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exception, ever yet recorded. Reasons are 

 adduced to show why the gain should not 

 naturally have been larger, but, making full 

 allowance for these, there still seems to have 

 been an unusually large mortality in the 

 newspaper world during 189*7. A growing 

 conviction of publishers is noted, " that in a 

 very large number of cases there have been 

 too many newspapers, and that one strong 

 paper is better than two or three weak con- 

 cerns struggling for existence." 



TJie Passing of Plato^ a commencement 

 address by Prof. 0. P. Jenkins, of Leland 

 Stanford Junior University, celebrates the 

 decay of the scholastic methods and teaching, 

 and the advance of the scientific method to 

 supremacy. 



We have received the first number of the 

 Journal of Applied Microscopy, L. B. Elliott, 

 editor, published monthly by the Bausch and 

 Lomb Optical Company, Rochester, N. Y. It 

 is intended to supply what is believed to be 

 a want of the comitry, of a journal devoted 



to microscopical instruments and technics, 

 regarded from the practical point of view. 

 It is to be conducted on an entirely in- 

 dependent basis. Subscription price, $1 a 

 year. 



An important paper on Road Materials 

 and Road Building has been prepared by Dr. 

 Frederick H. Merrill, director of the New 

 York State Museum, and is published by the 

 University of the State of New York. In it 

 the problem of road improvement in New 

 York, and the character and value of the 

 material in the State available for road mak- 

 ing, are discussed, directories of producers of 

 road material and quarrymen are given, and 

 liberal citations are made, largely as to the 

 methods of construction, from the reports of 

 the Massachusetts Highway Commission. 

 Two pocket maps show the distribution of 

 rocks in New York suitable for road material 

 and the location of quarries ; and more than 

 a dozen photogi'aphs illustrate what has been 

 done in Massachusetts. 



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Agricultnra] Experiment Stations. Bulletins 

 and Reports. Cornell University : No. 147. Fourth 

 Keport upon Chrysanthemums. By Wilhelm Mut- 

 ler. Pp. 86.— Indiana: Report of the Botanical 

 Department. By J. C. Arthur. Pp. 10.— Michi- 

 gan: No. 157. Hog Chclera. By G. A. Water- 

 man. Pp. 8; No. 158. Some Experiments with 

 Poultry. By C. D. Smith and C. S. Brooks. Pp. 

 JO.— Ohio: Peach Trees. Pp 192; Newspaper 

 Bulletin, No. 183. Cucumbers. Melons, Tomatoes, 

 Peach Trees, and Weeds. Pp. 2.— Purdue Uni- 

 versity: Special Bulletin on Commercial Ferti- 

 lizers. By H. A. Huston, State Chemist; No. 65. 

 Formalin for Prevention of Potato Scab. By J. 

 C. Arthur. Pp. 16.— United States Department of 

 Agriculture: No. 15. Forest Growth and Sheep- 

 raising in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon. By 

 F. W. Coville. Pp. 54; No. 16. Forestry Condi- 

 tions and Interests of Wisconsin. By Filibert 

 Roth, with a Discussion by B. E. Fernow. Pp. 

 76; No. 22. Climate of Cuba; also a Note on the 

 Weather of ManUa. By W. P. R. Phillips. Pp. 

 23; North Dakota Weather and Crops. By B. H. 

 Bunson. Pp. 8. 



Britton, N. L., and Brown, Hon. Addison. An 

 Illustrated Flora of the United States, Canada, 

 and the British Possessions. Vol. III. Apocyna- 

 reaj to Composite (Dogbane to Thistle). New 

 York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Pp.588. $3. 



Bulletins, Reports, etc. Harvard College Ob- 

 servatory: The Meteoric Shower of November i:^, 

 1897. By William H. Pickering. Pp. 16, with 

 plate. — Johns Hopkins University Circulars : 

 Notes from the Physical Laboratory. Pp. 16. 10 

 cents. — Minnesota: Third Annual Report of the 

 Chief Fire Warden. 1897. Pp. 80. 



Conant, Franklin Story. A Biographical 

 Sketch and Memoir on the Cnbomedusie (a me- 

 morial volum*). Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins 

 Press. Pp. 6d, with portrait and 8 plates. 



Crook, James W. German Wage Theories. 

 History of their Development. Columbia Uni- 

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Elliott, A. G., Editor. Industrial Electricity. 

 Translated and adapted from the French of Henri 

 de Grafliguy. New York : The Macmillan Com- 

 pany. Pj). 149. 



Fairlie, J. A. The Centralization of Adminis- 

 tration in New York State. Columbia University 

 (Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law). 

 Pp.207. %\. 



Haddon,A.C. TheStudy of Man. New York: 

 G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 410. 



International Correspondence School. What 

 Correspondence Instruction is. Scranton, Pa. 

 Pp. 24. 



Lange, D. Handbook of Nature Study for 

 Teachers and Pupils in Elementary Schools. New 

 York: The Macmillan Company. Pp.329. $1. 



MacEwan. The Essentials of Argumentation. 

 Boston: D. C. Heath & Co. Pp.412. $1.12. 



Mathews, F. Schuyler. Familiar Life in Field 

 and Forest. The Animals, Birds, Frogs, and Sala- 

 manders. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 

 Pp. 284. $1.75. 



Miller, John. The School System of the State 

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New Jersey, Geological Survey of. The Phys- 

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New York Academy of Sciences. Vol. XI. 

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Parker, F. W., and Helm, N. L. Uncle Rob- 

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Rasius, C. E. Rechte and Pflichten der Kritik 

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