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LITERATURE AND LITERARY PROGRESS IK 1868. 



comprising the most Recent Discoveries, by J. 

 D. Dana, aided by G. J. Brush. 

 The Past and Future of our Planet ; or, Geology, 

 by W. Denton. 



Two important works on Meteorology were 

 issued during the year : 



A Treatise on Meteorology : with a Collection of 

 Meteorological Tables, by E. Loomis, LL. D. 



On the use of the Barometer on Surveys and Ee- 

 connoissances. Part 1. Meteorology in its Con- 

 nection with Hypsometry. Part 2. Barometric 

 Hypsometry, by E. S. Williamson, Brevet-Lieu- 

 tenant-Colonel, U. S. A. 



Five treatises on Astronomy, one popular, 

 three elementary, and one of higher astron- 

 omy, were the contributions of the year to this 

 science. 

 Theoretical Astronomy, or the Motions of the 



Heavenly Bodies, by J. C. Watson, Prof., etc. 

 A Fourteen Weeks' Course in Descriptive Astron- 

 omy, by J. D. Steele. 

 A Compendium of Astronomy, by Denison Olm- 



stead ; revised by E. S. Snell, LL. D. 

 Ecce Ccelum ; or, Parish Astronomy. In Six Lec- 

 tures, by a Connecticut Pastor. 

 A New Manual of the Elements of Astronomy : 

 Descriptive and Mathematical, by H. Kiddle. 



In Botany there were but two volumes, and 

 those rather imaginative than scientific. 



The Trees of Old England, by Leo H. Grindpn. 

 The Book of Evergreens : a Practical Treatise on 

 the Coniferae, by J. Hoopes. 



Four volumes treated of Ethnological ques- 

 tions : 

 The Negro : What is his Ethnological Status ? by 



Ariel. 



Man's Origin and Destiny, sketched from the Plat- 

 form of the Sciences. Lowell Institute Lectures, 



by J. P. Lesley. 

 The Myths of the New World : a Treatise on the 



Symbolism and Mythology of the Eed Eace in 



America, by D. G. Brinton,M. D. 

 Man: Where, Whence, and Whither? A Glance 



at Man in his Natural History Eolations, by D. 



Page, LL. D. 



In the department of Intellectual Philoso- 

 phy and Psychology, with which have been 

 classed the publications of the Spiritualistic 

 theorists, and the professed revelations of Plan- 

 chette, we have : 



The Dervishes : or. Oriental Spiritualism, by J. P. 

 Brown (imported edition). 



Memoranda of Persons, Places, and Events : com- 

 prising Authentic Facts, Visions, Impressions, 

 Discoveries, in Magnetism, Clairvoyance, Spirit- 

 ualism. Also Quotations from the Opposition, 

 by A. J. Davis. 



The Progress of Philosophy in the Past and in the 

 Future, by S. Tyler, LL. D. 



Man and his Eolations : illustrating the Influences 

 of the Mind on the Body, the Eolations of the 

 Faculties to the Organs, and the Phenomena of 

 the External World, by Prof. S. B. Brittan, M. D. 



Three Voices, by W. S. Barlow. 



Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, by S. Baring 

 Gould ; Second Series (imported edition). 



The Spirituelle ; or, Directions in Development, 

 by Abbe M. L. Ferree. 



Planchette's Diary, by Kate M. Field. 



Mediumship: its Laws and Conditions. With 

 Brief Instructions for the Formation of Spirit 

 Circles, by J. H. Powell. 



Eevelations of the Great Modern Mystery, Plan- 



chette, with Theories respecting it. 

 Tablets, by A. B. Alcott. 

 The Science of Knowledge, by J. G. Fichte. From 



the German. 

 History and its Philosophy, by C. S. Henry, D. D. 



The works on Mental and Moral Philosophy 

 and Ontology were but few, but all of them 

 of high character : 



Mental Science ; a Compendium of Psychology and 

 the History of Philosophv, by A. Bain. 



Essays Philosophical and Theological, by J. Mar- 

 tineau. Two vols. 



The Human Intellect ; with an Introduction upon 

 Psychology and the Soul, by Noah Porter, D. D. 



Those on Ethics were not much more numer- 

 ous, and several of them were occupied with 

 a single phase of ethical teaching, the discus- 

 sion of temperance in the use of liquors and 

 tobacco. They were : 



The Bible Eule of Temperance : Total Abstinence 



from all Intoxicating Drink, by G. Dumeld, M. D. 

 The Temperance Doctor, by Mary D. Chellis. 

 New York Sunday-School Institute. New York, 



February 2-7, 1868. Proceedings and Addresses. 

 Moral Uses of Dark Things, by Horace Bushnell. 

 Will the Coming Man Drink Wine ? and Does 



Smoking Pay ? by James Parton. 

 Tobacco and Alcohol. 1. It does Pay to Smoke. 



2. The Coming Man will Drink Wine, by J. 



Fiske. 

 Love as a Law, by Mark Hopkins, M. D., D. D., 



LL. D. 



The topics coming properly under the head 



of Social Science were more fully treated. The 



following are the principal works of this class : 



Unhappy Marriages, by A. B. Child, M. D. 



Sexology as the Philosophy of Life, implying 



Social Organization and Government, by Mrs. 



Elizabeth 0. G. Willard. 

 Social and Political Dependence of Women, by 



Mrs. John Stuart Mill. 

 White Supremacy and Negro Subordination; or, 



Negroes a Subordinate Eace, etc., by J. H. Van 



Evrie, M. D. 

 Suburban Homes for our Business Men. The 



Country and Inducements on the Line of the 



Erie Eailway, by H. T. Williams. 

 Provision for the Chronic Insane Poor, by Dr. John 



B. Chapin. 

 Eemarks on the Care and Treatment of the Chronic 



Insane Poor, by Dr. G. Cook. 

 Provision for the Insane Poor of the State of New 



York, by G. Cook, M. D. 

 A Woman's Seasons why Women should not Vote, 



by Cora Clement. 

 Die Geschichte von Einen Bissen Brod, von J. 



Mace", und D. L . 



The Law of Human Increase ; or, Population based 



on Physiology and Psychology, by N. Allen, 



M. D. 

 Lectures on Ventilation: Being a Course before 



the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, by L. 



W. Leeds. 

 Will the People of the United States be benefited 



by an International Copyright Law ? by F. Ger- 

 hard. 

 The Adamic Eace : Eeply to Ariel, Drs. Young and 



Blackie on the Negro, by M. S. 

 City Missions, by Eev. W. A. McVickar. 

 Marrying by Lot : a Tale of the Primitive Mora- 

 vians, by Charlotte B. Mortimer. 

 The Mystery Finished ! The Negro has a Soul, 



etc. 

 What Shall We Eat ? A Manual for Housekeepers. 



