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by C. L. Herrick. Illustrated, pp. ix. — 150. (Minneapolis, U.S.A. : S. M. 

 Williams. 



The works of this German philosopher are rapidly gaining recognition. 

 The book before us professes to give outlines only, and embraces but the dic- 

 tated portions of an extended lecture course, and is suited to form the frame- 

 work of a course of valuable lectures. The portion of the work devoted to 

 the anatomy of the brain is illustrated with two anatomical plates. 



Mind-Reading and Beyond. By William A. Hovey. pp. 



200. (Boston, U.S.A. : Lee and Shepard. 1S85.) Price 81.25. 



Our readers are aware that an association of gentlemen has been formed 

 under the designation of " The vSociety for Psychical Research," their object 

 being to examine the nature and extent of any influence which may be existing 

 by one mind over another. A vast number of experiments have been made, 

 many of which are described in the volume before us. 



The Lenape and their Legends, with the Complete Text 



and Symbols of the Walum Olum. A New Translation and an Enquiry into 

 its Authenticity. By Daniel G. Brinton, A.M., MD. pp. 262. (Philadel- 

 phia : D. G. Brinton. 1885). Pnce S3, 



This volume is the fifth of Dr. Brinton's Library of Aboriginal Literature. 

 In it the learned Doctor, who is Professor of Ethnology and Archaeology at 

 the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, etc., has grouped a series of 

 Ethnological Studies of the Indians of Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and 

 Maryland, around what is asserted to be one of the most curious records of 

 Ancient American Histories. This record, the "Walum Olum," was for a 

 long time supposed to have been lost, but having recently obtained the original 

 text complete, the Doctor has spared no pains to publish a correct translation. 



It may interest our readers to know that this remarkable record gives, in the 

 rudest possible characters, an account (mythical, certainly) of the creation of 

 the world, continued into a history of this people up to a comparatively recent 

 date. 



The Lenape Stone, or the Indian and the Mammoth. By 



H. C. Mercer. Pp. 95. (New York: G- P. Putman and Sons, 1885.) 

 Price 81.25. 



In' 1872, a young farmer, living near Doylestown, Bucks County, Penn., 

 picked up a "queer" stone, which he took home and placed in a box with 

 other Indian curiosities. It proved to be part of a broken " gorget stone," on 

 which was roughly engraved a party of Indians hunting the Hairy Mammoth. 

 There appears to be no doubt as to the genuineness of the stone itself, but of 

 the carvings upon it some doubt does exist. Should it be acknowledged to be 

 a genuine Indian relic, it will prove a veiy valuable acquisition to the American 

 archteologist. The author gives an interesting account of its discovery, and a 

 very fair report of the arguments for and against its genuineness. 



The Phrase : A Monograph. By F. G. Morris, M.A. 

 pp. 72. (Easthampton, Mass., U.S.A. : The Author. 1885.) Price 50c. 



This is a vScientific exposition of Shorthand Phrase-Writing, The author 

 does not profess that it is a new system, but that it is new in its methods, 

 occupying a place not filled by any other work on the subject. Pie endeavours 

 to show that Shorthand is of great practical utility and scientific value, and 

 that, other things being equal, the most intelligent practitioner will be the 

 most expert in its use. We believe "The Phrase" may be advantageously 

 used with any system of shorthand. 



