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liant youth and maturity have foreshadowed for her." It is not 

 only a pleasant book of travel, but also valuable from its de- 

 scriptions of the religious and historical development of the 

 Aryan race. 



A Description op the Grasses of the United States. By Dr. 

 George Vasey. pp. 150, 120 plates. Government Printing Office. 



1885. 



A Study of the Parliament of Paris, and the other Parlia- 

 ments of France. By Jane M. Bancroft, Ph. D. Professor in 

 the Northwestern University, at Evanston, 111. 



Historians are aware of the fact that the subject of the 

 Parliaments of France is treated by no one English author; 

 hence this author has rendered a valuable addition to historical 

 literature in giving their origin, organization and political his- 

 tory. The translations necessary to complete such a study were 

 both numerous and difficult, and the author is to be highly con- 

 gratulated for the clear, concise and philosophical presentation 

 of the subject. The work has met with the most flattering re- 

 ception from all the prominent Professors of Hiitory in this 

 country, as well as from many abroad. 



Fermentation in the Human Mouth. By Dr. W.D. Miller, Ber- 

 lin, Germany. Reprint from the Independent Practitioner, pp. 

 40. 1885. 



Bacterial Pathology. Reprinted from the London Lancet. Price 

 25 cents. Illustrated with 30 engravings, showing the appearance 

 of the bacteria, and the apparatus used in preparing and culti- 

 vating them. The Industrial Publication Co., New York. 1885. 



The Century. 



The June number starts with an edition of 250 copies, and 

 is well filled with its usual choice collection of literature, to- 

 gether with articles in its " War Series." Among the latter 

 are, " The Battle of Gaines Mill," and " Stonewall Jackson in 

 the Shenandoah." 



Micro-chemistry of Poisons. By T. G. Wormley. 



In a review of this work on page 116 of our May number, 

 we said " the purpose of the author has been to prevent the 

 study," etc., while we intended to say his purpose was to present 

 the study, etc. A single letter made considerable difference in 

 our meaning. 



