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LITERATUKE, AMERICAN, IN 1885. 



ics' Lien Law of New York," annotated by J. 

 S. Derby ; " Parties to Mortgage Foreclosures," 

 by Charles H. Wiltsie ; " A Brief for the Trial 

 of Civil Issues before a Jury," by Austin Ab- 

 bott ; " The Legal Guide," by J. H. Batten, Jr. ; 

 u The Principles of Sale," by Robert Ralston ; 

 " Equity Pleadings and Practice in the Courts 

 of Massachusetts," by P. Emory Aldrich ; " The 

 Compiled Laws of Kansas." collated and anno- 

 tated by C. F. W. Dassler ; " The Ohio Farm- 

 er's Law Book," by T. K. Dissette; " Reports 

 of Cases arising upon Applications for Let- 

 ters Patent for Inventions determined in the 

 Circuit and Supreme Courts of the District of 

 Columbia, on appeal from the Commissioner 

 of Patents," vol. i, by Frank McArthur ; " The 

 Adjudged Cases on Defenses to Crime," vol. iii, 

 by J. D. Lawson ; " A Treatise on the Law of 

 Contributory Negligence," by C. F. Beach, Jr. ; 

 " Law without Lawyers," by H. B. Corey ; "A 

 Practical Handbook of the Law," by H. A. 

 Haigh ; " General Assignments for Benefit of 

 Creditors," by J. S. Derby ; " The Mining Re- 

 ports : Cases in Laws of Mines," by R. S. Mor- 

 rison. 



Medicine. The following works on medical 

 subjects have been published : 



" A System of Practical Medicine by Ameri- 

 can Authors," vols. i, ii, and iii, edited by Dr. 

 William Pepper and Dr. Louis Starr ; " Hand- 

 book of Pathological Anatomy and Histology, 

 with an Introductory Section on Post-mortem 

 Examinations," etc., by F. Delafield and Prud- 

 den T. Mitchell; "The Basic Pathology and 

 Specific Treatment of Diphtheria, Typhoid, 

 etc.," by G. J. Ziegler, M. D. ; " Cocaine : its 

 Use in Ophthalmic and General Surgery," by 

 H. Knapp, M. D. ; " Elements of Surgical Diag- 

 nosis," by A. Pearce Gould; "Practical Trea- 

 tise on Diseases of Children," by Eustace 

 Smith, M. D. ; "Insomnia," by H. Lyman, 

 M. D. ; "Pelvic and Hernial Therapeutics," by 

 G. A. Taylor, M. D. ; "Lectures on Diseases of 

 the Rectum," by J. Williston, M. D. ; "A 

 Treatise on Cholera," by Dr. E. C. Wendt and 

 others ; " Bodily Deformities and their Treat- 

 ment," by H. A. Reeves ; " The Tobacco Rem- 

 edy," by T. L. Clingman ; " Index to Surgery," 

 by C. B. Keetly; "Consumption: its Nature, 

 Causes, Prevention, and Cure," by J. M. W. 

 Kitchen, M. D. ; " On Sclerosis of the Spinal 

 Cord," by Julius Althaus, M. D ; " Dental Sur- 

 gery," by W. A. Barrett, M.D.; " A Manual 

 of Dermatology," by A. R. Robinson, M. D. ; 

 " Topographical Anatomy of the Brain," by J. 

 C. Dalton, M. D. ; " The Oleates," by S. V. 

 Shoemaker, M. D. ; " Hay Fever," by C. E. 

 Sajous, M. D. ; " Manual of the Antiseptic 

 Treatment of Wounds," by W. Watson Cheyne ; 

 " Elements of Modern Medicine," by R. French 

 Stone, M. D. ; " Insanity and Allied Neuroses," 

 by G. H. Savage, M. D. ; " Intestinal Obstruc- 

 tion," by F. Treves ; " On Renal and Urinary 

 Affections," by W. H. Dickinson, M. D. ; 

 " Cancer," by Willis Parker, M. D. ; " Diseases 

 of the Kidneys," by C. H. Ralfe, M. D.; "Stu- 



dents' Guide to Medical Jurisprudence," by J. 

