LITERARY NOTICES. 



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tailed, and is given for every country in 

 which beer is an important product, and 

 separately for the different parts of Ger- 

 many. The pamphlet is full of matter that 

 is interesting even to those who have no 

 other concern in the subject than that of 

 curiosity. 



The Berkeley Quarterly. Vol. I., No. 1. 

 January, 1880. Pp. 80. $2 a year. 



This is a new journal of social science, 

 published by the Fortnightly Club, at Berke- 

 ley, California. Its purpose is defined to be 

 to give public expression to the individual 

 views of members of the Club on topics 

 pertaining to society, to stimulate other per- 

 sons to investigate such topics, and to fur- 

 nish a suitable medium for the publication 

 of papers upon them. The January number 

 contains six papers on questions of govern- 

 ment, the guidance of society, civil service, 

 and related topics. 



The Workshop Companion. New York : 

 Industrial Publication Company. 1879. 

 Pp. 158. Price, 35 cents. 



This is a collection of such recipes, 

 rules, processes, and practical hints as will 

 be found of use in the workshop and the 

 household. It has been the aim of the 

 compiler to give only such recipes as he has 

 tested and found reliable, and such informa- 

 tion of processes and methods as will meet 

 the needs of those concerned with them. 

 The contents are arranged alphabetically, 

 and as far as possible all information ap- 

 pertaining to any one subject is given under 

 one heading. 



Blowpipe Analysis. By J. Landauer. Au- 

 thorized English edition, by James Tay- 

 lor and William E. Kay, of Owens 

 College, Manchester. London: Macmil- 

 laa & Co. 18mo, pp. 161. 1879. Price, 

 $1.50. 



The author having been invited to prepare 

 a German edition of Elderhorst's " Manual," 

 his attention was drawn to the fact that in 

 all works on the subject the chemical as- 

 pects were subordinated to the mineralogical. 

 He determined to prepare a work from the 

 chemical point of view, following only the 

 peculiar and practical arrangement of Elder- 

 horst. The translation has been printed 

 under the personal supervision of the author. 



United States Commission of Fish and 

 Fisheries. Part V. Report of the 

 Commissioner for 1877. Washington: 

 Government Printing-Office. 8vo, pp. 

 981. With Plates. 1879. 



The report embraces, first, the result of 

 inquiries into the condition of the fisheries 

 of the seacoast and lakes of the United 

 States ; and, second, the history of the meth- 

 ods adopted for the introduction of useful 

 food-fishes into its waters. The most im- 

 portant single fact ascertained by the Com* 

 mission during the year was the existence 

 on the whole coast of New England of a 

 large flounder ( Gh/piocephalus cynoglossus)i 

 known in Europe as the pole or craig, an ex- 

 cellent food-fish, with the best qualities of the 

 turbot, occurring in abundance and entirely 

 unknown to the fishermen. Special attention 

 has been given so far to the sea-salmon of 

 the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the land- 

 locked salmon, the white-fish, the shad, the 

 fresh-water herring, and the German carp. 

 Attention will be given to the cultivation of 

 the smelt ; and it is hoped, some time, that 

 specimens of the Oriental gourami, a use- 

 ful fresh-water fish, will be added to the 

 list. The most valuable and by far the 

 largest part of the volume is occupied with 

 the Appendix, more than half of which is 

 taken up with a treatise on the menhaden 

 and its products, amply illustrated, and a 

 large part of the other half with papers on 

 the cod, the cod-fisheries of the Loffoden 

 Islands, and other fisheries of Norway. 



GriDES FOR Science-Teaching. — The 

 Boston Society of Natural History is pub- 

 lishing a series of guides for science-teach- 

 ing, consisting of small pamphlet hand- 

 books, each devoted to a special subject, 

 with illustrations when they are called for. 

 The books are designed as aids to teachers 

 who wish to instruct their classes in natural 

 history — not to be used as text-books — and 

 give, besides illustrations and instructions 

 as to the modes of presentation and study, 

 hints for collecting, jireserving, and prepar- 

 ing specimens. "Pebbles," by Professor 

 Alpheus Hyatt, illustrates the way in which 

 a common object may be used in teaching. 

 "Concerning a Few Common Plants," by 

 Professor Goodale, tells of the organs or 

 " helpful parts " of plants, and how they 

 can be cultivated and used in the school- 



