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systematic treatises on Medicine and Surgery. The Therapeutics of the New 

 Remedies are fully considered under the names of the diseases for which they 

 are especially employed. At the end of the book will be found an exhaustive 

 Index of Remedies and another of Diseases. Whilst this volume and " The 

 Medical Annual " for the current year are complete in themselves, each will 

 be found to be complemented by the other. 



The Philosophy of Words : A Popular Introduction to the 

 Science of Language. By Frederico Garlanda, Fh.D. Crown 8vo, pp. 294. 



The Fortunes of Words : Letters to a Lady. By Frederico 

 Garlanda, Ph.D. Crown 8vo, pp. 225. 



(London : Trubner and Co. 18S8.) 



In the two little books before us the aim of the author is to explain as 

 plainly as possible some of the most important results of the science of lan- 

 guage, whence our words come, what is their true meaning, and how is our 

 language connected with those of people around us. He thinks many people 

 speak too much as birds sing, without ever bringing our minds to reflect on 

 tlie nature of the sounds we utter. 



The Philosophy of Words treats of Sounds and Language, the 

 English Language divided into Household Words, Church Words, Words of 

 Society, and Political Words ; Comparative Grammar ; Language and Rules ; 

 Local and Family Names, etc. etc. 



The Fortunes of Words, which is written in the form of a series of 

 letters to a lady, treats very fully of the roots from which our words are 

 derived. Both books will well repay very careful study. 



Durrant's Hand-Book for Essex. By Miller Christy. 



Crown 8vo, pp. viii.- — 237. (Chelmsford : Edmund Durrant & Co. London : 

 Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1S87.) Price 2S. 6d. 



This useful hand-book offers for the use of tourists and others a guide to 

 the principal buildings, places, and objects of interest in each parish of the 

 county. We have also a nice account of the History, Geology, Area, Popula- 

 tion, Literature, Antiquities, Worthies, and Natural History. It contains also 

 a map and two plans. 



The Trade-Signs of Essex : A Popular Account of the 



Origin and Meanings of the Public-House and other Signs now or formerly 

 found in the County of Essex. By Miller Christy. 8vo, pp. xii. — 184. 

 (Chelmsford : E. Durrant and Co. London : Grifliih, Farran, and Co. 1887.) 

 Price 7s. 6d. 



Being for many years resident in Essex, it is with much interest that we 

 turn our attention to this and the preceding interesting books. The signs of 

 Essex are classified under the titles Heraldic, Mammalian, Ornithological, 

 Piscatorial, Insect, Reptilian, Botanical, Human, Nautical, and Miscellaneous. 

 Mr. Christy has performed his task in a thorough and masterly manner, and 

 gives his readers a large amount of valuable information on what at first sight 

 appears a somewhat unimportant subject. At the end is a Glossary of the 

 Heraldic Terms used in the book. The work is well illustrated, the frontis- 

 piece to the volume being a curious old engraving of Chelmsford High Street 

 in 1762. 



Observations on Popular Antiquities, chiefly illustrating 



the Origin of our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions. By John 

 Brand, with the additions of Sir Henry Ellis. Crown 8vo, pp. xvi. — 807. 

 (London : Chatto and Windus. 1888.) Price 7s. 6d. 



