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of scientific terms and their definitions which 

 should rather have been applied to the com- 

 munication in really plain language of the 

 facts which the words indicate. The mat- 

 ter is above the comprehension of the kind 

 of children for whom the style seems to 

 be intended, and the style is not adapted to 

 the tastes of larger ones. The illustrations 

 are excellent. 



The Gospel of Law. A Series of Dis- 

 courses upon Fundamental Church 

 Doctrines. By S. J. Stewart. Boston : 

 George H. Ellis. Pp. 326. Price, $1.25. 



The author is pastor of the Independent 

 Congregational Society of Bangor, Maine. 

 The substance of the volume was originally 

 delivered as a series of regular Sunday dis- 

 courses before his people. The principal 

 motive of the book is stated to be " to ap- 

 ply the facts of science to inherited doc- 

 trines, and then to give a positive basis of 

 belief and conduct in consistency with these 

 facts, to interpret the results of the best au- 

 thorities, and to bring them into a practical 

 form and conclusion." The author appar- 

 ently belongs to the advanced rank of " free 

 religious " thinkers. He denies the super- 

 natural character and authority of the 

 " Church of tradition," and of its gospel, 

 and would substitute for the latter a " gos- 

 pel of law," the fundamental principle of 

 which is that every effect is the natural 

 product of some natural cause. 



Manual of Object-Teaching, with Illus- 

 trative Lessons in Methods and the 

 Science of Education. By X. A. Cal- 

 kins. New York: Harper & Brothers. 

 Pp. 469. Price, $1.25. 



The author of this book is and has lono; 

 been one of the Superintendents of the 

 Public Schools of the city of New York, 

 and the supervision of object-lesson studies 

 falls within his department, nis writings 

 upon that subject have, therefore, a broad 

 basis of experience, involving the trial of 

 methods and the improvement and exten- 

 sion of the objective system. Mr. Calkins 

 published, some years ago, the " Primary 

 Object Lessons," which has been well re- 

 ceived and generally adopted. The new 

 work now issued the "Manual" extends 

 over a broader field, and embraces subjects 

 and methods for more advanced teaching 



than those presented in the author's earlier 

 work. It is, therefore, not a substitute for 

 that book, nor a revision of it, but an en- 

 tirely new treatise, with a great variety of 

 appropriate topics, materials, and sugges- 

 tions to aid teachers in oral instruction. In 

 this line Mr. Calkins's books are authorities 

 at the present time. 



Hints and Remedies for the Treatment of 

 Common Accidents and Diseases ; and 

 Rules of Simple Hygiene. In Two 

 Parts, complete. Compiled by Dawson 

 W. Turner, D. C. L., late Head-master 

 of the Royal Institution School, Liver- 

 pool ; sometime Student of Westminster 

 Hospital and of Charing Cross Hospital. 

 Revised, corrected, and enlarged by 

 Twelve Eminent Medical Men belondns 

 to Different Hospitals in London, and by 

 one Right Reverend Bishop of the Estab- 

 lished Church, formerly Surgeon to one 

 of the London Hospitals, and F. R. C. S. 

 With numerous Additions, from the 

 eighth English edition. New York : 

 Macmillan & Co. Pp. 106. Price, 50 

 cents. 



A book so well backed and braced by 

 authorities as this may seem to need no 

 commendation from us ; but a careful ex- 

 amination of it has shown that it is a most 

 practical, judicious, carefully considered di- 

 gest of hygienic rules and hints about health 

 which is well calculated to be useful to 

 everybody. 



Good Cheer. A Monthly Paper devoted to 

 Home Science and the Interests of the 

 Family generally. Greenfield, Massa- 

 chusetts : Good Cheer Publishing Com- 

 pany. Pp. 16. 50 cents a year. 



This new venture in the literary field is 

 bright, varied, and spicy, and the best news- 

 paper bargain for the family now a-going 

 at fifty cents. There is a practical turn 

 about it that is promising, and its scientific 

 side will probably improve with time. The 

 mechanical style of its title, however, seems 

 open to criticism. An artist has been let 

 loose upon it, and the consequence is ob- 

 scurity. A title, of all things, should be 

 clear, and not so buried up in artistic beauty 

 that we have to spend time digging out 

 what it means. Give us clear, plain, sharp 

 lettering that tells its whole story at the first 

 glance, and let the artist revel in the adver- 

 tisements. 



