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ently places of defense. The mounds have 

 been classified as sacrificial mounds, mounds 

 of sepulture, temple-mounds, and anomalous 

 mounds. To these may be added the efiigy- 

 mounds, of which there are only three or 

 four in Ohio, the most remarkable of them 

 being the " Great Serpent " mound. In his 

 descriptions of these works and the objects 

 found in them the author quotes frequently 

 from Squier and Davis, and from later ex- 

 plorers recognized as authorities on this 

 subject. Plans, diagrams, and views illus- 

 trate the text. 



Hygiene of the Nursery. By Louis 

 Stabr, M. D. Philadelphia : P. Blakis- 

 ton, Son & Co. Pp. 212. Price, Sl-50. 



The object and spirit of this book can 

 not be better expressed than in the follow- 

 ing extract from its preface : 



Havin<? a firm belief in the proverb that " an 

 ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," the 

 author has endeavored, in the succeeding pages, to 

 point out a series of hygienic rules which, if applied 

 to the nursling, can hardly fail to maintain good 

 health, give vigor to the frame, and so lessen suscep- 

 tibility to disease. He feels, too, that intelligent 

 parents are ever ready to be instructed and willing 

 to co-operate in the great work of preventing disease 

 — the highest aim of scientific medicine. While 

 every woman of ordinary brain-power can do much 

 to keep her baby well, she should recognize that 

 years of training and experience are necessary to 

 acquire the ability to put the full value upon symp- 

 toms, and to handle the tools of medicine. There- 

 fore, little or no reference has been made to drugs or 

 methods of medical treatment. 



The first chapter, describing the normal 

 appearances of the infant in health, is writ- 

 ten with the object of hinting to the mother 

 when by deviations from such conditions 

 she may be apprised of the onset of disease, 

 and call in professional counsel. The last 

 chapter, on emergencies, is offered as a guide 

 in cases where immediate action will save 

 much pain and danger. Besides ordinary 

 accidents and disorders, those which occur 

 only at birth or soon after are treated of, 

 and directions for making various poultices 

 and plasters are given. The other chapters 

 tell how to manage everything that affects 

 the every-day life of the infant. The choice 

 and furnishing of a room for the nursery, 

 the selection of a nurse-maid, the infant's 

 clothing, exercise, and amusements, sleep, 

 bathing, and feeding, are all treated with 

 full details. The subject of food occupies 



the most space, and recipes for preparing 

 quite a variety of foods are given. Through- 

 out the volume the directions are clear, sim- 

 ple, and complete, and the expectant mother 

 who possesses this book, with a fair share of 

 common sense, is well equipped for the care 

 of her baby. 



The Virtues and their Reasons. By Aus- 

 tin Bierbower. Chicago : George Sher- 

 wood & Co. Pp. 294. Price, $1.35. 



This book is designed both as a treatise 

 for the general reader and as a text-book of 

 ethics for schools. In arrangement, it fol- 

 lows a classification of duties which divides 

 them first into duties regarding others chiefly, 

 and those regarding self chiefly. The five 

 subdivisions of the former class are : kind- 

 ness, truth, honesty, family duties, and pub- 

 lic duties. Duties to self comprise self- 

 development, industry, self-support, self- 

 control, temperance, self-respect, purity, and 

 conscientiousness. " Moral instruction is 

 often excluded from the public schools," 

 says the author, "on account of the different 

 religions represented, and the want of text- 

 books acceptable to them all." Hence he 

 has purposely adopted such a method of 

 treatment that " Catholics, Protestants, Jews, 

 and unbelievers may use this book with equal 

 approval." He does not go into the question 

 what constitutes right ; " it is enough now to 

 observe," he says, "that, whatever men's 

 opinions touching the ground of right, they 

 all deem those things right which are thought 

 best for men, and consider that course mo- 

 rality which will bring them most happi- 

 ness." Accordingly, the matter under each 

 head throughout the book may be described 

 as a statement of those things which are 

 thought best for men. The volume is with- 

 out an index. 



The Advance-Guaed of Western Civiliza- 

 tion. By James R. Gil-more (Edmund 

 Kirke). New York : D. Appleton & Co. 

 Pp. 343. Price, $1.50. 

 This volume has a close relation with the 

 two previous historical works by the same 

 author — "The Eear-Guard of the Revolu- 

 tion " and " John Sevier as a Commonwealth- 

 Builder," the three together presenting, as is 

 remarked, a phase of Ameiican history to 

 which sufficient prominence has not been 

 given — the story of the foundation and 



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