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is not intended to describe the culture, but to endeavour to convey some idea 

 of the peculiarities and recommendations possessed by these remarkable 

 plants," The various chapters are devoted to descriptions of Orchid Life ; 

 Orchid Flowers, in which the Labellum and Pollen Masses receive special 

 attention ; Orchid Mysteries ; Mimicry ; Fertilisation ; the History of their 

 Structure ; Uses ; Homes ; History ; Value ; and, finally, Hybrids. Lovers 

 of this very remarkable flower will find much to interest them. 



The Collector's Manual of British Land and Fresh- 

 Vater Shells. By Lionel Ernest Adams, B.A. Illustrated by Gerald W. 

 Adams and the Author ; pp. 125. (London : George Bell and Sons, 1884.) 



A most useful book for the collector, giving a clear description of one 

 hundred and thirty British species of British shells, with figures of every 

 species, also indicating the localities where each may be found. Simple 

 directions are given to the collector, by following which the youngest tyro in 

 that most fascinating employment can hardly fail to make a well -arranged and 

 correctly-named collection. There are 8 very good plates. 



The Book of Algoonah. Being a concise account of the 



History of the Early People of the continent of America, known as Mound 

 Builders. (St. Louis, Mo. : Cyrus F. Xewcomb and Co., 1S84.) 



This book gives the history of a people known as Mound Builders, who 

 inhabited that part of America where St. Louis now stands, and are said to 

 have lived at a time contemporaneous with the builders of the pyramids. We 

 are not told from whence the Author (who is nameless) procured his informa- 

 tion ; he, however, promises "to further elucidate the matter at no very 

 distant date." 



Hegel's ^^^^sthetics : a critical exposition. By John Stein- 

 fort Kedney, S.T.D., Professor of Divinity in the Seabury Divinity School, 

 Minnesota ; pp. XVIII. — 302. (Chicago, U.S.A. : S. C. Griggs and Co., 



This is one of Greggs' Philosophical Classics, the object of the work 

 being to reproduce the essential thought of that voluminous treatise known as 

 " The .Esthetics of Hegel. " The original work is divided into three parts; 

 we have here a faithful reproduction of the first. A translation of the second 

 part having been already published, the Author of the present work has 

 substituted an original disquisition in language approaching nearer to the 

 vernacular, and giving the substance of Hegel's thought. Of the third part all 

 the important definitions and fundamental ideas are given. 



The Eclectic Physiology, for use in Schools. By Eli F. 



Brown, M.D. ; pp. 189. (Cincinnati, U.vS.A. : Van Antwerp, Bragg, and 

 Co., 1884.) 



Physiology being taught in many of the schools, the information here 

 given is presented in a plain didactic style, common words being used instead 

 of technical terms, and the details of anatomy are subordinated to the more 

 important consideration of Physiolog)' and Hygiene. Much attention is given 

 to the care of proper sanitary conditions in the home, and to habits of 

 healthfulness in ordinary life. 



