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it ; and concludes with the remark that if his doctrine be correct, the alleged 

 results of cholera inoculation are deceptive and erroneous. A world-map, 

 showing the cholera routes, is given as a frontispiece. 



Cholera : Its History, Cause, and Prevention. By Ezra A. 

 Bartlett, M.D. i6mo, pp. 105. (Albany, N.Y. : H. H. Bender. 1885.) 

 Price 30c. 



A book written for the people, in which the author states the latest and 

 best opinions on the subject, and whilst expressing his gratification at the 

 reported results of inoculation for its prevention, he feels that for the present 

 our thoughts should be directed more towards sanitation. 



The Physician Himself, and what he should add to his 



Scientific Acquirements in order to Secure Success. By D. W. Cathall, M.D. 

 8vo, pp. 284. (Baltimore, U.S.A. : Cushings and Bailey. 1885.) Price $2. 

 This work is written in answer to the supposed question, "What honour- 

 able means can I employ in addition to scientific knowledge and book-learning 

 in order to make my success more certain, more rapid, and more complete?" 

 The answer is embodied in the book before us ; our only surprise being that 

 many of the suggestions are not thoroughly superfluous, for we cannot help 

 thinking that such would be the case were they addressed to a physician in 

 England. The book is in its fifth edition, so perhaps we are mistaken. 



An Inglorious Columbus; or, Evidence that Hwui Shan 



and a Party of Buddhist Monks from Afghanistan discovered America in the 

 Fifth Century, a.d. By Edward P. Vining. 8vo, pp. xxiii. — 788. (New 

 York : D. Appleton and Co. 1885.) 



An immense amount of study and research has been expended on the large 

 book before us. The author, with much force, shows that the country dis- 

 covered by the Chinese, and to which they gave the name of " Fu-Sang " and 

 "The Country of Women," must refer to Mexico. The map given as frontis- 

 piece shows the route followed by Hwui Shan. At p. 262, etc., we have a 

 copy with a literal translation of an extract from the Liang-Shu, or Records 

 of the Liang Dynasty, in which is given a description of Fu-Sang. The book 

 contains 31 illustrations. 



Philosophic Thought in All Ages ; or. The Bible Defended 



from the Standpoint of Science. By Lawrence Sluter Benson. Post 8vo, 

 pp. 180. (New York : The Author. 1885.) 



In the earlier portion of this work, much thought and extensive reading 

 has been displayed, for here we have epitomised the inmost thought and deep 

 reasonings of learned men of all ages. Perhaps we are somewhat prejudiced 

 in the current beliefs of our own time, but we certainly cannot altogether agree 

 with the learned author in some of his concluding remarks, say after page 141, 

 where he treats of more modern Science. 



Scientific Culture, and other Essays. By Josiah Parsons 

 Cooke, LL.D. Second Edition, cr, 8vo, pp. vii. — 293. (New York : 

 D. Appleton and Co. 1885.) Price 61. 



Dr. Cooke is Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy in Harvard College. 

 These essays were written at various times, and are the outcome of a large 



