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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



Christian Thought. Second Series. Edit- 

 ed by Charles F. Deems, LL. D., Presi- 

 dent of the American Institute of Chris- 

 tian Philosophy. New York : Phillips 

 & Sons, 80 Fourth Avenue. Pp. 476. 



The " Institute of Christian Philosophy " 

 is a society which holds stated meetings for 

 the discussion of questions bearing upon the 

 relations of science and the Christian re- 

 ligion, together with annual assemblies on 

 the Chautauqua plan at some place of sum- 

 mer resort, where the same questions are 

 formally considered with carefully prepared 

 addresses before as large audiences as will 

 attend. The present volume represents the 

 sum of the year's work of the institution as 

 embodied in the more important lectures 

 and papers on philosophy, Christian evi- 

 dence, and biblical elucidation, spoken at 

 the monthly and annual meetings. These, 

 as they appeared in the monthly numbers 

 of the periodical " Christian Thought," were 

 r varied with editorial remarks, briefer arti- 

 cles, paragraphs, and squib3, all having 

 some bearing on the main question, which 

 are also incorporated in the volume. 



An Account of the Progress in Zoology 



in the Year 1883. By Theodore Gill. 



Washington : Government Printing-Of- 



fice. Pp. 53. 



Though no startling discoveries in zo- 

 ology were recorded during 1883, the prog- 

 ress of the science was real. The two im- 

 portant events deemed worthy of special 

 notice were the International Fisheries Ex- 

 hibition in London, and the publication of 

 Jordan and Gilbert's " Synopsis of the 

 Fishes of North America." Mr. Gill's " ac- 

 count" is composed of synopses of the 

 several papers and reports of the investi- 

 gations of naturalists in the various coun- 

 tries in which science is systematically pur- 

 sued. 



Archaeological Institute of America. 

 Sixth Annual Report, 1884-'85. Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. : John Wilson & Son. Pp. 

 48. 



A new departure has been taken by the 

 institute, in order to give it wider national 

 scope and interest, in the division into 

 affiliated societies, of which there are now 

 three, those of Boston, Baltimore, and New 

 York, each with its own roll of members 

 and set of officers. Progress is reported in 



the exploration of New Mexico and Arizona 

 by M. Bandelier, in the collation of the 

 results of the excavations at Assos, Asia 

 Minor, and in the publication of papers. 

 An expedition was sent out last fall to 

 Babylonia, under the charge of Dr. W. 

 Hayes Ward, for the purpose of looking 

 over the field and finding a favorable site 

 for future thorough investigation. It has 

 not yet made a report for publication. The 

 institute collected and expended $46,150 be- 

 tween May, 1879, and May, 1885. 



Proceedings of the Modern Language 

 Association of America, 1884, Pro- 

 fessor A. M. Elliott, Baltimore, Md., 

 Secretary. Pp. 100. 



The "Modern Language Association" 

 was organized in the city of New York in 

 December, 1883. Its object is the " ad- 

 vancement of the study of the modern lan- 

 guages and their literatures." The second 

 meeting, of which this pamphlet contains 

 the report, was held at Columbia College, 

 New York, on the 29th and 30th of Decem- 

 ber last. A considerable number of pa- 

 pers, abstracts of which are here given, all 

 instructive and suggestive, were read, bear- 

 ing on the value of modern languages, the 

 desirability of giving more attention to 

 them and of putting them on an equal foot- 

 ing with the ancient languages, and the best 

 methods of teaching them. A resolution 

 was adopted expressing the opinion of the 

 convention that the establishment of a clas- 

 sical course in modern languages, with spe- 

 cial view to disciplinary methods, alongside 

 the ancient classical course in our colleges 

 is not only desirable but practicable. 



Notes on thh Literature of Explosives. 

 By Professor Charles E. Munroe, U. S. 

 N. A., Annapolis, Md. Pp. 32. 



The title well describes the scope of the 

 book. It is a collection of " notes," derived 

 from various sources, covering the chief 

 points of interest concerning explosives, 

 their manufacture, the preparation and ap- 

 plication of new ones, their use, and the 

 precautions observed in their manufacture 

 and transportation. It is a continuous pub- 

 lication, appearing in installments from time 

 to time, as new information is brought to 

 light and collected by the compiler. 



