LITERARY NOTICES. 



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tions. A large increase is shown in manu- 

 factures of tobacco and collections there- 

 from, while the manufacture of spirits de- 

 creased during the year by 7,552,193 gallons, 

 the decrease being wholly in whiskies and 

 high-wines. A large and valuable portion of 

 the report deals with butter substitutes, and 

 the laws and regulations of different coun- 

 tries respecting them and adulterations. The 

 commissioner also publishes, as a separate 

 document, the Ret/idations for the Analysis 

 of Foods and Drugs in the District of Colum- 

 bia ; to which is appended a list of sub- 

 stances that are dangerous or that are harm- 

 less when present in foods. Bibliographies 

 accompany both pamphlets. 



With the new year several new periodi- 

 cals have come into being and invite attention. 

 The Cumberland Presbyteinan Review is a 

 quarterly publication, devoted to theology 

 and the discussion of current religious, liter- 

 ary, and scientific topics, and questions con- 

 nected with church work and moral reform. 

 It is edited by J. M. Howard, D. D., and pub- 

 lished at Nashville, Tenn., by the Board of 

 Publication of the Cumberland Presbyterian 

 Church. Among the articles we note those 

 of President A. B. Miller, on the " Physical 

 Basis of Moral Keform " ; Prof. Hinds, on 

 " Charles Darwin " ; Prof. Tigert, on " Our 

 Senses, how we use them, and what they tell 

 us " ; and T. M. Hurst, on the " Decay of 

 Christian Citizenship," as probably most like- 

 ly to interest our readers. The Collegian is a 

 monthly, devoted to the interests of under- 

 graduates, edited by Samuel Abbott, and pub- 

 lished at Boston under the auspices of the 

 Intercollegiate Press Association. It aims to 

 be the central organ of our four hundred and 

 fifty or more colleges, with their more than 

 one hundred and eight thousand students ; 

 and is to be, except for the " special paper," 

 the work of undergraduates. The paper, 

 " A Worker in Stone," in the first number, 

 is a truly scientific study of Indian relics. 

 Another paper claiming attention is a sym- 

 posium, or collection of letters on " The In- 

 fluence of Athletics upon the Curriculum." 

 Germania is a fortnightly journal for the 

 study of the German language and litera- 

 ture, edited and published by A. W. Span- 

 hoofd, at Manchester, N. H. It will attempt 

 to teach the language and to acquaint its | 



readers with the best of German literature 

 by publishing graded reading exercises and 

 selections from the representative authors. 

 Tlie Educator, W. H. Smith, editor, Buffalo, 

 monthly, September to June, will undertake 

 to give to persons in schools knowledge of 

 what is going on in the world ; of affairs of 

 the State and nation, scientific adventures 

 and discoveries, and the good in literature. 

 Pp. 16, $1 a year. Electric Power, R. W. 

 Pope and G. H. Stockbridge, editors (Electric 

 Power Publishing Company, New York), is 

 devoted to the interests of the electric rail- 

 way, and of the transmission of power by 

 electricity for industrial purposes. Monthly. 

 Pp. 24, $3 a year. The Business Woman's 

 Journal, Mary F. Seymour, editor and pub- 

 lisher. New York, is a monthly devoted to 

 the interests of all women, especially of those 

 engaged in active pursuits. It believes that 

 women may succeed in every sphere of life, 

 and will advocate the recognition of their 

 right to have their success acknowledged; 

 " will be the organ of no special reform, but 

 of all," and " will look at the woman's side 

 of every question." Pp. 24, $1 a year. 



President G. Stanley HdVs American 

 Journal of Psychology, now in its second vol- 

 ume, well carries out the high purpose with 

 which it started. In the latest number, Prof. 

 Sanford gives a study of the " Personal Equa- 

 tion," including the history of the observa- 

 tions and the results of the investigations 

 that have been made on the subject ; Dr. W. 

 H. Burnhara considers the "Memory" from 

 the historical and experimental points of 

 view ; and Mrs. Putnam - Jacobi discusses 

 " The Place for the Study of Language in a 

 Curriculum of Education." In the notices in 

 " Psychological Literature," which include 

 many titles, works and papers on the nerv- 

 ous system are reviewed by Prof. Donald- 

 son, and those in the experimental field by 

 Prof. Jastrow. $5 a year. 



The Harvard Law Review, monthly, is 

 published by students of the Harvard Law 

 School, with George R. Nutter as chief of 

 the editorial board. The numbers for Octo- 

 ber and November, 1888, contain an essay 

 by Mr. Samuel Williston on the " History of 

 the Law of Business Corporations before 

 ISOO," which received the prize offered by 

 the Harvard Law School Association — a prize 

 which has the promise of becoming an an- 



