LITERARY NOTICES. 



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Publications of the Massachusetts In- 

 stitute of Technology, and of its Of- 

 ficers, Students, and Alumni. 1862- 

 1881. Compiled by William Ripley 

 Nichols, S. B. Boston: A. A. King- 

 man. Pp. 50. 



The list is intended to include the 

 books, pamphlets, reports, and contribu- 

 tions to periodicals (excepting daily jour- 

 nals) printed during the time included within 

 its scope, by the Institute officials and its 

 affiliated societies and associations ; by pro- 

 fessors and other instructors during their 

 connection with the school ; by special 

 students during their connection with the 

 school ; and by alumni and holders of cer- 

 tificates of proficiency during their connec- 

 tion with the school and in after-life. The 

 list is of considerable size, covers a variety 

 of subjects, literary and scientific, includes 

 many titles from foreign journals, and is 

 creditable to the institution and to American 

 research. 



The Science of Mind. By John Bascom, 

 author of " The Principles of Psychol- 

 ogy," " Comparative Psychologv," etc. 

 G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 462." Price, 



$2. 



The first thing to be said about Dr. Bas- 

 com's various philosophical works is that 

 the handling of the subjects is his own, and 

 in stamping upon them the individuality of 

 his own mind he gives them a new and at- 

 tractive interest. And that freedom and 

 freshness which he maintains in his methods 

 of statement are to no small degree pre- 

 served in the elucidation of his views. He 

 is in no sense either a compiler or a servile 

 expositor of established opinions, but he is 

 an independent (we had almost said a free) 

 thinker upon his chosen themes of study. 

 Although by no means always up to the 

 times, he is always in a progressive way, 

 and moves as fast, perhaps, as the circum- 

 stances will allow. His present work, " The 

 Science of Mind," though avowedly and es- 

 sentially metaphysical, and standing squarely 

 upon intuitional or transcendental ground, 

 is still a- very different book from its prede- 

 cessors of the same class, and shows that 

 the intelligent metaphysician is compelled 

 to yield to the advance of scientific knowl- 

 edge. 



Dr. Bascom does not sympathize with the 

 current reproaches of metaphysical philoso- 



phy, but recognizes that, like all other im- 

 perfect and difficult things, it may be and 

 must be practically improved. In his pref- 

 ace he says : " If asked why I hoped that 

 this volume might reward study, I should 

 answer, not because the system presented is 

 new, but because the statement it here re- 

 ceives is at once succinct and elaborate, is 

 strengthened by new points, by a consistent 

 ! maintenance of all that belongs to it, and by 

 the rejection of that which, essentially alien 

 to its principles, only embarrasses it. I 

 trust the intuitive philosophy will be found 

 hereby to have gained somewhat of that 

 proof which springs from completeness and 

 proportion of parts." 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Political Economy in One Lesson. By Al- 

 pbonse Coartoia. New York: The Society for 

 Political Education. 1882. Pp. 20. 



Formula and Tables for the Horse-Power of 

 Leather Belts. By A. F. Nagle, M. E. Provi- 

 dence, Rhode Island : J. A. & R. A. Reid, print- 

 ers. 1S82. Pp.8. 



A Free Canal. Letter of ex-Governor Sey- 

 mour. Pp. 5. 



Some Points relating to the Geological Ex- 

 ploration of the Fortieth Parallel. By M. E. 

 Wadsworth, Ph. D. Reprint from " Proceedings 

 of the Boston Society of Natural History. "' Pp. 

 32. 



History of the Water-Supply of the World. 

 By Thomas J. Bell. Cincinnati, Ohio : Peter G. 

 Thomson. 1882. Pp. 134. 



The Geological and Natural History Survey 

 of Minnesota. Ninth Annual Report. ByN. II. 

 Winchell, State Geologist. St. Peter: J. K. 

 More, State Printer. 1881. Pp. 392. 



The Constants of Nature. Part V. A Recal- 

 culation of the Atomic Weights. Bv Professor 

 F. W. Clarke. S. B. Washington: Smithsonian 

 Institution. 1882. Pp.271. 



Natural Law. or the Science of Justice. Part 

 I. Bv Lvsander Spooner. Boston : A. Williams 

 & Co*. 18S2. Pp 16. 



Our Homes. By Henrv Hartshorne. Phila- 

 delphia : P. Blakiston, Son & Co. 1882. Pp. 

 119. 50 cents. 



Report to the State Board of Health on the 

 Methods of Sewerage for Cities and Large Vil- 

 lage* in the State of New York. By James F. 

 Gardiner, Director of the New York State Sur- 

 vey. Pp. 15. 



Nervous Shock as a Therapeutical Agent. 

 Bv Romaine J. Curtis. M. D. " St. Louis Medi- 

 cal Journal " Publishing Co. 1882. Pp. 13. 



The Germination and Vitality of Seeds. By 

 Richard E. Kanze, M. D. Pp. 14. 50 cents. 



National Regulation of Interstate Commerce. 

 Bv C. C. Bonney. Chicago : Legal News Co. 1882. 

 Pp. 32. 



A Free Canal. Argument of the New York 

 Produce Exchange in favor of making the Ca- 

 nals of the State free from Tolls. 1S82. Pp. 18. 



The Books of Chilan Balam : The Prophetic 

 and Historic Records of the Mavas of Yucatan. 

 Bv Daniel G. Brinton. M. D. Philadelphia: Ed- 

 ward Stern & Co. 1882. Pp. 19. 



