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Prosser, C. S. Thickness of the Devonian and 

 Silurian Rocks of Western New York. Rochester 

 Academy of Sciences, 1802. Pp. 54. 



Ridgway, Robert. The Humming-bird. Smith- 

 sonian Institution, 1892. Pp. 128. Illustrated. 



Riley, C. V. Some Interrelations of Plants 

 and Insects. Biological Society of Washington. 

 Pp. 22. Illustrated. On the Time of Transforma- 

 tion in the Genus Lachnosterna. Entomological 

 Society of Washington. Pp. 3. Speech at the 

 Second Trustees' Banquet of the Missouri Botani- 

 cal Garden. Pp. 4. List of the Tineina of Boreal 

 America. Pp. 21. The Mexican Jumping Bean. 

 Pp. 4. Directions for collecting and preserving 

 Insects. Smithsonian Institution, 1892. Pp. 147. 



Shinier, P. W. A Microscopic Sediment-col- 

 lector. Reprint, 1892. Pp. 8. Illustrated. 



Shufeldt, R. W. Indian Tvpes of Beauty. 

 Reprint, 1891. Pp. 24. Illustrated. 



Smith, E. A. On the Phosphates and Marls 

 of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala, 1892. Pp.82. 



Smith, E. E. The Chemistry of Peach-yel- 

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Spalding, J. L. The Catholic Educational Ex- 

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 Pp.6. 



Stone, C. H. The Problem of Domestic Serv- 

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 46. 



Stone. An Illustrated Monthly Magazine. In- 

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 1892. 25 cents a number, $2 a year. 



Taylor, W. E. The Ophidia of Nebraska. 

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Thayer, W. H. Errors in Ventilation. Two 

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Thein, John. Christian Anthropology. New 

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Transactions of the Technical Society of the 

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 June, 1892. Pp. 17. Illustrated. 



Trevert, E. Electric Railway Engineering. 

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 186. Illustrated. 



Troy, D. S. The Value of Money, etc. Mont- 

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Weismann, August. Essays upon Heredity. 

 Vol.n. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1892. Pp.126. 

 $1.30. 



Westland, Albert. The Wife and Mother. 

 Philadelphia : P. Blakiston, Son & Co., 1892. Pp. 



282. $2. 



Whiting, C. E. The Complete Music Reader. 

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Winchell, N. H. The Geological and Natural 

 History Survey of Minnesota. Nineteenth An- 

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World's Columbian Exposition. Memorial to 

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Yandel, D. W. Temperament. Louisville, 1892. 

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POPULAR MISCELLANY. 



Moral, Manual, and Science Training in 

 the Boston Public Schools. The report of 

 Mr. Ellis Peterson, of the Board of Supervis- 

 ors, on the Revision of the Courses of Study 

 in the Boston Public Schools, begins with a 

 notice of the rules concerning moral teach- 

 ing. Teachers are expected to give instruc- 

 tion for a few minutes in good manners and 



good morals at the opening of the school, and 

 at other favorable opportunities, avoiding 

 sectarian subjects. Conversations and writ- 

 ten exercises on good manners and good 

 morals are prescribed for the upper classes. 

 Referring to the standard of proficiency 

 in scholarship, the report advises, that in- 

 stead of considering absolutely what the 

 pupil has accomplished, when the naturally 

 brightest one will easily carry off the reward, 

 the teacher should look to relative ability, 

 and commend those who have done their 

 best. Physical training is given through the 

 Ling system of gymnastics. Manual training 

 appears in the course of study for the first 

 time. The principle on which it is given is 

 represented in the sentence, " All drawing 

 should be the expression of facts which they 

 have been led by their teacher to observe in 

 solid forms." The observation of Nature, 

 plants, and animals by pupils is closely fol- 

 lowed by lessons in manual training ; while 

 drawing and oral and written language are 

 used to express the results of observation 

 and manual work. The work of observation 

 begun in the primary schools is continued, 

 under the name of elementary science, in the 

 grammar schools. The first line of work in 

 this direction is in physiology and hygiene. 

 Books have to be depended upon for this 

 study, and their statements taken upon trust. 

 "The information thus gained is of little 

 educational value, but is believed to be of 

 great practical use." The second line of 

 science work is in the direction of natural 

 history. The observation of animals, plants, 

 and minerals is continued. Pupils are ex- 

 pected to study plant-life with the help of 

 window gardening, or a school garden ; to 

 collect specimens of grains, woods, pressed 

 leaves, and wild flowers, and of some typical 

 animals, plants, and minerals ; and to learn 

 the relation of mineral, vegetable, and animal 

 products to arts, industries, and commerce. 

 The third kind of science-work required 

 by the course of study is the observation of 

 physical phenomena. The educational value 

 of these lines of science-work is in propor- 

 tion to the degree in which the method of 

 work is observational, inductive, and sys- 

 tematic. 



Mnir Glacier, Alaska. Muir Glacier, 

 Alaska, as described by Harry Fielding 



