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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



that something may be at hand to meet im- 

 mediate calls upon the survey for information 

 concerning the coal deposits of the State. It 

 embodies part of the results of such obser- 

 vations in the coal-fields as the author was 

 able personally to make in 1890 and 1891. 

 While the descriptions of the details of sec- 

 tions, the correlation of the different coal- 

 beds, the definition of the individual areas 

 of the coal-beds, and the adaptabilities of 

 the coals for steaming purposes are reserved 

 for future reports or only briefly touched 

 upon, and the report is not exhaustive or 

 elaborate, it is comprehensive. It aims to 

 present, in general terms, an outline of the 

 conditions of occurrence and distribution of 

 coal in the entire State, and contains a de- 

 scriptive reference to every county in which 

 coal is known to exist. Special effort has 

 been made to obtain and include all infor- 

 mation and results particularly relating to 

 coal that were not obtainable at the time 

 the earlier surveys of the State were in op- 

 eration. Of especial value are the records 

 of the various deep shafts and drill-holes 

 which are included in the report. The well- 

 executed sectional diagrams of the several 

 coal mines described contribute much to the 

 satisfactory impression made by the re- 

 port. 



The principles of sound physical develop- 

 ment, graceful carriage, and easy posture 

 are taught in the little manual on Dclsarkan 

 Physical Culture, which has been prepared 

 for seminaries, classes, private teachers, and 

 individuals by Carrica Le Favre, and is pub- 

 lished by the Fowler & Wells Company. The 

 rules and exercises prescribed are simple 

 and plain, and such as, with patience and 

 attention, are easily carried out. 



In The Modern Cook-book (Mast, Crowell 

 & Kirkpatrick, Springfield, Ohio) an accept- 

 able addition has been made to this class 

 of books by Mrs. T. J. Kirkpatrick. The 

 recipes are numerous, various, and simple, 

 and are classified. The author has found 

 that all the cook-books that have come under 

 her observation lack something of complete- 

 ness, and has endeavored to fill the want so 

 far as she could by presenting a book con- 

 taining a moderate number of recipes, all 

 practical and working. The recipes are tabu- 

 lated wherever it is possible ; the bills of 

 fare are not for state occasions, but for 



plain, every-day cooking ; and the directions 

 are full, minute, and systematic. 



In the series of catalogues compiled by 

 W. M. Griswold (Cambridge, Mass.), we no- 

 tice the Descriptive List of Romantic N. vels, 

 the object of which is to direct readers, who 

 would enjoy books of this kind, to a num- 

 ber of novels, easily obtainable, but which, 

 in many cases, have been forgotten within a 

 year or two after publication. The purpose 

 has been to include only such works as are 

 well written, interesting, and free from sen- 

 sationalism, sentimentality, and pretense. 

 The list is alphabetical, by titles, and is sup- 

 plemented by an alphabetical index of au- 

 thors. 



A pamphlet on Roads Improvement, pub- 

 lished by the League of American Wheelmen, 

 contains three papers enforcing the impor- 

 tance of good roads, and showing by citations 

 of what has been accomplished abroad what 

 can be done toward making them. The 

 papers are : The Common Roads of Europe 

 and America, by Isaac B. Potter ; Highways 

 and National Prosperity, by Edward P. 

 North ; and The Importance of Good Wagon- 

 roads, by Prof. Lewis M. Haupt. The argu- 

 ments of these papers are re-enforced in the 

 most striking style by contrasted photo- 

 graphic views of scenes on the common 

 roads of the United States, even near large 

 cities, and the finished highways, even in 

 rural districts, of England, Ireland, and Brit- 

 tany. 



A summary of Recent Advances in Elec- 

 tricity, Electric Lighting, Magnetism, Telegra- 

 phy, Telephony, etc., edited by Henry Greer 

 and published at the New York Agent College 

 of Electrical Engineering, contains articles on 

 The Storage of Electricity ; The Brush Stor- 

 age System ; other notices of storage bat- 

 teries, accumulators, etc. ; Telegraphing from 

 a Moving Railway Train (Phelps's system) ; 

 Navigable Trains of Air-ships (electricity 

 being the motive power) ; and Edison's paper 

 on his Pyromagnetic Dynamo, or machine 

 for producing electricity directly from fuel, 

 Price, $1. 



A second series of Papers in Penology, 

 compiled by the Editor of the Summary, and 

 published at the New York State Reforma- 

 tory at Elmira, contains papers on The Pris- 

 ons of Great Britain, by Jay S. Butler; Mod- 

 ern Prison Science, by Prof. Charles A. Col- 





