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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



Dress. A Monthly Magazine, conducted liy 

 Mrs. Annie Jenness Miller. New York : 

 The Gallison k Hobron Company. Price, 

 $1.50 a year. 



This periodical, whose first number ap- 

 peared in May, 1887, is devoted primarily 

 to " the practical and the beautiful in wom- 

 en's and children's clothing," but gives at- 

 tention also to physical culture and kindred 

 subjects, while fiction and poetry are not 

 excluded from its pages. "The Popular 

 Science Monthly " has at various times 

 called attention to the unhealthful features 

 of the current mode of women's dress, and 

 indicated the principles of a correct sys- 

 tem ; hence we heartily indorse the effort of 

 " Dress " to secure the general adoption of 

 a style of clothing for women which does 

 not cause torture and disease of the body 

 and distraction of the mind. In order to 

 find acceptance, such an improved system 

 must fully equal in beauty and neatness the 

 fashionable costumes of the day. Mrs. Mil- 

 ler is giving due attention to this condition ; 

 her designs for suits and toilets seem at- 

 tractive enough to insure for her system the 

 success which its hygienic character de- 

 serves. The under-garmcnts which she ad- 

 vocates are of the union pattern, and consist 

 of a jersey-fitting garment next the skin, 

 over which is worn a " chemilette," and 

 over this " leglottes," either plain or full, 

 which take the place of petticoats. Out- 

 side of these comes the gown-form, a 

 waist and skirt combined, forming a foun- 

 dation upon which dresses of various styles 

 of drapery and trimming can be arranged. 

 Corsets are discarded, though, for stout 

 women, with flabby muscles, a " bosom sup- 

 port" is deemed allowable. The magazine 

 is edited with taste and judgment, and its 

 illustrations and mechanical work are at- 

 tractive. 



The Art of Projecting. By Professor A. E. 



DoLBEAR. Second edition. Illustrated. 



Boston : Lee & Shcpard. Pp. 178. 



Price, 81. 



Professor Dolrear has revised and 

 made additions to this work in the edition 

 just published. The chief parts of the new 

 matter relate to the use of electric lamps 

 and lights for projection purposes, and to 

 the production and phenomena of vortex 

 rings. 



RicnARD LEPSitJS : A Biography. By Georg 

 Ebers. New York : W. S. Gottsberger. 

 Pp.347. Price, $1.25. 



This volume gives quite a full account 

 of the university studies of Lepsius, and of 

 the state of Egyptology when he devoted 

 himself to it immediately after the death of 

 Champollion. Then follow descriptions of 

 his work in the collections of Egyptian an- 

 tiquities in Paris, Italy, Holland, and Eng- 

 land, and of the Prussian expedition to 

 Egypt under his direction. Succeeding 

 chapters present Lepsius as " the master- 

 workman " and as a man, and the home of 

 Lepsius. A list of his works is appended, 

 and a portrait, with autograph, forms the 

 frontispiece. 



On teaching English, with Detailed Ex- 

 amples, AND AN Inquiry into the Defi- 

 nition OF Poetry. By Alexander Bain. 

 New York : D. Appleton & Company. 

 Pp. 256. $1.25. 



This volume includes a review of the 

 prevailing opinions as to the proper mode 

 of teaching English, with a critical estimate 

 of their respective merits, the handling of 

 which is of necessity controversial ; a brief 

 sketch of the rhetorical method, followed 

 by a series of select lessons on the leading 

 qualities of style, intellectual and emotional ; 

 and an inquiry into the definition of poetry, 

 which is intended to fall in with the treat- 

 ment of rhetorical principles, both in the- 

 ory and in practice. In the first part, the 

 author disputes the theory that Saxon words 

 should be preferred to classical in writing, 

 or that they are preferred in actual speech ; 

 discusses the order of words ; and considers 

 the art of weaving the various threads which 

 enter into the composition of the narrative 

 in such a way as best to preserve the har- 

 mony and balance of all the parts. An es- 

 timate is given of the value of the older 

 writers, and their defects as standards in 

 composition ; the advantages and disadvan- 

 tages of essay-writing, paraphrasing, and 

 converting poetry into prose, as exercises, 

 aremeas\ired ; and the methods exemplified 

 in Bacon's essays are analyzed as showing 

 "how not to do it." A large proportion of 

 the space is given to the " select lessons " 

 illustrating the intellectual and emotional 

 qualities of style, in which many complete 

 compositions from the standards of English 