 Abercrorabie, M. D. ; " Face and Foot Deformi- 

 ties," by F. Churchill, M. D. ; "Inebriisnj," by 

 T. L. Wright, M. D. ; " Treatise on Epidemic 

 Cholera and Allied Diseases," by A. B. Palmer, 

 M. D.; "Treatise on Nervous Diseases," by S 

 G. Webber, M. D. ; " The Modern Family Phy- 

 sician and Family Guide," by Drs. J. G. Pvich- 

 ardson, W. H. Ford, and C. C. Vanderbeck; 

 "Diseases of the Tongue," by H. T. Butlin; 

 "Manual of the Diseases of Women," by C. H. 

 May, M. D. ; " The Mother's Manual of Chil- 

 dren's Diseases," by C. West, M. D. ; " Epit- 

 ome of Diseases of the Skin," by L. A. Duhr- 

 ing, M. D. ; "A Text-book of Ophthalmoeoo- 

 py," by E. G. Loring, M.D. ; "The Essentials 

 of Histology," by E. A. Schafer; " Manual of 

 Operative Surgery," by L. A. Stimson, M. D. 

 Dr. Joseph Thomas has prepared a " Complete 

 Pronouncing Medical Dictionary." 



Miscellaneous. A few books unclassified re- 

 main to be noticed : 



F. R. Halsey is the editor of " Raphael Mor- 

 ghen's Engravings," with a life of the engraver. 

 " The Philosophy of Art in America," is by 

 Carl de Muldor; "The Afternoon Tea Paint- 

 ing-Book," by J. G. Somerby and H. H. Emer- 

 son. "Japanese Homes and their Surround- 

 ings " are beautifully described and illustrated 

 by Edward S. Morse. Kunhardt's book on 

 " Yachts " is a large illustrated work. Oth- 

 ers are: "Heavy Ordnance for National De- 

 fense," by W. H. Jaques, also the author of 

 "Ericsson's Destroyer and Submarine Gun: 

 their Application to Naval Warfare, and a 

 Short History of Naval Artillery " ; " Instruc- 

 tions in Rifle and Carbine Firing," by Capt. S. 

 E. Blunt, U. S. A. ; " The Colors and Color- 

 Guard Regulations," by F. Oborski; "A Trea- 

 tise on Communication by Telegraph," by Mor- 

 ris Gray; "Land Surveying on the Meridian 

 and Perpendicular System," by W. Penman; 

 " Topographical Surveying," by J. B. Johnson ; 

 " Topographical Drawing," by Lieut. R. R. 

 Smith ; " Modern Ship-building," by D. Pollok ; 

 " Healthy Foundations for Houses," by Glenn 

 Brown ; " The Principles of Expression in Pi- 

 ano-Forte Playing," by A. F. Christiani. " How 

 should I Pronounce?" is a little manual by 

 W. H. P. Phyfe, and "The Child's Voice: 

 Directions for its Treatment," by E. Bebnke 

 and L. Browne. " School-Keeping, by Hiram 

 Orcutt. "Education in Relation to Manual 

 Industry" is treated by Arthur MacArthur. 

 "The Descriptive Catalogue of Government 

 Publications," by Ben Perley Poore, is now 

 finished. It includes the titles of over sixty 

 thousand books and pamphlets. Profs. Jamet 

 A. Harrison, of Washington and Lee Univen 

 ty, and W. M. Baskervill, of Vanderbilt I 

 versity, have prepared, in convenient form, 

 " A Handy Poetical Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 

 which is based on Groschopp's Grein, a 

 has valuable appendices. , 



Statistics. According to the "Publishers 

 Weekly," the statistics of book-publication in 



