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Crown 8vo, pp. viii. — 344. (London: Swan Sonnenschien and Co. 1888.) 

 Price 4s. 6d. 



The aim of the author of the work before us has been to make the reader 

 thoroughly acquainted, both with the present state of psychological investiga- 

 tion and with the difficulties of the individual problems. It presents psycho- 

 logy to educated persons — more particularly to students, examiners, and 

 teachers — in a popular though by no means superficial manner. The introduc- 

 tory portion of this manual is divided into four sections, and treats of — I, The 

 Meaning of Psychology ; 2, Its relation to other Sciences ; 3, History of Psy- 

 chology ; 4, Method of Psychology ; 5, Division of the subject. The body of 

 the work is divided into two parts : — Part I. treats of the Nature of the Soul ; 

 Part II., The Mental Faculties. 



Discursive Essays on the Phenomena of the Heavens and 



Physical History of the Earth. In two parts. Part I. By " Cosmopolitan." 

 8vo, pp. xxxii. — 330. (London : Literary Society, 376 Strand.) Price 6s. 



This volume contains A New Theory in Astronomy, based on the Trans- 

 latory Motion of the Sun, and a New Theory on the Element of Cold in the 

 Universe, followed by a description of the Probable Origin of the Earth, For- 

 mation of its Ocean, Crust, Continents, and Islands, including a concise 

 review of the Evolution of the Organic Beings on its .Surface. 



Chemical Lecture Notes. Taken from Prof. C. O. Curt- 

 man's Lectures at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. By H. M. Whelpley, 

 Ph.G. Crown 8vo., pp. 143. (St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A.: The Author.) 



The student in chemistry will find these notes helpful. They were origi- 

 nally published in the National Druggist, and treat of Chemical Phy- 

 sics, the Chemistry of Metalloids, the Chemistry of Metals, and Organic 

 Compounds. 



The Medical Annual and Practitioner's Index. Crown 8vo, 



pp. 568. (Bristol : J. Wright and Co. London : Hamilton, Adams, and Co, 

 1888.) Price 5s. 6d. 



It is with much pleasure that we welcome to our editorial table this useful 

 work, and shall soon begin to regard it as an old friend. Since its commence- 

 ment we have noticed a continued yearly improvement, and congratulate the 

 editors on so successful a termination of another year of their labours. The 

 busy practitioner will, in many instances, find here the information he requires 

 put in very practical terms. 



A summary of the year's work in Medicine, Surgery, and Therapeutics 

 has been placed before the reader. The arrangement is alphabetical, and the 

 directions are in clear and concise language. We have also a list of the prin- 

 cipal medical works published during the past year — Notes on New Inven- 

 tions, Improvements in Pharmacy, etc.. Lists of Private Asylums and Homes 

 for Inebriates, and of Hydropathic Establishments in Great Britain — and at 

 the end of the book are blank pages for notes. We cordially recommend it. 



The Dictionary of New Treatment. Edited by Percy 

 Wilde, ^LD. (Medicine and Therapeutics), and W. H. Elam, F.R.C.S. 

 (Surgery). Crown 8vo, pp. 432. (Bristol: John Wright and Co. London: 

 Hamilton, Adams, and Co.) 



" The Annual" for 1887 being out of print, it was decided to reprint this 

 portion of the work in a separate form. It contains a concise description of 

 the New Methods of Treatment, both medical and surgical, which have been 

 introduced during recent years, and may be considered as an appendix to the 



