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Ericsson's Destroyer and Schmarine Gun. 

 l>y William II. Jaques, Lieutenant U. 

 S. Navy. Xcw York : G. P. Putnam's 

 Sons. Pp. 48. Price, 50 cents. 



In his paper on " the Monitors," pub- 

 lished in a recent number of " The Cent- 

 ury," Captain Ericsson made a reference to 

 his application of submarine artillery to the 

 Destroyer, a vessel of war partially armored 

 to attack bows on at short range. In the 

 present work an examination is made of the 

 submarine gun and projectile to the carry- 

 ing of which Captain Ericsson adapts the 

 plan of his vessel ; and the conclusion is 

 reached that the inventor " is able to pre- 

 sent to-day, as the product of his study, ap- 

 plication, and mechanical skill, a type of 

 weapon for submarine warfare well to the 

 front in torpedo experiments." 



The Evolution of Revelation. By James 

 Morris Whiton, Ph. D. New York: 

 G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 34. Price, 

 25 cents. 



This essay is declared in its subtitle to 

 be a critique of conflicting opinions con- 

 cerning the Old Testament. As against the 

 popular conception of that revelation which 

 God is conceived as having made in the 

 Bible, that it is something directly " handed 

 down " from a Divine Author, and therefore 

 superior to the pretensions of criticism, the 

 author maintains a conception which, while 

 it regards revelation as divine, " views it as 

 a growth within the world, an evolution, no 

 less than humanity itself, and no less than 

 man himself a work of God, while also a 

 phenomenon of the orderly development of 

 the world, and, as such, a legitimate object 

 of scientific criticism." 



Syllabus of Instruction in Biology, with 

 References to Sources of Information. 

 By Delos Fall, Albion College, Michi- 

 gan. Pp. 24. 



The Syllabus is intended to furnish a 

 brief skeleton or abstract of all that is com- 

 prehended, in the catalogue of 1885, under 

 the terms Biology, Systematic Zoology, and 

 Physiological Botany — except that the bo- 

 tanical part is to be given in a supplement- 

 ary pyllabiis. The work will consist of the 

 examination of sixteen type-forms of ani- 

 mals, and a less number of plants, in the 

 philosophical order of complexity of devel- 



opment. Tlie student is expected to col- 

 lect his own material where it is accessible, 

 to study and observe the object itself, make 

 notes of all he observes, make suitable draw- 

 ings, and embody the knowledge thus ob- 

 tained, and no other, in a written essay or 

 statement. 



MARLBORouGn. By George Paintsburt. 

 New York: D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 

 218. Price, T5 cents. 



" Marlborough " is a volume of the 

 scries of " English Worthies," edited by 

 Andrew Lang, of which the Messrs. Apple- 

 ton are the American publishers. The se- 

 ries will consist of short lives of Englishmen 

 of influence and distinction, past and pres- 

 ent, in various walks of life. Each biogra- 

 phy will be intrusted to a writer specially 

 acquainted with the historical period in 

 which his hero lived, and endowed with a 

 sympathy with his subject. Of the present 

 volume it is sufficient to say that it is a life 

 of one of the most distinguished English 

 soldiers, by a writer who is well known 

 in the field of literary and biographical 

 sketches. 



IIousehold Remedies for the Prevalent 

 Disorders of the Human Organism. 

 By Felix L. Oswald, M. D. New York : 

 Fowler & Wells Co. Pp. 229. 



Dr. Oswald is no stranger to the readers 

 of the " Monthly " ; he is rather as a famil- 

 iar friend to them. And the doctrines which 

 he lays down in " Household Remedies " 

 are the same which he has enforced with so 

 much vigor and point, and with such charm- 

 ing grace of style, in the health papers he 

 has from time to time contributed to our 

 pages. In fact, if we read right, some of 

 these health papers — those which come 

 under the head of " Remedies of Nature " 

 — are the basis from which this book of 

 " Household Remedies " has been con- 

 structed. 



Fifth Annual Report of the State Min- 

 eralogist OF California, for the Year 

 ending May 15, 1885. Sacramento: 

 State Office. Pp. 235, with Plans. 



The report is mostly taken up with the 

 account of the State minerological repre- 

 sentation at the New Orleans Exhibition, to 

 which the plans refer. 



