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the most difficult sections, for high-school 

 and academy classes. Its point of view is 

 historical, though it maintains the existence 

 of general economic laws, absolutely and 

 universally valid. Its sundering of eco- 

 nomics from ethics, jurisprudence, and soci- 

 ology in general is less arbitrary than in 

 most treatises. It makes wealth, not ex- 

 change, the central conception of the science, 

 and recognizes immaterial wealth as well as 

 material. On the difficult topic of value, the 

 fresh analyses of Bohm-Bawerk and Men- 

 ger are heeded and in part followed. The 

 leading ideas are distinguished by heavy 

 type, and each section is accompanied by a 

 list of references bearing upon its subject- 

 matter, and by copious notes. The volume 

 lacks an index. 



Eclectic Physical Geography. By Rus- 

 sell Hinman. Cincinnati : Van Antwerp, 

 Bragg & Co. Pp. 382. 12mo. 

 Since physical geography includes parts 

 of nearly all branches of science, and its 

 study precedes that of the sciences in many 

 schools, an introductory chapter has been 

 prefixed to this book, in which the chief 

 properties of matter and of heat, light, 

 magnetism, and electricity are set forth. 

 The topics forming the body of the book are 

 arranged in a logical order, putting first the 

 relations of the earth to the other members 

 of the solar system. After this difficult sub- 

 ject has been disposed of, the atmosphere 

 is considered, for the reasons that it forms 

 the outer envelope of the earth, and that 

 its action is the proximate cause of all de- 

 tails in the relief of the land and of the 

 more conspicuous phenomena of the sea. 

 Next come descriptions of, first, the sea, 

 and then the land. The subject of climate 

 follows these, and the concluding chapters 

 deal with life, from yeast up to man. The 

 details concerning the various topics are put 

 in small type. The text is illustrated by 

 one hundred and fifty cuts and many maps. 



A Lenape-English Dictionary. Edited by 

 Daniel G. Brinton, M. D., and Rev. Al- 

 bert Seqaqkind Anthony. Philadelphia : 

 The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 

 Pp. 236. Price, $3. 



This vocabulary is based upon an anony- 

 mous manuscript in the archives of the Mo- 

 ravian church at Bethlehem, Pa., supposed 

 to have been compiled by the Rev. C. F. 



Dencke, and containing about three thou- 

 sand seven hundred words. The manuscript 

 was carefully examined by the Rev. A. S. 

 Anthony, who is a born Lenape, after which 

 he and Mr. Brinton together passed in review 

 every word in the dictionary. No attempt 

 has been made to increase the lexicography 

 by the insertion of words or forms obtained 

 from the Delaware language of to-day. The 

 editors have confined their efforts to pre- 

 senting this work as exclusively concerned 

 with the dialect as employed by the Mora- 

 vian missionaries ; and hence all additions 

 to the vocabulary have been from their 

 writings. A full index enables the equiva- 

 lent of any English word to be found in the 

 dictionary, if it is therein. The volume is 

 printed on rough, heavy paper, with un- 

 trimmed edges. It is the first of " The 

 Penn'a Students' Series," a series of volumes 

 to contain material of interest to the students 

 of Pennsylvanian history. Copies may be 

 procured from the Librarian of the Histori- 

 cal Society, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia. 



The Industrial Progress of the Nation. 

 By Edward Atkinson, LL. D., Ph. D. 

 New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 

 395. Price, $2.50. 



Under the above title Mr. Atkinson has 

 combined two series of magazine articles 

 dealing with economic subjects, together 

 with two or three addresses not before pub- 

 lished. The statements and inferences pre- 

 sented in this volume are based on the 

 author's extended study of the national ac- 

 counts and the statistics of international 

 commerce. In the paper which stands first, 

 the idea is presented that " while the power 

 of mankind to consume the products of the 

 earth is limited, the source from which man 

 may draw satisfaction for his material wants 

 is practically unlimited." A special part of 

 the subject of production and consumption, 

 namely, the food question in America and 

 Europe, is treated in the next essay, and a 

 host of facts and figures are given bearing 

 on the existence of waste and want side by 

 side. In the two articles on " The Relative 

 Strength and Weakness of Nations," the 

 strength of democracy, as shown in America, 

 and the weakness of nations which are gov- 

 erned by monarchs, are analyzed. Following 

 these is a series of papers dealing with the 

 distribution of the products of industry, and 



