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ment is full but condensed, and no effort has 

 been made to avoid technical terms. The 

 second portion of the work is prefaced by 

 descriptions of various simple magnifiers and 

 of the compound microscope. The structure 

 and contents of the plant cell are then de- 

 scribed, after which the tissues, grouped ac- 

 cording to function, receive attention. The 

 volume is designed mainly for students of 

 pharmacy and medicine, and both parts are 

 fully illustrated. 



The Bulletin of the Department of Labor, 

 a bimonthly publication authorized by the 

 United States Congress, began with a num- 

 ber for November, 1895. The Bulletin is 

 designed to present results of investigations 

 by the department of less magnitude than 

 those usually embodied in the annual or spe- 

 cial reports, also digests of foreign and State 

 labor reports, new State and national laws 

 relating to labor, and brief items of interest. 

 The first number contains a record of strikes 

 and lockouts in the United States and other 

 countries in recent years, a statement of pri- 

 vate and public debt in the United States, a 

 digest of recent reports of State labor bu- 

 reaus, statistics of employment of women 

 and girls in England and Wales, and a state- 

 ment of the legal relations between employer 

 and employee. 



The Third Series of Essays hy Lady Cook 

 on Social Topics (Universal Publishing Co., 

 London, 6(/.) consists of thirteen essays point- 

 ing out the need of reforms in the relations 

 between the sexes. In these papers Lady 

 Cook advocates nothing unreasonable, while 

 her mode of presentation is forcible, serious, 

 and free from prolixity. 



Li two pamphlets — Discussions on the 

 Gypsies and Social Emancipation of the Gyp- 

 sies — an effort is made by James Simson to 

 obtain better social recognition for this peo- 

 ple and to prove that John Buuyan was one 

 of their number (The Author, 43 Exchange 

 Place, New York ; '70 cents and 30 cents). 

 Unfortunately, the author has neither the 

 faculty for investigation nor the art of pre- 

 senting a subject in proportion to his interest 

 in the matters that he discusses. 



The Report of the State Geological Sur- 

 vey of New Jersey for 1894 represents work 

 in surface geology in both the northern and 

 southern parts of the State. The area! work 



in the glaciated area was completed, and 

 good progress was made in the region farther 

 south, especially in the western part of the 

 State — Mercer, Burlington, and Monmouth 

 Counties. These areas were studied in much 

 detail. A map accompanying the report — 

 Geological Map of the Valley of the Passaic 

 — indicates the extent of the work which has 

 virtually been accomplished. It presents an 

 instructive view of the geological features, 

 streams, and towns. Further light is thi'own 

 by the results recorded concerning the con- 

 siderable influence of stagnant ice upon the 

 deposition of the stratified drift of the val- 

 leys of the northern part of the State, and 

 the general position already taken concern- 

 ing the history of the yellow gravel forma- 

 tions. Many facts of great interest are given 

 concerning the artesian wells of southern 

 New Jersey and the forestry of the State, to 

 which the second and third parts of the re- 

 port are devoted. 



The Revista delta Beneficenza Pnhblica 

 delle Istituzioni di Providenza e di Igiene So- 

 cicde (Review of State Philanthropic and 

 Provident Institutions and of Social Welfare), 

 Bologna and Rome, Avvocate G. Scolti, di- 

 rector, was started with the beginning of 

 1896. Besides general articles, it gives no- 

 tices of the publications of benevolent insti- 

 tutions, social studies of the laboring classes, 

 legal events, and official reports pertaining 

 to subjects within the scope described by its 

 title. The principal article in the January 

 number is on True Beneficence and Legal 

 Beneficence. 



II Pensiero Moderno is a new semi-month- 

 ly periodical published at Rome which will 

 deal with all that concerns the modern so- 

 ciological movement, and the fields of sci- 

 ence, literature, and art. The name of Prof. 

 G. Sergi stands at the head of its list of col- 

 laborators. The first number contains arti- 

 cles on social hygiene and education. A 

 regular feature will be the fortnightly notes 

 on the more important intellectual and social 

 events within its scope. 



We find matter of great interest and 

 value in the Eihnologisches Notizblatt of the 

 Direction of the Royal Museum fiir Volker- 

 kunde in Berlin. The articles are mostly 

 by the director. Dr. A. Bastian, and his as- 

 sistants, Profs. A. Griinnedel and W. Grube, 



