LITERARY NOTICES. 



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Lewes. In Part III we reach the subject in- 

 dicated by the title of the book, " The Re- 

 ligion of Philosophy." We have here eight 

 further chapters, six of which are devoted 

 to an account of the leading religious sys- 

 tems of the world, with reference to the 

 fundamental thesis of the author's book. 

 The seventh of these considers " The Sci- 

 ence of Morality," and the last is an " Ap- 

 peal to the Women of America in Behalf 

 of the Religion of Philosophy." 



We can do no more than give this brief 

 outline of a portly book which has cost the 

 author immense labor, and will, no doubt, 

 prove helpful to students interested in the 

 various questions it discusses. Of the va- 

 lidity of the work as an original contribu- 

 tion to philosophic thought we can not 

 speak, as we have not had time to give it 

 critical attention. Appealing to the scholar- 

 ship of the time, it must abide its verdict 

 on the claims of the performance to live in 

 the future. 



Proceedings of the Biological Society of 

 Washington. Vol. II, July 1, 1882, to 

 July 1, 1884. Washington: Smithso- 

 nian Institution. Pp. 127. 



The volume contains, with lists of mem- 

 bers, etc., abstracts of the proceedings of 

 the stated meetings of the society, and men- 

 tion by name of the papers read at each, 

 two presidential addresses, and sixteen spe- 

 cial papers. The presidential address of 

 Mr. Theodore Gill, January 19, 1883, was 

 on ' Zoogeography," and gave an elaborate 

 review of the faunal regions or " realms " 

 into which naturalists have divided the 

 earth. The presidential address of Mr. 

 Charles A. White, January 25, 1884, was 

 on " Certain Phases in the Geological His- 

 tory of the North American Continent, bio- 

 logically considered." ;>. 



Sanitary Suggestions on how to Disin- 

 fect our Homes. By B. W. Palmer, 

 M. D. Detroit, Mich. : George S. Davis. 

 Pp. 58. Price, 25 cents. 



This is a handbook for popular perusal, 

 containing the latest and best information 

 on the household use of disinfectants, de- 

 odorants, and antiseptics, and practical pre- 

 cautions for the prevention of cholera, diph- 

 theria, scarlet fever, and other infectious 

 diseases. 



The Filth Power. By J. B. Olcott. Pp. 41. 

 This is a paper from the report of the 

 Secretary of the Connecticut Board of Agri- 

 culture, having been made originally, ap- 

 parently, in the form of an address at one 

 of the meetings of the board. Its purpose 

 is to present the system of removal of sew- 

 age by water as the great evil that now 

 threatens the health and morals of our com- 

 munities. Sewage irrigation is also con- 

 demned as an evil hardly, if any, less dan- 

 gerous. Making allowance for the speak- 

 er's great intensity of statement, there can 

 be no doubt that a truth is here held up 

 to view. Pollution of streams and the 

 ground by turning the nastiness of towns 

 upon them is a dire evil, which, threatening 

 to become almost universal, can not be 

 combated and remedied too soon. For a 

 remedy, the author proposes systematic 

 treatment of all refuse matter with earth. 



Mind in Nature. Vol. I, Nos. 1 and 3- 

 March and May, 1885. Chicago: Cos, 

 mic Publishing Company. Monthly. Pp. 

 16 each number. Price, 10 cents a num- 

 ber, $1 a year. 



This is a popular journal of " Psychical, 

 Medical, and Scientific Information," and 

 gives especial attention to what has come to 

 be called " Psychical Research." It has a 

 large list of special contributors, among 

 whom clergymen and students of the nerv- 

 ous system are well represented. 



Remarks upon Chipped Stone Implements. 

 By F. W. Putnam. Salem, Mass. : Sa- 

 lem Press. Pp. 8, with Nine Plates. 



The "remarks" were made at a meet- 

 ing of the Essex Institute, and relate to 

 the method of manufacture, the character, 

 and use of the implements in question. The 

 plates represent various implements, with 

 and without handles, from Trenton, New 

 Jersey, Mexican localities, the Navajo and 

 Pah-Ute Indians, and Tierra del Fuego. 



Facts serving to prove the Contagious- 

 ness of Tuberculosis. Bv W. H. Webb, 

 M. D. Philadelphia. Pp. 28. 



The author cites a number of cases that 

 occurred in his own practice where a wife 

 appeared to contract consumption from her 

 husband, and husbands from their wives, 

 and refers to many other cases of which he 



