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course, centres in the last expedition to relieve Emin Pasha, and this book 

 will be found to be most useflil for those who may not have the leisure to read 

 the full account which Mr. Stanley is about to publish. The book is well 

 illustrated. 



The Sabbath for Man : An Inquiry into the Origin and 

 History of the Sabbath Institution. By the Rev. W. Spiers, M.A., F.G.S., 

 F.R.M.S., etc. Cr. 8vo, pp. xii., 218. (London : C. H. Kelly. 1890.) 



This is a book written ' to order,' but unlike the majority of such it 

 breathes throughout the spirit of intense earnestness, and strong, enlightened, 

 personal conviction. It is the first of three prize essays, written for ' The 

 Lord's Day Observance Committee of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference ' ; 

 and, after a careful perusal, we are not surprised to learn that of the essays 

 sent in, it was deemed by the adjudicators " beyond all question the best." 

 The contention of the writer — a contention ably sustained by cl prwn reasoning, 

 historical evidence, and keen criticism of opposing theories — is that the institu- 

 tion is to be traced to the very beginning of human history — being made ' for 

 man,' it is as old as man — that it embodies an immutable principle of moral 

 and necessary law ; that its secularisation, from whatever motives, is injurious 

 to the intellectual, moral and physical life of man ; whilst, if jealously observed 

 in the spirit of the New Testament, accepted as a Divinely-given opportunity 

 for religious instruction, worship and service, it is a safeguard of religion, a 

 bond of human brotherhood, and a foundation of national greatness. 



We cordially commend the book as a clear, concise, and able description 

 of the origin, history, and authority of the Sabbath Institution. 



A Popular Treatise on the Winds. By William Ferrel, 

 M.A., Ph.D. Svo., pp. vii. — 505. (New York : John Wiley and Sons. 1S90.) 



The subject matter contained in this work is, we are told, an expansion of 

 a series of lectures delivered to a class of army officers in the U.S.A. Signal 

 Service. They embrace such subjects as The Constitution, Nature, and 

 general Circulation of the Atmosphere ; Monsoons, and Land and Sea Breezes; 

 Cyclones ; Tornadoes ; Thunderstorms, etc. A thorough knowledge of these 

 will doubtless be of great advantage to all who are desirous of understanding 

 the observed phenomena and sequences of the weather, and of forming rules 

 for weather predictions. 



A Moveable Atlas of the Human Body. By Prof. G. J. 



Witkowski, M.D. (London : Bailliere, Tindall and Cox.) Price 7s. 6d. 



Such an atlas as this is invaluable to the medical student. It contains the 

 neck and trunk of the human body, and by means of a number of superposed 

 coloured plates, shows the position of all the internal organs. These organs 

 are numbered up to 190. The text is translated into English by Robert liunter 

 Semple, M.D., F.R.C.P. London. 



Applied Anatomy: Surgical, Medical, and Operatic. By 

 John M'Lachlan, M.D., B.Sc, M.R.C.S., etc. 2 Vols. Cr. 8vo., 

 pp. xvi. — 584 -f xii. — 584. (Edinburgh: E. and S. Livingstone. 18S9.) 

 Price los. 6d. each. 



A third edition of this important work has just reached us. We believe it 

 will render very efficient aid to students about to pass the higher or final 

 examinations, more especially for those which require actual operations to be 

 made on the dead body. The instructions given are very thorough and care- 

 fully expressed. We notice that much new matter has been added in this 

 edition, especially in the parts treating of Medical Anatomy. A large number of 

 new illustrations have also been added, and they now number two hundred and 

 thirty-eight. 



