LITERARY NOTICES. 



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"The Origin of Society," "Primitive So- 

 ciety," " Civilization," " Modern Society," 

 " The Modern State," " The Constitution of 

 a State," "Elections," "Political Ideals," 

 " Parties and Party Government," " Wealth, 

 its Production and Exchange"; "Competi- 

 tion, Monopoly, Rent " ; "The Distribution 

 of Wealth," " Social Inequalities," " The 

 Functions of the State," and "The State 

 and Social Reform." 



How to Strengthen the Memory. By M. 



L. IIolbrook, M. D. New York: M. L. 



Holbrook & Co. Pp. 152. Price, $1. 



This book has grown out of the au- 

 thor's own experiences and observations. 

 It aims rather to determine the principles 

 upon which the memory may be cultivated 

 and improved than to develop a new system 

 of mnemonics, the use of which, it is justly 

 observed, " is like employing a large amount 

 of machinery to accomplish a small amount 

 of work." The principles which are set 

 forth as fundamental to the cultivation 

 sought, are the laws of association, compar- 

 ison, attention, repetition, and the securing 

 of a vivid first impression. These being ob- 

 served, minor details will easily be learned. 

 " Those who wish to possess memories cf 

 great power," the author remarks, "and be- 

 come able to master the most difficult sub- 

 jects, if Nature has not given them the 

 requisite ability, can do so by hard work, and 

 by no other means. All will find that the 

 rational methods of memory culture advised 

 will not only strengthen this faculty, but 

 every other intellectual faculty." 



The Hygiene of the Vocal Organs. By 

 Morell Mackenzie, M. D. London and 

 New York : Macmillan & Co. Pp. 223. 

 Price, $1.50. 



Tins volume is designed to be a practi- 

 cal hand-book for singers and speakers. The 

 author has been engaged in the treatment 

 of diseased throats for a quarter of a centu- 

 ry, and asserts that every singer or actor of 

 note in England, with hardly an exception, 

 at one time or another, came under his 

 hands. He believes, therefore, that he has 

 had unusual opportunities for studying the 

 conditions which affect the voice. An un- 

 derstanding of the relation of the vocal or- 

 gans to the general economy is insisted up- 

 on as an essential prerequisite to all proper 



training of the voice. " Singers and speak- 

 ers," it is remarked, " are not only artists 

 but also in a certain degree athletes, their 

 work consisting essentially in well-ordered 

 muscular movements. A man may be trained 

 for a foot-race or a boxing-match by meth- 

 ods which, while calculated to develop the 

 special qualities required for the perform- 

 ance of the feat, may be simply disastrous 

 to the health of the body as a whole. In 

 like manner an unintelligent teacher may 

 seek to develop the voice at the expense 

 of its owner's constitution." Some knowl- 

 edge of the elementary laws of health i3 

 therefore an indispensable part in the equip- 

 ment of the vocal instructor. 



Ten Dollars Enough. By Catherine 

 Owen. Boston and New York : Hough- 

 ton, Mifflin kCo. Pp. 279. Price, fl. 



It was a novel idea to throw a treatise 

 on housekeeping, with receipts for prepar- 

 ing the dishes to be served at dinner, etc., 

 into the form of a story, but the author has 

 done it, as she desires to have the house- 

 keeping she teaches executed, well. That is, 

 she has told an entertaining story, and has 

 packed it with practical receipts for cheap, 

 appetizing dishes. The purpose of the book, 

 as declared in the sub-title, is to show how 

 keeping house has been done well on ten 

 dollars a week, and how it may be done 

 again. The prices of provisions quoted are 

 ordinary New York prices, and for the ar- 

 ticles in their season. The heroine " was 

 keeping house with some luxury, on the 

 same amount of table-money as many re- 

 quire to live very plainly. This could not 

 be done except by buying everything only 

 in its season ; if beyond a certain price, she 

 waited for it to get lower." A housekeeper 

 who has read the book with care, declares 

 that the author deserves a vote of thanks 

 for the service she has rendered in it to 

 good and cheap living. 



A IlAND-Book OF HYGIENE AND SANITARY 



Science. By George Wilson. Phila- 

 delphia : Blakiston, Son & Co. Pp. 

 520. Price, $2.75. 



This is the sixth edition of Dr. Wilson's 

 valuable manual. The scope of the book is 

 public hygiene, and having this in view, 

 and to prevent the volume from growing 

 to too large a size with the additions that 



