75. 



The purpose of this volume is to give a 

 general view of the vast mass of popular 

 traditions belonging to the Aryan nations of 

 Asia and Europe, and of other tribes so far 

 as the conditions of the subject may render 

 necessary. Its starting-point, says the au- 

 thor, is the principle that " the popular tra- 

 ditions of no one Aryan people can be really 

 understood except in their relations to those 

 of other tribes and nations of the same fam- 

 ily, and that the epical and dramatic litera- 

 ture of these races has been constructed 

 from materials common to all branches of 

 the Aryan stock, and furnished by popular 

 sayings, stories, and tales, many of which 

 have never had the good fortune to be more 

 than the talk of nurses and children." An 

 immense number of stories are condensed 

 or referred to in illustration of these views. 



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On the Temperature of Fresh-Water Lakes 

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Thomas Paine was Junius. Washington, D. 

 C. 1881. Pp.28. 



Thoughts on the Psychical and Physical 

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 H. Lanphear, M. D. From the " Transactions 

 of the State Medical Society of Kansas." 1881. 

 Pp. 21. 



Primer of Logical Analysis for the Use of 

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 ' The Stereoscope and Vision hy Optic Diver- 

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 "American Journal of Science." November and 

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On Wheatstone and Brewster's Theory of 

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 From the- " Philosophical Magazine," December, 

 1881. Pp. 8. Illustrated. 



Atlantic City as a Winter Health-Reeort. By 

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Classification of the Diuosauria. By Profess- 

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Circulars of Information of the Bureau of 

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 Washington: Government Frinting-Ouico. 1881. 

 Pp. 114. 



Address of the Hon. George B. Loring before 

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 35. 



Annual Report of the Chief Signal Officer of 

 the Army lor ihe Year 1881. Washington. 1881. 

 Pp. 8b. 



Materia Medica as a Science. By J. P. Dake, 

 M. D. Philadelphia: Press of Stiermau & Co. 

 1881. Pp. 25. 



The Genesis and Distribution of Gold. By 

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The Electrician : A Monthly Journal devoted 

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Garrison in Heaven : A Dream. By William 

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The Names of the Gods in the Kiche Myths, 

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Proceedings of the American Society of Mi- 

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 Columbus, Ohio, August 9, 1881. Buffalo: Press 

 of Bigelow Brothers. 1881. Pp. 102. Illustrated. 



The Areas of the United States: The Sev- 

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 Washington : Government Printing-Office. 1881. 

 Pp. 20. With Map. 



The Verbalist. By Alfred Avres. New York : 

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The Opium-Habit and Alcoholism. By Dr. 

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The Origin of Primitive Superstitions. By 

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The Science of Mind. Bv John Bascom. 

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 462. $2. 



New Svstem of Ventilation. By Henry A. 

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Documents relating 1 to the Colonial History 

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 Albany, New York : Weed, Parsons & Co. 1881. 

 Pp. 617. 



Suicide: Studies on its Philosophy, Cruises, 

 and Prevention. Bv James J. O'Dea. M. D. 

 New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1882. Pp. 

 322. $1.75. 



Contributions to North American Ethnology. 

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 281. 



Report on the Geology and Resources of the 

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 Washington : Government Printing-Office. 1880. 

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