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and purposes of Jesus, and that this idea is 

 manifested in his narrative ; hence that the 

 Christian church has been divided on these 

 subjects from the very beginning. 



Mr. George W. Childs publishes a book- 

 let, small enough for the pocket and large 

 enough to serve for an evening's reading, of 

 Recollections of General Grant, with an ac- 

 count of the presentation of the portraits 

 of Generals Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan at 

 the Military Academy, West Point. (Collins 

 Printing House, Philadelphia.) 



The Annual Report of the State Board of 

 Charities (New York) for 1889, besides the 

 general account of the charitable institutions 

 of the State, comprises special reports of 

 the investigation of the Rochester Orphan 

 Asylum ; on reformatories ; on the deaf and 

 dumb ; on the State Soldiers' and Sailors' 

 Home ; on dependent children ; and on the 

 condition of children in asylums. 



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Allen, William Francis, Editor. The Annals of 

 Tacitus. Books I to VI. Boston : Ginn & Co. 

 Pp. 444. $1.05. 



American Book Company, New York. Health 

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Ballon, "William E., M. D. A Compend of Equine 

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 kiston, Son & Co. Pp. 205. $1. 



Barnch, Simon, M. D.. New York. The Relation 

 of Peripheral Irritation to Disease. Pp. 17. 



Burr, George L. The Literature of "Witchcraft. 

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Cams, Paul. The Ethical Problem. Chicago : 

 Open Court Publishing Company. Pp. 99. Cl.ith, 

 50 cents. 



Census Office, Washington. Bulletin on the Pro- 

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Chittenden, Rev. E. P. The Pleroma : a Poem of 

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 347. $2.50. y 



Day, David T. Mineral Resources of the United 

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Ellis, Havelock. The Criminal. New York : 

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Fraser, Persifor, Philadelphia. Persistence of 

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Graham, Douglas, M. D. A Treatise on Massage. 

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Greely, A. "W. Annual Report of the Chief S to- 

 nal Officer, United States Army. Washington • Gov- 

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Hale, Edward M., M. D. Toxic, Pathogenetic, 

 and Therapeutic Properties of the Cactacea. Pp. 



Halsted, Byron D. Some Fungous Diseases of 

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Hardy, Arthur Sherburne. Elements of the Dif- 

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Hazen, H. A. The Tornado. New York : N D. 

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Hill, Robert T. The Cretaceous Rocks of Texas, 

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Holyoake, G. J. What would follow on the Ef- 

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Howard, George E., Lincoln, Neb. Evolution of 

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Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station. Inves- 

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Ingersoll, Robert G. The Gods. Buffalo : H. L. 

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James, J. P., Philadelphia. On Variation. Pp. 

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Kedzie, R. C. Fertilizer Analyses. Michigan 

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Kimball, S. I. Organization, etc., of the United 

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Lamborn, Robert H., Editor. Prize Essays on 

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Lathrop, C. C. A Secret Institution. New 

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Lewis, T. H. Stone Monuments in Iowa and 

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Lighthall, W. D. Spiritualized Happiness The- 

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Litchfield, Mary E. The Nine Worlds. From 

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McAdie, A. Tornadoes. Pp. 14. 



McCook, H. C. American Spiders and their 

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Montgomery, Henrv. Aboriginal Monuments in 

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M filler, F. Max. Three Lectures on the Science 

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Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin 

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Packard. A. S. Life History of Drepana Arcu- 

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Shufeldt, R. W. Osteology of Arctic and Sub- 

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Smith. Edgar F. Electro-Chemical Analvsis, 

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