LITERARY XOTICES. 



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of typical cases. The effects of stimulants 

 on the functions of the system, and certain 

 diseases, are also considered. And, as re- 

 lating to the same class of habits or affec- 

 tions, the author also discusses the de- 

 menting effects of bromide of potassium 

 when ti.kcn habitually, and the treatment of 

 the " bromide-habit," the treacherous and 

 subtile tendencies of chloral, chloroform and 

 x the means of warding off its dangerous ef- 

 fects, and the pathology and treatment of 

 dipsomania. The subject of favorable sur- 

 roundings for patients while undergoing 

 treatment is also considered, and the inquiry 

 is made why, as the author believes, " in- 

 ebriate asylums and sanitariums have made 

 so signal a failure in their efforts to reform 

 the fallen." The book has neither table of 

 contents nor index. 



The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, 

 Dissenting Minister. Edited by his 

 Friend Reuben Shapcott. New York : 

 G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1881. Pp. 218. 

 Price, $1. 



An uncompleted story of the life and 

 troubles of a man who appears to have been 

 of morbid disposition, who was always 

 struggling with doubts, the victim of ques- 

 tions coming up in the course of his dis- 

 charge of his duties, which he could not 

 solve. The regulation theological education 

 which he received at the seminary of his 

 sect was not adapted to its immediate pur- 

 pose, much less to enable the student to 

 face the popular and speculative thoughts 

 of the day. lie was, therefore, thrown upon 

 the world unprepared to engage in its intel- 

 lectual struggles, and was perpetually tor- 

 mented by the presentation of difficulties, 

 "which haunted his whole existence and 

 prevented his enjoyment of it." 



The League of the Iroquois, and other 

 Legends from the Indian Muse. By 

 Benjamin Hathaway. Chicago: S. C. 

 Griggs & Co. 1882. Pp. 319. Price, 

 $1.50. 



The author believes the legends of the 

 Indians embody the essentials of religious 

 truth, and are to them what the Eddas 

 were to the Scandinavians, their mythology 

 to the Greeks, the story of Buddha to the 

 Hindoos and Mongolians, and the teachings 

 of Christ to the Christian world. He finds 



in them a central idea, of a Divine Man of 

 miraculous birth and superhuman attributes, 

 who was sent among the red-men from the 

 Great Spirit to subdue the monsters of the 

 forest and rivers, and teach them their arts ; 

 and that it is right to judge the character 

 and capacity of the Indians in the light of 

 this conception as we measure civilized peo- 

 ples by their highest attainments in art, sci- 

 ence, and literature. The present collec- 

 tion of poems is an attempt to give in an 

 intimately related series of pictures the 

 story, as embodied in the Iroquois tradition, 

 of the origin of the confederation, " and, 

 especially, all that relates to the part the 

 great personage of Indian mythology Ha- 

 yo-went-ya took in the formation of the 

 league." 



Zoological Atlas (including Comparative 

 Anatomy), with Practical Directions and 

 Explanatory Text, for the Use of Stu- 

 dents; 231 Figures and Diagrams. By 

 D. McAlpine, F. C. S., author of a 

 "Biological Atlas," etc. Vertcbrata. 

 Edinburgh and London: W. & A. K. 

 Johnston. 1881. Twenty-four Plates, 

 with Explanations. 



The object of this work is to help the 

 student in the explanation and dissection of 

 the leading forms of animal life. It is in- 

 tended to be employed on the principle laid 

 down by Professor Macalister, of Dublin 

 University, that " it is only by the examina- 

 tion of specimens that any knowledge of 

 the science worth acquiring can be obtained, 

 and the function of a book is to assist in 

 practical study." The illustrations, which 

 are colored, represent the various points to 

 be noted in the dissections, showing the de- 

 tails of anatomical structure and their rela- 

 tions, and arc accompanied by suitable and 

 brief explanations. The sis types of verte- 

 bral life are represented by a specimen se- 

 lected with reference to its convenience of 

 size for handling and the facility of pro- 

 curing it ; the cartilaginous fishes by the 

 skate, the bony fishes by the cod, the tailed 

 amphibians by the salamander, reptiles by 

 the tortoise, birds by the pigeon, mammals 

 by the rabbit. The plates in their several 

 series show the external and internal char- 

 acters of the animals, the skeleton, nervous 

 and sense organs, alimentary system, the 

 circulatory, respiratory, and other organs. 



