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LITERATURE, BRITISH, IN 1884. (SCIENCE.) 



Important Points connected with the Surgery 

 of the Urinary Organs." Snow's "Clinical 

 Notes " are upon Cancer ; Butler's " Malignant 

 Disease of the Larynx," and Gibney's "The 

 Hip and its Diseases," are valuable special 

 works. Rindfleisch's "Elements of Patholo- 

 gy," Pepper's "Elements of Surgical Patholo- 

 gy," and Woodhead's "Practical Pathology," 

 are valuable additions to this department of 

 medical science. Bodenhamer's " The Hsem- 

 orrhoidal Disease" is an important treatise 

 on a prevalent, disorder. Martin and Moale's 

 "Hand-Book of Vertebrate Dissections," Part 

 III, ia a manual of comparative anatomy. 

 Hart's " Atlas of Female Pelvic Anatomy," 

 Henke's "Atlas of Surgical "Anatomy," and 

 Ziegler's " Text-Book of Pathological Anatomy 

 and Pathogenesis," have taken high rank in 

 this department. Clouston's " Clinical Lect- 

 ures on Mental Diseases," Billings's " The 

 Relation of Animal Diseases to the Public 

 Health and their Prevention," Roberts's "The- 

 ory and Practice of Medicine," Coppie on 

 "The Causation of Sleep," Lennox Brown and 

 Behake on "Voice, Song, and Speech," Dowse 

 on " The Brain and Nerves," Crothers's " Men- 

 tal Contagion in Inebriety," Buckham's " In- 

 sanity considered in its Medico-Legal Rela- 

 tions," Hamilton's " Manual of Medical Juris- 

 prudence," these are to be included under more 

 general classification. 



The works on diseases of special organs in- 

 clude Mackenzie's "Diseases of the Throat and 

 Nose," vol. ii, Toswell's "General Practition- 

 er's Guide to Diseases and Injuries of the Eye 

 and Eyelids," Kippox's " Hand-Book of Skin 

 Diseases and their Homoeopathic Treatment," 

 Alt's " Treatise on Ophthalmology for the Gen- 

 eral Practitioner," Hartridge on " Refraction 

 of the Eye," Wolfe's " Clinical Demonstrations 

 on Ophthalmic Subjects," Swanzy's "Hand- 

 Book of the Diseases of the Eye and their 

 Treatment," Noake's " Post-Natal Catarrh and 

 Diseases causing Deafness," Fidy's " Legal 

 Medicine," Hewitt's "Pathology, Diagnosis, 

 and Treatment of the Diseases of Women," 

 Jones's " Practical Manual of Diseases of Wom- 

 en," are among the more important books in 

 this class. 



In chemistry and physiology are Rolfe's 

 " Clinical Chemistry," Charles's " Elements of 

 Physiological and Pathological Chemistry," 

 Simon's " Manual of Chemistry," Roscoe and 

 Schorlemmer's "A Treatise on Chemistry," 

 Leffmann's " Compend of Organic and Medical 

 Chemistry," Fluckiger'.s " The Cinchona Barks 

 pharmacognostically considered," Hutchinson's 



The Laws of Health," McGreggor-Robertson's 

 "Elements of Physiological Physics," Powers's 

 "Elements of Human Physiology," Clevess- 

 ger's " Comparative Physiology and Psycholo- 

 gy," Chapman's " History of the Circulation of 

 the Blood," Billing's " Principles of Ventilation 

 and Heating," Park's "Manual of Practical 

 Hygiene," Gerhard's " Hints on the Drainage 

 and Sewerage of Dwellings," and Richardson's 



" The Field of Disease." This subject may be 

 concluded withChesney's curious work, ' ' Shake- 

 speare as a Physician." 



General Science. In the department of elec- 

 tricity the new publications include Ham- 

 mond's " Electric Light in our Homes," Swin- 

 ton's "Principles and Practice of Electric 

 Lighting," Gordon's "Practical Treatise on 

 Electric Lighting," Fahie's "History of Elec- 

 tric Telegraphy," and May's " Bibliography of 

 Electricity and Magnetism." 



In geology and natural history generally 

 are Dr. H. C. Lang on "The Butterflies of Eu- 

 rope," Sir Richard Owen's "British Fossil 

 Reptiles," Prof. Romer's " The Bone-Caves cf 

 Europe," and G. J. Hinde on "The Fossil 

 Sponges in the British Museum." Economic 

 science is enriched by Prof. Thorold Rogers's 

 " History of English Labor," a work of re- 

 markable research and profound philosophy. 

 Fraser Rae published a study of " Contempo- 

 rary Socialism." Mr. Mallock answers- the 

 " Progress and Poverty " of Mr. Henry George 

 by his "Property and Progress." Mr. Edward 

 Bellamy, on the same subject, has written a 

 work entitled "The Way out," Troup's "The 

 Future Work of Free Trade in English Legisla- 

 tion," handles trade relations, and Mr. H. M. 

 Hyndman has published the " Historical Basis 

 of Socialism " in England, while Arnold Toyn- 

 bee's "Industrial Revolution in England" has 

 been issued with a Memoir by Prof. Jowett. 



In political economy and cognate sciences 

 we have Creighton's "Primer on the Govern- 

 ment of England," Pollard's translation of 

 Laveleye's "Elements of Political Economy," 

 Crane and Moses's " A Study on Politics," Wal- 

 ter Pollock's essay on " TheLand Laws," and 

 Stanley Jevons's "Investigations in Currency 

 and Finance." 



More general in their nature are the Duke 

 of Argyle on "The Unity of Nature," Bird's 

 " Higher Education in Germany and England," 

 Prof. Sheldon Amos on "The History and 

 Principles of the Civil Law of Rome," Roby's 

 " Introduction to the Study of Justinian's Di- 

 gest," Hartmann's " Philosophy of the Uncon- 

 scious," Maudsley's " Body and Will," and a 

 translation of Schopenhauer's " World as Will 

 and Idea." 



Theology. Mr. Matthew Arnold has published 

 an essay on " Isaiah," Mr. Cheyne a transla- 

 tion of " The Book of Psalms," and Dr. Ber- 

 nard Weiss and Dr. A. Eversheim respectively 

 lives of Christ. Addis and Arnold's " Catho- 

 lic Dictionary " and the " Schaff-Herzog Ency- 

 clopaedia of Religious Knowledge " are com- 

 plete. Other theological works are Jackson's 

 " Primer of the Greek and Latin Fathers," 

 Lea's " Sacerdotal Celibacy," Hurst's "Short 

 History of the Reformation," Hansen's "Re- 

 formed Church in the Netherlands," Palmer's 

 "Events connected with the Publication of 

 the Tracts for the Times," Dr. Stoughton's 

 " Religion in England for the First Half of the 

 Present Century," Dr. Reville's " The Native 



