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of much good matter entitled " The Sciences 

 of Nature versus the Science of Man, a Plea 

 for the Science of Man." Besides maintaining 

 the claims of the science of man to validate 

 and complement the sciences of Nature, Dr. 

 Porter criticises temperately, but firmly and 

 keenly, the positions of the school in philoso- 

 phy whose pretensions are at war with his 

 claims. He has also published a volume on 

 "Intellectual Philosophy," an abridgment, for 

 the use of students, of his great work, " The 

 Human Intellect." Dr. McCosh, President of 

 the College of New Jersey, has appeared on 

 the scene with a course of lectures entitled 

 " Christianity and Positivism." The second 

 term in the title stands not only for Comteism, 

 but for the various forms of speculation which 

 deny the validity of inquiries into efficient or 

 final causes, or of intuitive principles of be- 

 lief. The lectures having been delivered to a 

 popular audience, and in their printed form 

 intended for the general public, lack some- 

 thing of the careful logic of the works by 

 which he won his reputation, but are well 

 adapted to their intended purpose. Presi- 

 dent McCosh figures in the appendix to a 

 third edition of u The Law of Love, and Love 

 as a Law, or Cbristian Ethics," by President 

 Hopkins, of Williams College, as an earnest 

 and forcible critic of the leading and distinc- 

 tive doctrine maintained by Dr. Hopkins. The 

 two presidents discussed the question in a 

 correspondence carried on in the columns of 

 iheNew York Observer, each writing two com- 

 munications. It is a model of dignified and 

 courteous controversy, and forms not only an 

 appropriate but a valuable addition to the 

 work reviewed; for, by the collision with so 

 sagacious a critic, Dr. Hopkins was led to de- 

 fine his position more sharply, and to put 

 forth his argumentative powers with more 

 vigor than the mildly - didactic tone of his 

 treatise readily admitted. A work by the 

 Rev. Ebenezer Burgess, late missionary in 

 India, on " The Antiquity and Unity of the 

 Human Race," is the fruit of extensive in- 

 quiries by a strong mind working in earnest. 

 It is to be regretted that the author died be- 

 fore fully preparing it for publication, and that 

 his editor was unable, in every case, to make 

 the references needed to support his state- 

 ments. It may not be out of place here to 

 mention The Journal of /Speculative Philos- 

 ophy, vol. v., edited by William T. Harris, St. 

 Louis, Mo. It speaks well for the American 

 reading public that a journal devoted exclu- 

 sively to speculative philosophy has been sus- 

 tained for five years, and apparently liberally 

 encouraged. The Journal is well printed, and 

 edited with learning and ability. It seems to 

 be chiefly devoted to making known to the 

 American public, by translations and essays, 

 the respective German schools of Kant, Fichte, 

 Schelling, and Hegel, and also some of the 

 works of Descartes, and apparently does not 

 aim at originality. As far as we have ex- 



amined the several numbers that have fallen 

 under our notice, we should judge the Hegelian 

 philosophy to be its system of predilection. 



In the departments of Economy, Social Sci- 

 ence, and Politics, a few titles should be re- 

 corded. " Questions of the Day," by Dr. Wil- 

 liam Elder; " Speeches on Political Questions," 

 by George W. Julian ; and the Hon. William D. 

 Kelley's " Speeches, Addresses, and Letters, on 

 Industrial and Financial Questions," advocate 

 the protective system. "Chapters of Erie, 

 and Other Essays," by C. F. Adams, Jr., and 

 Henry Adams, with some noticeable papers on 

 the matters indicated in the leading title, in- 

 cludes suggestive essays on national finance, 

 and bring into deserved prominence the polit- 

 ical relations of the railroad interest. The 

 question of the enfranchisement of women has 

 called out an assertion of " The Constitutional 

 Equality of Women," by Tennie C. Claflin, and 

 a very brilliant criticism of the movement by 

 " Gail Hamilton," in her "Woman's Worth and 

 Worthlessness." The general question of suf- 

 frage is considered in an essay " On Repre- 

 sentative Government and Personal Represen- 

 tation," by Simon Sterne, advocating a scheme 

 founded on Hare's proposed method of per- 

 sonal representation. 



The Study of Government. By George II. Yeaman. 



Transcendentalism. By William B. Greene. 



The Facts of Consciousness, and the Philosophy 

 of Mr. Herbert Spencer. By William B. Greene. 



Mines and Mining of the Pacific Slope. By Eos- 

 Biter W. Raymond, Ph. D. 



Proceedings of the Nineteenth Meeting of tho 

 American Association for the Advancement of Sci- 

 ence. 



Annual of Scientific Discovery. Edited by J. 

 Trowbridgc, W. E. Nichols, and C. E. Cross. 



Psychology; or, The Science of Mind. By 0. S. 

 Munsell, 3). !D. 



Introduction to Natural Philosophy. By Denison 

 Olmsted, LL. D. Second revised edition, by E. S. 

 Snell, D. D. 



Manual of Geology. By M. F. Maury, LL. D. 



Great Facts of Modern Astronomy. By W. L. 

 Hewson. 



Chemical Notation and Nomenclature. By S. "W. 

 Johnson. 



Stimulants and Narcotics. By George M. Beard, 



Health and its Condition.". By James Hinton. 



Emergencies, and How to Treat Them. By Jo- 

 seph W. Howe, M. D. 



The Amateur Microscopist ; a Handbook of Mi- 

 croscopic Manipulation und Microscopic Objects. 

 By John Brocklesby. 



"An Historical Atlas. By Eobert H. Labberton. 



Forest Trees, for Ornament, Shelter, and Profit. 

 By Arthur W. Bryant. 



War and the Weather; or, The Artificial Produc- 

 tion of Eain. By Edward Powers. 



Mental Disorders; or, Diseases of the Brain and 

 Nerves, developing the Origin and Philosophy of 

 Mania, Insanity, and Crime, with Full Directions for 

 their Treatment, etc. 



The Eye in Health and Disease. By B. J. Jeffries, 

 A. M., M. D. 



Diseases of the Skin. Eecent Advances in their 

 Pathology and Treatment. By Dr. B. Joy Jeffries. 



The Principles and Practice of Surgery. By John 

 Ashurst, Jr.,M. D. 



Text-Book of Geology. For Schools and Colleges 

 By II. Alleyne Nicholson. 



