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to give information as to offer aid to observation and reflection on objects 

 near to all and open to all. He has endeavoured to show that the old lesson, 

 *' Know thyself," is of universal application and importance ; that it is the 

 beginning of all knowledge, and is requisite for all right thinking, feeling, and 

 conduct. 



Excursions of an Evolutionist. By John Fiske. Fourth 



edition; pp. 379. (Boston, U.S.A. : Houghton, Mifflin, and Co. 1884.) 



This is a work of great thought, is well written, and exceedingly interest- 

 ing. We have space to mention only a few of the subjects treated of, viz. — 

 Europe before the Arrival of Man ; The Arrival of Man in Europe ; Our 

 Aryan Forefathers ; Was there a Primeval Mother Tongue ? etc. 



Mr. Fiske is undoubtedly a splendid writer. His arguments are clear, tho- 

 roughly comprehensible, and worthy of careful reading. By the perusal of 

 this book we have learned m.ore of the supposed date of the " Glacial Age," 

 its natural causes, etc., than we knew before. 



The Destiny of Man Viewed in the Light of his Origin. 



By John Fiske. Third thousand; pp. 121. (Boston, U.S.A. : Houghton, 

 Mifflin, and Co. 1884,) 



This work affords us a good view of the doctrine of evolution in its highest 

 aspects, as throwing light on the origin and destiny of man, and is a book that 

 will doubtless be read with much thoughtful interest. In his preface the author 

 states that " The question of a future life is generally regarded as lying outside 

 the range of legitimate scientific discussion. Yet while fully admitting this, 

 one does not necessarily admit that this object is one with regard to which we 

 are for ever debarred from entertaining an opinion." 



The Man Wonderful in the House Beautiful : An 



Allegory ; Teaching the Principles of Physiology and Hygiene, and the Effects 

 of Stimulants and Narcotics, for home reading. By Chilion B. Allen, A.M., 

 LL.B., M.D., and Mary A. Allen, A.B., M.D. ; pp. 336. (New York: 

 Fowler and Wells. 1884.) 



We have here an account of the Structure and Economy of the Human 

 Body most charmingly conveyed in the form of an allegory. The value of the 

 work is much enhanced by the many beautiful engravings with which it 

 is illustrated, and by the great number of questions, occupying 38 pages at the 

 end of the book, by which the reader's mind is intended to be refreshed. 



The book is well suited for reading both by young and old, and all may 

 find profit in its perusal. 



Tenants of an Old Farm : Leaves from the Note-Book of a 

 Naturalist. By Henry C. McCook, D.D. Illustrated from Nature ; pp. 460. 

 (New York : Ford, Howard, and Hulbert. 1885.) 



The Rev. Dr. H. C. McCook, who is also the author of " A Natural His- 

 tory of the Agricultural Ants of Texas," " The Honey and Occidental Ants," 

 etc. , has given us here one of the most charming books it has been our good 

 fortune to read for a long time. In the present work, the author introduces us 

 to various species of spiders, moths, ants, crickets, beetles, etc. In many 



