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Archer ; also " The Religion of Self-Respect," 

 by Mrs. Lynn Linton ; " A Month in Russia," 

 by Lady Randolph Churchill ; " Wrestling in 

 Japan," by the Hon. George N. Curzon, M. P. 

 Papers on General Boulanger, the French 

 elections, and the German emperor are among 

 the contents of the early numbers, and the 

 scientific arts are represented by an article 

 on " The Eiffel Tower," by M. Eiffel, and one 

 on " Electric Lighting," by the Duke of Marl- 

 borough. English political problems, general 

 sociological questions, literature, history, and 

 biography are among the fields which " The 

 New Review" has already entered, and Charles 

 Bradlaugh, St. George Mivart, M. Flourens, 

 and Andrew Lang are among the contribu- 

 tors not already mentioned. Its mechanical 

 work is excellent. 



Handy Lists of Technical Literature. 

 Part I. Useful Arts in General, Prod- 

 ucts and Processes used in Manufact- 

 ure, Technology, and Trades. Com- 

 piled by H. E. Haferkorn and Paul 

 Heise. Milwaukee : National Publishing 

 and Printing Company. Pp. 99. Price 

 with Key, $1.25 paper; $1.50 cloth. 



As one of the tools of the book trade, 

 this series of lists can not fail to be of 

 value. It furnishes information about a 

 class of books, many of which are published 

 and distributed through other than the well- 

 known trade channels, and hence are not 

 easily found. Part I, already issued, con- 

 tains titles of books in English published 

 since 1880 of the classes specified in its 

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 and the names of subjects are inserted in the 

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 of each book are given, and the publisher is 

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 which these abbreviations stand, with ad- 

 dresses, each followed by the list-numbers 

 of the books mentioned which the publisher 

 issues or keeps on sale. An appendix to 

 the " Handy List " consists of a selection 

 of books of the same class published before 

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include lists on military and marine affairs, 

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 miscellaneous subjects. 



A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 

 Edited by George Grove. Appendix. 

 London and New York : Macmillan & Co. 

 Pp. 306. Price, $2.25. 



The large demand for this elaborate 

 work, which now appears in a complete form, 

 with its steady increase from the beginning, 

 in Europe and America, are accepted by the 

 publishers as showiug that on the whole the 

 book has fulfilled the intentions with which 

 it started. Shortcomings were to be ex- 

 pected, and may be found ; but with all the 

 allowance that need be made for them, the 

 value of the work is exceedingly great, and 

 is far more than an equivalent return for 

 the cost. Many of the special articles are 

 treatises in themselves, and the biographical 

 notices give very satisfactory accounts of the 

 lives and works of musical men of every 

 class, with fullness proportionate, on the aver- 

 age, to the importance of the subject. The 

 purpose of the appendix, which was prom- 

 ised from the beginning of the publication, 

 is to supply omissions and correct errors in 

 the original text, furnish new information, 

 and bring the whole up to the latest practi- 

 cable dates. It is arranged alphabetically, 

 and forms a considerable volume in itself. 

 A copious index of the whole four volumes 

 will shortly be published in a separate vol- 

 ume. 



" Bulletin, No. 36," of the United States 

 National Museum, is A Review of the Family 

 Delphinidce, prepared by Frederick W. True, 

 as a contribution to the natural history of 

 the cetaceans. The publication is the forty- 

 seventh of a series of papers intended to 

 illustrate the collections of the National 

 Museum. Previous to preparing the review, 

 Mr. True visited the European museums, in 

 order to examine the type specimens con- 

 tained in them as an essential prelude to the 

 proper comparison of species. He there 

 also met several zoologists, who furnished 

 him information ; among them, Prof. Flower, 

 who placed in his hands the proof-sheets of 

 his own work on " The Delphinidae." The 

 present work differs from Prof. Flower's in 

 that it is directed to the determination of 



