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on " Notes embodying Recent Practice in the 

 Sanitary Drainage of Buildings." 



General Science. Under this hend are in- 

 cluded physics, chemistry, the mechanical arts, 

 etc. George Ticknor Curtis published " Crea- 

 tion or Evolution? a Philosophical Inquiry," 

 a work which attracted a good deal of atten- 

 tion as being the presentment by a highly in- 

 telligent and cultivated layman of a strictly sci- 

 entitic subject. Probably the most important 

 scientific book of the year a year remarkable 

 for the absence of any of ranch importance 

 was " The New Astronomy," by Prof. S. P. 

 Langley, which appeared first in a magazine, 

 and is indeed rather of a popular form, but is, 

 nsvertheless, valuable as exhibiting the condi- 

 tion of advanced knowledge in this important 

 subject. Daniel Kirkwood, LL. D., published 

 ' The Asteroids or Minor Planets between 

 Mars and Jupiter" ; Edward P.Jackson issued 

 his " Astronomical Geography " ; and " Apple- 

 tons' Physical Geography, prepared on a New 

 and Original Plan, "is comprehensive, and forms 

 a useful compendium. In natural history we 

 have " Living Lights; a Popular Account of 

 Phosphorescent Animals and Vegetables," by 

 Charles F. Holder, Fellow of the New York 

 Academy of Sciences. This, although a popular 

 work, affords all essential information concern- 

 ing the subject on which it treats, and is, more- 

 over, brilliantly and profusely illustrated. The 

 genial John Burroughs writes on u Birds and 

 Bees." Robert Ridgway, a " Manual of North 

 American Birds"; Ellen M. Burnside, "Round 

 Nature's Dial"; and Mrs. Florence Caddy, 

 "Through the Fields with Linnfeus." A prac- 

 tical treatise on " Petroleum ; together with a 

 Description of Gas- Wells, etc.," by Benjamin G. 

 Crew, and William Burns on " Illuminating and 

 Heating Gas," lead us up to the subject of chem- 

 istry. Ira Remsen, M. I)., publishes Principles 

 of Theoretical Chemistry " and " The Elements 

 of Chemistry " ; Prof. Thomas Egleston, " Met- 

 allurgy of Silver, Gold, and Mercury in the 

 United States " ; J. Dorman Steele, " Chem- 

 istry " ; James W. Simmons, " Qualitative 

 Analysis for Use in Schools and Colleges"; 

 Thomas Sterry Hunt, " A New Basis for Chem- 

 istry and Chemical Philosophy " and " Mineral 

 Physiology and Physiography"; A.Bromley 

 Holmes came out with " Practical Electric 

 Lighting " in a new edition ; and Silvanus P. 

 Thompson with "Dynamo-Electric Machin- 

 ery." Prof. 0. 0. Stokes published " Micros- 

 copy for Beginners." In the practical arts we 

 have M. H. Ford on " Boiler Making for Boiler 

 Makers " ; " The Ventilation and Warmth of 

 School Buildings," by Gilbert B. Morrison; 

 D. H. Mahan on " Permanent Fortifications " ; 

 J. B. Johnson on " Theory and Practice of Sur- 

 veying." " English and American Railroads 

 compared " is by Edward B. Dorsey ; " Yachts, 

 Boats, and Canoes," by C. S. Hicks; "Bridge 

 Disasters of America ; the Cause and Remedy," 

 by George L.Vose; and 0. M. Woodward pub- 

 lished " A History of the St. Louis Bridge," 



which completes the list of this class of the 

 arts. " Farm Appliances," a practical manual, 

 is the production of George A. Martin. A. S. 

 Fuller treats of small fruits in a volume en- 

 titled " The Illustrated Strawberry Culturist" 

 and in " The Propagation of Plants." Mary 

 Treat writes on "Injurious Insects of the Farm 

 and Garden," a new edition. 



Fine Arts. In this department we have, 

 first, Henry M. Brooks's " Olden Time Music " ; 

 A. R. Parsons's " Essay on Music " ; James C. 

 Macy's "Young People's History of Music"; 

 " Musical Notation," by Prof. R. M. Mclntosh ; 

 Langham's " History of Music " ; Rev. L. S. 

 Do vis's "Studies in Musical Histnry"; "The 

 Musical Year-Bookof the United States," com- 

 piled by G. H. "Wilson; F. C. Mayer's "Essay 

 and Practical Method for Piano or Organ ' : ; 

 and Louis Raymond's " On the Cabinet Organ." 

 Concerning singing, there were published Ful- 

 ton and Trueblood's u Chart illustrating Prin- 

 ciples of Vocal Expression " ; Louise G. Court- 

 ney's " Hints about my Singing Method " ; H. 

 Lottner's " Vocal Calisthenics " ; William T. 

 Ross's " Voice Culture and Elocution " ; Ed- 

 mond J. Myer's " The Voice, from a Practical 

 Standpoint"; "How to teach Vocal Music," 

 by Alfred Andrews ; and " A Practical Method 

 of Singing," by Josephine Rand. On the sub- 

 ject of painting, Fidelia Bridges issued a sec- 

 ond series of her " Studies for Painting " ; A. 

 G. Radcliffe published "Schools and Masters 

 of Painting " ; M. Louise McLaughlin wrote 

 "Painting in Oil ; a Manual for the Use of Stu- 

 dents" ; Helen M. Knowlton published " Hints 

 for Pupils in Drawing and Painting"; Mary 

 D. Hicks and J. S. Clark published a volume 

 on " The Use of Models " ; John D. Champlin, 

 Jr., produced his admirable "Cyclopaedia of 

 Painters and Paintings " (4 vols.) ; and Clara 

 Erskine Clement published " Painting, Sculpt- 

 ure, and Architecture," the three works com- 

 bined in one volume. Tristram J. Ellis issued 

 " Sketching from Nature ; a Hand-Book for 

 Students and Amateurs." Arnold W. Brun- 

 ner and Thomas Tryon published " Interior 

 Decoration," and Arthur L. Tuckerman wrote 

 "A Short History of Architecture." Among 

 general works of art were " Queens in Art," a 

 lecture by G. W. Chambers; Weldon's " Fancy 

 Costumes " ; " Modern Methods of Illustrat- 

 ing Books," by H. T. Wood; "Treasures of 

 Art and Song," arranged by Robert E. Mack ; 

 John C. Van Dyke's "Principles of Art"; 

 Sylvester Baxter's " The Morse Collection of 

 Japanese Pottery " ; " The Ministry of Fine 

 Arts," by G. Parry ; Josephine Pollard and 

 Walter Satterlee's " Artistic Tableaux, contain- 

 ing Diagrams and Text, with Full Description of 

 Necessary Costumes, etc." A superb work was 

 the " Procession of Flowers in Colorado," il- 

 lustrated in water-colors, in a limited edition of 

 one hundred copies. Lafayette C. Loomis 

 wrote " The Index Guide to Travel and Art 

 Study in Europe " ; Edward L. Wilson pub- 

 lished " A Quarter Century in Photography " ; 



