LITERARY NOTICES. 



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posed to hare a sound knowledge of ordi- 

 nary geometry and a moderate acquaintance 

 with the elements of algebra and trigonome- 

 try." The author adds in his preface, but 

 he (the student) "is also supposed to have 

 what he can easily obtain from the simple 

 parts of the first two chapters of Thompson 

 & Tait's ' Elements of Natural Philosophy,' 

 or from Clerk Maxwell's excellent little trea- 

 tise on ' Matter and Motion ' a general ac- 

 quaintance with the fundamental principles 

 of kinematics of a point and of kinetics of 

 a particle." It was the author's intention 

 to complete his series of text-books by simi- 

 lar volumes on " Dynamics," " Sound," and 

 " Electricity." 



Theory and Practice of Teaching. By 

 Rev. Edward Turing. New and revised 

 edition. Cambridge: University Press. 

 Pp. 262. Price, $1. 



We noticed the first edition of this spir- 

 ited book at the time of its appearance. It 

 is very readable, but full of English views 

 upon the subject, although many of them 

 are as applicable here as anywhere. We 

 are glad to see that it has been amplified 

 and improved. 



Third Biennial Report of the Bureau of 



Labor Statistics of Illinois. 1884. 



John S. Lord, Secretary. Springfield. 



Pp. 654. 



The contents of this report are presented 

 in three parts, each of which is devoted to 

 some special fine of statistical inquiry on 

 the general topic of industrial affairs in 

 Illinois, and the relations which the differ- 

 ent classes engaged in them sustain to each 

 other and to the State. The first part con- 

 tains an investigation designed to ascertain 

 what proportion of the results of manual 

 labor in manufactures accrues to the pro- 

 prietor and what to the workman. In part 

 Becond are presented the results of special 

 investigations made by the bureau into the 

 economical and social condition of the in- 

 dustrial classes of the State ; and the third 

 part gives comprehensive statistics of coal- 

 mining and the manufacture of drain-tile in 

 Illinois ; with a report on the model indus- 

 trial community at Pullman, in which are 

 expressed the conclusions reached by a 

 number of representatives from the various 

 State Bureaus of Labor Statistics, after an in- 

 vestigation extending through several days. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Progress of Astronomy in the Year 16S4, by 

 Professor Kdward S. Holden, pp. 55; Progress in 

 Zoology in the Year last, by Professor Theodore 

 Gill, pp. 93; Progress in Yuleanology and Seismolo- 

 gy in the Years 1SS3, 1884, by Professor Charles G. 

 Rockwood, Jr., pp. 21 ; Antiquities at Pantaleon, 

 Guatemala, by Lieutenant, Charles E. Vreeland, U. 

 S. IN., and J. F. Bransford, U. S. N , pp. 12; Papers 

 relating to Anthropology, pp. 88. All trom the 

 Smithsonian Report for'lS.st. Washington: Gov- 

 ernment Printing-Office. 1SS5. 



Crystallization, by Dr. Persifor Frazcr, pp.11; 

 The Tehuantepee Ship Railway, by E. L. Corthill, 

 C. E., pp. 33. Reprints from the -'Journal of the 

 Franklin Institute," Philadelphia. 1885. 



Report of a Special Committee of the Franklin 

 Institute on the Efficiency and Duration of Incan- 

 descent Electric Lamps. Philadelphia : The Frank- 

 lin Institute. 1S85. Pp. 127. 



Publications of the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology of Harvard College, Mass. Pp. S. 



Proceedings of the Illinois State Board of Health. 

 Quarterly Meeting, Chicago, July 2-3, 18S5. Pp. 2(3. 



Notes on the Island of Jura, Scotland, pp. 5; and 

 Syenite and Gabbro in Massachusetts, pp. 3. By Dr. 

 M. E. Wadsworth. 



An Olivine-bearing Diabase from St. Georges, 

 Maine. By Q. E. Dickerman and M. E. Wadsworth. 

 Pp.2. 



Meteorology of the 'Mountains and Plains of 

 North America, as affecting the Cattle-growing 

 Industries of the United States. By Silas Burt. 

 St. Louis, Mo. 1S85. Pp. 7. 



Studies from the Biological Laboratory of Johns 

 Hopkins University. Edited by II. Newell Mar- 

 tin and W. K. Brooks. Vol. Ill, No. 3. Baltimore: 

 N. Murray. June, 1885. Pp. 72. 75 cents. 



Influence of the Proprietors in founding the 

 State of New Jersey. By Austin Scott, Ph. D. 

 Baltimore : N. Murray. August. 1S5. Pp.26. 



Niagara Park. Original and Selected Descriptions, 

 Poems, and Adventures, by Various Writers. Edit- 

 ed by Alice Hyneman Rhine. New York : Niagara 

 Publishing Company. 1885. Pp. 112. Illustrated. 

 50 cents. 



A Canterbury Pilgrimage, Ridden, Written, and 

 Illustrated, by Joseph and Elizabeth Pobins Pen- 

 ned. New York: Charles Seribner's Sons. I&s5. 

 Pp. 78. ceuts. 



Creation. Man's Fall explained in the Light of 

 Modern Science. New York : Lawrence S. Benson. 

 18j5. Pp. 15. 15 cents. 



The Modification of Plants by Climate. By A. 

 A. Crozier, Ann Arbor, Mich. : The Author. 1885. 

 Pp. 35. 25 cents. 



The Song Budcret, for Schools and Educational 

 Gatherings. Compiled by E. V. De Graff, A.M. 

 Syracuse, N. Y. : C. W. Bardeen. 18s5. Pp. 76. 15 

 cents. 



" The Black Diamond." Published in the inter- 

 est of the coal-trade industry, h. S. Jervis and 11. 

 A. Bischoff, Editors. Chicago : The National Coal 

 Exchange. Monthly. Pp. 12. $1 a year. 



" The Hoosier Naturalist." A. C. Jones. R. B. 

 Trouslot, Editors and Publishers. Valparaiso, Ind. 

 Monthly. Pp. 8. 50 cents a year. 



Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 of Harvard College. Vol. XII. No. 1. Chlamydose- 

 lachus Anguineus Garm A Living Species of Clado- 

 dont Stork. By S. Garman. Cambridge. 18S5. Pp. 

 35, and numerous Plates. 



The Utilization of the Sun's Rays in heating 

 and ventilating Apartments. By Professor E. S. 

 Morse. Pp. 8. 



The Attraction and the Figure of Equilibrium of 

 a Rotating Fluid Mass and the Interior Density and 

 Temperature of the Earth. By D. P. Blackstone. 

 Madison, Wis. 1885. Pp. 58. 



Fiat Money. A Review of the Decisions of the 



