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Geographical Phthisiology, with Special Refer- 

 ence to the Distribution of Consumption in the 

 United States.'' Valuable translations from the 

 French were : ' Animal Magnetism.' 1 by Alfred 

 Binet and Charles Fere ; " Clinical Lectures on 

 Certain Diseases of the Nervous System,'' by J. 

 M. Charcot; and, from the German, we have 

 "The Pathology and Treatment of Displace- 

 ments of the Uterus.'' by B. S. Schultze. ''The 

 Dispensatory of the United States of America" 

 (sixteenth edition), by George B. Wood and 

 Franklin Bache, was rearranged, thoroughly 

 revised, and largely rewritten by H. C. "Wood, 

 J. P. Remington, and S. P. Sadder. 



General Scicnee. Works of this class were 

 mostly popular in form. From Gen. A. W. 

 Greely, Chief Signal Officer, 0. S. A., we 

 have "American Weather, a Popular Exposi- 

 tion of its Phenomena, with Numerous Illus- 

 trations and Charts,'' and from Mrs. Sophie B. 

 Herrick, "The Earth in Past Ages,'' an ele- 

 mentary treatise. " Three Cruises of the 

 United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 

 Steamer Blake." in two volumes, by Alexander 

 -iz, was a " Contribution to American 

 Thalassography," being a study of deep-sea 

 formations, t. K. Abbot published " An Ele- 

 mentary Theory of the Tides." "Astronomy 

 with an Opera-Glass," by Garrett P. Serviss, 

 was intended as a popular introduction to the 

 science. "Great-Circle Sailing" and "Old 

 and Xe\v Astronomy," by R. A. Proctor, were 

 published ; and from J. I lay wood we have 

 "The Earth, its Chief Motions and the Tangent 

 Index " ; and from Edward S. liolden, Director 

 of the Lick Observatory, a " Handbook " of 

 the same. "The New Agriculture," by A. X. 

 Cole, sets forth an original theory of sub- 

 terranean irrigation ; and " Trees and Tree- 

 Planting," by Gen. James S. Brisbin, was a 

 vigorous and passionate plea for protection of 

 American forests. " The Animal Life of Our 

 Sea-Shore" was studied by Angelo Heilprin, 

 with special reference to the New Jersey coast. 

 The third series of " Butterflies of North Amer- 

 ica." by W. II. Edwards, appeared; and A. S. 

 Packard, M. D., wrote an "Entomology for 

 Beginners," which by intent should prove of 

 use to fruit-growers and gardeners also. " A 

 Frozen Dragon, and other Tales," was in reality 

 a story-book of natural history by C. F. Holder, 

 who published also "A Strange Company." 

 "In Nesting-Time," was from Olive Thome 

 Miller, and "Three Kingdoms," a hand-book 

 of the Agassiz Association, by H. H. Ballard. 

 Two volumes of "Queer People," with "Paws 

 and Claws," and " Wings and Stings," by 

 Palmer Cox, author of " The Brownies " ; 

 ' Little People and their Homes in Meadows, 

 Woods, and Waters," by Stella Louise Hook; 

 and " The Stories Mother Nature told her 

 Children," by Jane Andrews, were books for 

 children. R. P. Williams wrote a " Laboratory 

 Manual of General Chemistry," and Annie 

 Chambers Ketch um a "Botany for Academies 

 and Colleges." Linus Faunce was the author 



of "Descriptive Geometry," W. Wells of -The 



; ials of Trigonometry," and C. W. .V 

 furnished "Practical Hints for Draughtsmen." 

 "Numbers Symbolized" was an elementary 

 algebra by M. D. Sensenig. Hand-books of 

 practical application of scientific principles were 

 unusually numerous. From Philip Atkinson 

 we have " The Elements of Electric Lighting " ; 

 from Emory Edwards, "The American Steam- 

 Engineer " ; from E. D. Peters, " American 

 Methods of Copper-Smelting"; and from A. 

 W. Wright, "American Street Railways, their 

 Construction, Equipment, and Maintenance." 

 James H. Monckton wrote a work on "Stair 

 Building," and W. F. M. Goss " A Course of 

 Study and Practice of Bench-Work in Wood." 

 " All Matter tends to Rotation," was a theory 

 advanced by L. LeC. Hamilton. 



Fine Arts. The first volume of a "Cyclopaedia 

 of Music and Musicians," by John Denison 

 Champliu, Jr., was published. "The Standard 

 Symphonies" were added by George P. Upton 

 to his former series of "Standard Operas" 

 and " Oratorios," and James E. Matthew wrote 

 " A Popular History of Music, Musical Instru- 

 ments, Ballet, and Opera." G. H. Wilson 

 edited "The Musical Year-Book of the United 

 States "; and " Presto! from the Singing School 

 to the May Musical Festival,'' was a short 

 sketch of musical development in Ohio, by 

 F. E. Tunison. Vol. II of " New Musical 

 Miscellanies," by W. S. B. Matthews, told 

 "How to understand Music." J. C. Fillmore 

 was the author of "Lessons in Musical His- 

 tory," and L. O. Emerson of "Song Harmony." 

 u How to Judge of a Picture " was told by J. 

 C. Van Dyke, and W. II. Goodyear wrote a 

 " History of Art," intended for the school- 

 room. "Living New-England Artists," by 

 Frank T. Robinson, contained biographical 

 sketches with reproductions of original draw- 

 ings and paintings of each, and Mrs. C. H. 

 Stranahan compiled a valuable " History of 

 French Painting, from its Earliest to its Latest 

 Practice." Exquisite specimens of illustration 

 were " Days Serene," by Margaret McDonald 

 Pullman: " Favorite Birds," by Fidelia Bridges; 

 " The Cathedrals of England and Wales," by 

 Charles Whibley; and "The Home of Shake- 

 speare," by Louisa K. Ilarlow, in water-color 

 sketches. From Alice M. Baumgrass we have 

 " By Lawn and Lea." " Baby's Lullaby-Book 

 of Mother-Songs," was the work of several 

 artists. "The Story of Mary the Mother," 

 compiled by Rose Porter from various sources, 

 was illustrated by photogravures from cele- 

 brated paintings, as was " The Boyhood of 

 Christ," i>v Gen. Lew Wallace. Reproduc- 

 tions by the photogravure process include: 

 "Recent Italian Art," "Rembrandt's Etcb- 

 " European Etchings," "Madonnas by 

 Old Masters," "Important New Etchings by 

 American Artists." "Gems of French Art," 

 and "The Goupil Gallery." with texts illus- 

 trative and descriptive, by Ripley Hitchcock, 

 Walter Rowlands, and " Recent Ideals of Amer- 



