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only those which actual tests have shown to 

 be reliable and trustworthy." The volume 

 contains twenty-five illustrations. 



A new and revised edition is published 

 by William Wood & Co. of Mr. Henry Kid- 

 dle's Text-Book of Physics, in which are in- 

 corporated the alterations needed to adapt 

 the book to the present state of science. 

 The work itself is an adaptation or simpli- 

 fication of Ganot's work, and regard has 

 been had, in carrying out the revision, to the 

 changes and improvements that have been 

 made in the successive editions of the pro- 

 totype. A large number of experiments, 

 with new illustrations, have been added in 

 the department of "Application of Prin- 

 ciples." 



Health for Little Folks (American Book 

 Company) is the book for primary grades 

 in the " Authorized Physiology Series." It 

 teaches what the laws now require in regard 

 to alcoholic beverages and tobacco, with fre- 

 quent iteration, and states briefly the gen- 

 eral rules of health and the structure of the 

 body. Physiology and anatomy, however, 

 are treated in the first two books of the 

 series merely as aids " to enable the pupil 

 to comprehend the topic which is the real 

 object of study, viz., the laws of health and 

 the nature of alcoholic drinks and other nar- 

 cotics, and their effects upon the human 

 system." The volume is written in simple 

 language, it is clearly printed, and is made 

 attractive with many illustrations. The 

 series is indorsed by the Woman's Christian 

 Temperance Union. 



The Open Court Company, Chicago, pub- 

 lishes by special license of the author, Three 

 Lectures on the Science of Language and its 

 Place in General Education, which were de- 

 livered at the Oxford University Extension 

 Meeting of 1889, by Prof. F. Max Muller. 

 In the first lecture the author finds a mark 

 of distinction between man and animals in 

 the use of language transmitted from gener- 

 ation to generation, and shows how the enor- 

 mous vocabulary of the English language 

 has grown up from a comparatively small 

 number of primitive roots. In the second 

 lecture these roots are shown to correspond 

 with distinct concepts in the mind of man, 

 of which animals have none ; and the lesson 

 taught by the science of language which 

 is shown to have a practical value is ex- 



pounded. In the third lecture the author 

 maintains that language which is the key 

 to thought affords a surer test of race 

 affiliations than physical characteristics can, 

 and insists upon his theory of the Asiatic 

 origin of the Aryans as against the Scandi- 

 navian theory of some modern students. To 

 the three lectures are added an essay, enti- 

 tled My Predecessors, in which Prof. Muller 

 disclaims originality for his idea of the iden- 

 tity of thought and language, and strives to 

 show that it has been taught by the nomi- 

 nalists and other philosophers in the past. 

 (Price, 75 cents.) 



A group of stories from Norse Mythology 

 has been published by Mary E. Litchfield, 

 under the title The Nine Worlds (Ginn, 60 

 cents). The style of the book is intended to 

 be simple enough for children, but not too 

 simple for adults. The author says : " I 

 have written the story of the gods as it has 

 formed itself in my mind after much read- 

 ing and thinking. Whatever is coarse or 

 unpoetic in the old stories has been left out, 

 and much has been added from my own 

 imagination." She has taken various lib- 

 erties with the ancient legends, such as put- 

 ting certain prophecies into the mouth of 

 Odin, because he is represented as knowing 

 the future, supplying connecting links in the 

 history, and giving added prominence to cer- 

 tain characters. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



American Chemical Society. Bulletin, First 

 General Meeting, at Newport, R. I., August, 1890. 

 Pp.8. 



Bailey, L. H. Cornell University College of Ag- 

 riculture. Report on the Condition of Fruit-grow- 

 ing in Western New York. Pp. 12. 



Ballard, Julia P. Among the Moths and Butter- 

 flies. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 237. 

 $1.50. 



Bardeen, Charles Russell. Home Exercise for 

 Health and Cure. Syracuse, N. Y. : C. W. Bar- 

 deen. Pp. 91. 



Carter, .J. M. G., Waukegan. Report of the Com- 

 mittee (Illinois State Medical Society) on Practice 

 of Medicine. Pp. 10. 



Chadwick, John W. Evolution and Social Re- 

 form : the Theological Method. Boston : James 

 H. West. Pp. 10. 10 cents. 



Cook, Albert S. Sir Philip Sidney. The De- 

 fense of Poetry, with Introduction and Notes. Bos- 

 ton : Ginn & Co. Pp. 143. 90 cents. 



De Costa, B. F. The Pre-Columbian Discovery 

 of America by the Northmen. Albany, N. Y. : Joel 

 Munson's Sons. Pp. 196. $3. 



Fairman, Dr. Charles E. The Fungi of Western 

 New York. Rochester, N. Y. : Academy of Sci- 

 ences. Pp. 14, with Plates. 



Fernow, B. E., Washington, D. C. Report of the 

 Chief of the Forestry Division for 1S90. Pp. 60. 



