LITERARY NOTICES. 



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Stjetlin'g Facts in Modkrn Spiritualism. 

 By N. B. Wolfe, M. D. Chicago : Ee- 

 ligio-Philosophical Publishing House. 

 Pp. 671. 



Dr. Wolfe tells us that he has been for 

 twenty-five years an observer of modern 

 spiritualism. Had he not published this 

 book, the world might never have known 

 the extent of his gullibility. He has only 

 himself to blame. 



Contributions from the Laboratory of 

 THE State University. By P. Schweit- 

 zer, Ph. D. Jefferson City, Mo. : Re- 

 gan k Carter. 1875. Pp. 38. 



Two papers by Prof. Schweitzer, printed 

 from tlie Catalogue of the University, com- 

 prise this pamphlet. One is upon the " True 

 Composition of Coal," and the other on 

 the "Water-Supply of Columbia, Boone 

 County," with analyses. Both papers are 

 of value, giving in detail the results of faith- 

 ful and well-directed laboratory work. 



Views and Interviews on Journalism. 

 Edited bv Charles F. Wingate. New 

 York : F.' B. Patterson. Pp. 372. 



Mr. Wingate allows some of the promi- 

 nent newspaper editors of the United States 

 to express their opinions on journalism, its 

 limits, its tendencies, its perils, its pros- 

 pects, la some instances the editors are 

 catechised in an interview, in others their 

 views are ascertained by reference to the 

 journals they edit. 



The Lower Forms of Life found within 

 THE Oral Cavity. By C. N. Peirce, 

 D. D. S. Pp. 23. Lancaster, Pa. : Fenn- 

 syhania Jotirnal of Denial Science. 



The forms of life here spoken of are 

 six in number, five of them being vegetal 

 growths, and the sixth an animal organism, 

 a genus of infusorium. They are all micro- 

 scopic organisms. 



The Prospector's Manual. By W. J. 

 Schofield. Boston : W. J. Schofield & 

 Co. Pp. 96. Price, 50 cents. 



Intended as a guide to the discovery of 

 quartz and placer indications of gold and 

 silver mines. The book further gives de- 

 scriptions of metalliferous rocks of various 

 kinds in the New England States and the 

 neighboring provinces of Canada. 



Journal of the American Electrical So- 

 ciety. Vol. I., No. 1. Chicago: Lake- 

 side Publishing Co. Pp. 98. 



The American Electrical Society, whose 

 official organ this Journal is, has for its ob- 

 ject the interchange of knowledge and the 

 professional improvement of its members, 

 the advancement of electrical and tele- 

 graphic science, and the establishment of 

 a central point of reference. The articles 

 which appear in the Journal consist chiefly 

 of papers read at the meetings of the socie- 

 ty, but papers from other sources on tele- 

 graphic and electrical subjects are also 

 given. In the present number, the first 

 article, which is well illustrated, is by Mr. 

 Elisha Gray, on " The Transmission of Mu- 

 sical Tones telegraphically." There is also 

 an illustrated article on " Quadruples Teleg- 

 raphy." Among the selected articles we 

 may name one on Edison's " New Force," 

 by Dr. Beard, and a sketch of Sir Charles 

 Wheatstone. The Publishing Committee, 

 in a note prefixed to the present numbei-, 

 state that a second number may be issued 

 in three or four months. Price, $L60 per 

 number. 



Geological and Natural History Sur- 

 vey OF Minnesota (1874). By N. H. 

 Winchell. Pp. 36. St. Paul Fioneer 

 Fress print. 



In this, his third annual report, the State 

 geologist of Minnesota gives the results of 

 his researches on the geology of the two 

 counties of Freeborn and Mower. In the 

 former county there is an abundance of 

 peat, most of the marshes being peat-bear- 

 ing. This peat is of the best quality, and is 

 gradually coming into use for fuel. Geo- 

 logical maps of the two counties accompany 

 the report. 



Bulletin of the LTnited States National 

 Museum. By J. H. Kidder, M. D. 

 Washington : Government Printing- 

 Office. Pp. 51. 



The present number of the "Bulletin" 

 is devoted to a description of the ornitho- 

 logical specimens brought from Kerguelen 

 Island by the Transit-of-Venus Expedition 

 of 1874-75. The number of species de- 

 scribed is twenty-one, belonging to six fami- 

 lies Frocellaridce, Sphcniscidce, Laridce, 

 Fhalacrocoracidoe, Anaiidce, and Chionididce. 



