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ure, gravitation, and kindred conceptions, 

 but is to be followed in due course by a 

 volume on " Electricity and Magnetism," 

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The Nature of Mind and Human Automa- 

 tism. By Morton Prince, M. D. Phila- 

 delphia : J. B. Lippincott Company. Pp. 

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This is a closely reasoned discussion of 

 the essential issues of materialism. It first 

 took form several years ago as a graduating 

 medical thesis, which the author did not 

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 for further reflection and investigation of 

 the subject. It is predominantly polemic, 

 as Dr. Prince finds himself brought into col- 

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Outlines op Psychology. Dictations from 

 Lectures by Hermann Lotze. Trans- 

 lated, with a chapter on " The Anatomy 

 of the Brain," by C. L. IIerrick. Illus- 

 trated. Minneapolis, Minn. : S. M. Will- 

 iams. Pp. 149, with Plates. Price, 

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Much has been said of the claims of 

 Lotze as a philosopher, psychologist, physi- 

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 even in America." It was time, therefore, 

 that he should be translated, and a good 

 beginning is here made in this little volume. 

 Those who can not read him in the original 

 may now judge of his claims, and get the 

 benefit of his contributions to philosophy. 



On Teaching: Its Ends and Means. By 

 Henry Calderwood, Professor of Moral 

 Philosophy at the University of Edin- 

 burgh. Third edition. Macmillan & Co. 

 Pp. 126. Price, 50 cents. 



This book emanates from a distinguished 

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 has a recognized prominence as a philoso- 

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 the Edinburgh public schools. It would be 

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 there is much in it that is worth attending 

 to, but it is not of the high grade that we 

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 recognizes that a person can teach on iy wuat 

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Properties of Matter. By P. G. Tait, 

 Professor of Natural Philosophy in the 

 University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh : 

 Adam & Charles Black. Pp.320. Price, 

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Though the name of Black appears upon 

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 and is intended for students who are " sup- 



