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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



Dr. C. W. Dullcs's little manual on Acci- 

 dents and Emergencies (Blakiston, 75 cents) 

 has reached a third edition. It has been 

 revised and enlarged, and new illustrations 

 have been added. The aim of this book is 

 not to take the place of calling a physician 

 or surgeon, but to fill up with helpful action 

 the interval before skilled assistance arrives. 

 It contains information which every one is 

 liable to have a sudden need for during the 

 present season of travel and more or less 

 dangerous sports. 



From the same publishers comes the sixth 

 American edition of Dr. T. H. Tanner''s 

 Memoranda on Poisons {1o cents), which has 

 been revised by Henry Leffmann, M. D. 

 Obsolete portions of the text have been 

 omitted, and some new matters of impor- 

 tance have been added. The toxicology of 

 poisonous food has been rewritten. This 

 manual is for the medical practitioner, and 

 contains, besides directions for the diagnosis 

 and treatment of poisoning, also a statement 

 of his duties with reference to obtaining in- 

 formation for a judicial inquiry. 



Mr. F. B. Goddard has written three 

 pamphlets for the guidance of the house- 

 holder, dealing with Furniture and the Art 

 of Fxirnishing^ Marlceting, and Grocer''s 

 Goods (Tradesman's Publishing Co., New 

 York, each 20 cents). They are full of 

 practical information in regard to qualities, 

 imitations, prices, uses, and care of the 

 various goods and supplies described, which 

 will save the inexperienced buyer many times 

 the cost of the pamphlets. 



The Story of New York, by Elhridge S. 

 Brooks (Lothrop, $1.50), is the first volume 

 in " The Story of the States " series. It 

 aims to give the reader an acquaintance with 

 its field, by presenting to hira the stages of 

 growth through which the State of New York 

 has passed. The progress of the average citi- 

 zen through the changes of over two hun- 

 dred years is represented by the story of a 

 hypothetical Knickerbocker family, which is 

 woven in with the historical data. The 

 author has been more solicitous to make a 

 readable book than to crowd a great number 

 of facts into a small space, and is much 

 aided in this respect by the many illustra- 

 tions. 



The negro literature of our Southern 

 plantations has been increased by a volume 



of Negro Myths from the Georgia Coast, 

 which have been recorded by Charles C. 

 Jones, Jr. (Houghton, Mifflin & Co., $1). The 

 stories of the negroes in the swamp region 

 of Georgia and the Carolinas have a char- 

 acter of their own, differing from those in 

 vogue among the negroes of middle Georgia, 

 which have been recounted by Mr. Joel 

 Chandler Harris. The stories of this collec- 

 tion are short, and are told in vernacular. A 

 glossary is appended to the volume. 



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Agassiz. Alexander. Three Cruises of the U. 8. 

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Allen, John H., Brooklyn, N. Y. The Spanish- 

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Barnard, F. P. Strongbow's Conquest of Ireland. 

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Bell, Alexander Melville. "World -English : the 

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Connecticut Agricultural Experinoent Station. 

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Cooke, Rose Terry. Poems. New York: Will- 

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Dowling, Richard. Ignorant Essays. New York: 

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Eaton, A. W. The Heart of the Creeds. New 

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Galloway, Robert. The Fundamental Principles 

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Goode, G. Brown. American Fishes. New York : 

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Gray, Asa. Synoptical Flora of North America. 

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Halsted. Byron D., Ames. Iowa. Bulletin from 

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Heath, D. C. & Co., Boston. "Old South Leaf- 

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Henderson, J. F., Atlanta, Ga. Crop Report of 

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Hill. G. A., Lessons in Geometry. Boston : 

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Hodges. N. D. C. " The Puzzler," May, 1888. No. 

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Hutton, Rev. W. H. Simon de Montfort and his 

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Hyde, Mary F. Practic.il Lessons in the Use of 

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James, U. P., and Joseph F., Oxford, Ohio. Mon- 

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