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In Philosophy, Metaphysical and Moral, 

 some important works have been published. 

 Prof. Charles P. Kranth's edition of Berke- 

 ley's " Principles of Human Knowledge " is a 

 remarkably good piece of editorial work, fur- 

 nishing the student of the ideal theory a helpful 

 introduction to it and a guide to an intelligent 

 investigation. The second volume of Prof. 

 Morris's Translation of Ueberweg's "History of 

 Philosophy," with the supplement on "Eng- 

 lish and American Philosophy," by President 

 Porter, of Yale College, and on " Italian Phil- 

 osophy," by Prof. Vincenzo Botta, completes 

 a work of great value, which was much needed. 

 A book of very modest pretensions, but of 

 marked originality and suggest iveness, is "An 

 Outline Study of Man," by Mark Hopkins, D. 

 D., LL. D. The "Outlines" are never ob- 

 scure. The style, though condensed, is lucid 

 and precise. The method of exposition is 

 novel ; the lectures, of which the book is a 

 revised report, were successfully illustrated by 

 the use of the black-board, an expedient for 

 elucidating abstract topics which is made to 

 some extent available in their printed form. 

 The system of philosophy presented is original 

 in its structure, comprising a view of man in 

 his relations to the physical universe and to 

 the animal creation, and in his own complex 

 being. "Moral Philosophy," by A. P. Pea- 

 body, D. D., LL. D., is intended for an ele- 

 mentary text-book, but is so superior to most 

 books of the kind that the more extended 

 treatise which the author partly promises will 

 be expected with pleasure. " Christian Eth- 

 ics," by Dr. Adolf Wuttke, translated from the 

 German by John P. Lacroix, with an Introduc- 

 tion by W. F. Warren, D. D., professor in 

 Boston University, is at a far remove from 

 light reading, and cannot be pronounced a 

 model translation ; but is worthy of examina- 

 tion. The titles which follow represent dif- 

 ferent departments of research and specula- 

 tion, nearly or more remotely connected with 

 the general subject under notice : 



Key to the Birds of North America. By Elliot 

 Cowcs, M. D., U. 8. A. 



Foundations of Mathematical Science. By Charles 

 Davies, LL. D. 



The Nature and Utility of Mathematics. By the 

 same. 



A Contribution to the History of the Fresh-Water 

 Algffl of North America. By Horatio C. Wood, Jr., 

 M.D. 



New Theory of the- Origin of Species. By B. G. 

 Ferris. 



Reptiles and Birds: a Popular Account of their 

 Various Orders, with a Description of tlie Habits and 

 Economy of the most interesting. From the French. 

 Revised by Parker Gillmore, and illustrated. 



The Birds of Florida; containing Original De- 

 scriptions of upward of Two Hundred and Fifty 

 Species, with Notes upon their Habits, etc. By 0. 

 J. Maynard. With Five Plates drawn and colored 

 from Nature. By Helen 8. Farley. 



Elements of Philosophy, comprising Ontology 

 or General Metaphysics. By Rev. W. BL Hill, 8. j. 



Modern Magic. By Prof. Schele de Vere. 



Human Science. By Prof. O. 8. Fowler. 



The Unity of Natural Phenomena. A Popular 



Introduction to the Study of the Forces of Nature. 

 From the French of M. Emile Sargey. With an Intro- 

 duction and Notes by Thomas Freeman Moses. A. 

 M.. M. D. 



Comets and Meteors. Their Phenomena in all 

 Ages, their Mutual Relations, and the Theory of their 

 Origin. By Daniel -Kirkwopd, LL. D. 



The Spintual Delusion ; its Methods, Teachings, 

 and Effects. The Philosophy and Phenomena criti- 

 cally examined. By Dyer D. Lum. 



Inductive Inquiries in Philosophy, Ethics, and Eth- 

 nology. By A. H. Dana. 



Prehistoric Man Darwinism and Deity The' 

 Mound-Builders. Three Essays read before the 

 Cincinnati Literary Club. By Hon. Manning F. 

 Force. 



Present Status of Social Science. A Review. His- 

 torical and Critical, of the Progress of Thought in 

 Social Philosophy. By Robert S. Hamilton. 



An Introduction to the Study of Practical Histol- 

 ogy. For Beginners in Microscopy. By James Ty- 

 son, M.D. 



Phaxlo ; or, The Immortality of the Soul, by Plato. 

 Translated by C. S. Stanford. 



Our Common Insects. A Popular Account of the 

 more Common Insects of our Country, embracing 

 chapters on Bees and their Parasites. Moths, Flies, 

 Mosquitoes, Beetles, etc. Profusely illustrated. By 

 A. S. Packard. Jr. 



Notes of a Metallurgical Journey in Europe. With 

 Twenty-two Illustrations. By John A. Church, En- 

 gineer of Mines. 



The Birds of North America. Drown and de- 

 scribed by Theodore Jasper, M. D. In 86 monthly 

 Parts. Parts I.-V. 



Recent Exemplifications of False Philosophy. By 

 Fitz Edward Hall., M. A. 



POETET. The author who is probably rec- 

 ognized as onr most representative poet, Mr. 

 Longfellow, by the publication of his " After- 

 math " reminds us that he feels himself to be 

 Bearing the end of a career that has been an 

 honor to his country, and a blessing to the 

 world. The consciousness imparts a character 

 to some of these poems which makes them 

 appeal to the reader's profound sympathies. 

 Mr. William D. Howells, whose reputation as a 

 writer of graceful prose hns risen rapidly, has 

 given us a volume of poems in which the grace 

 of expression is in keeping with the subtle 

 suggestiveness of his thought. In Will Carle- 

 ton's "Farm Ballads," homely sense and 

 pathos have quaint expression. Joachin Mil- 

 ler's " Songs from Sun-Lands " have the merits 

 and defects of the " Songs from the Sierras," 

 with which he first claimed the attention of 

 the public his exuberant fancy, his delight in 

 all forms of natural beauty, and a rich, wild 

 melody, having the power to charm us into 

 momentary oblivion of his alternate negli- 

 gences and perversities. There is not the 

 proof of growth that was hoped for by his ad- 

 mirers. " Songs from the Southern Seas, and 

 other Poems," by John Boyle O'Reilly, a new 

 candidate for poetic honors, shows a strong 

 vein of original power in certain directions, 

 but with obvious limitations. Realistic, weird, 

 strongly assailing the sensibility, there is a de- 

 ficiency of the artistic in style and of the hu- 

 morous in feeling. " The Last Poems of Alice 

 and Phoebe Gary," edited by Mary Clemmer 

 Ames, is a too close gleaning of a not very 



