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from "Wood's Medical and Surgical Mono- 

 graphs." In surgery we had tin- " American 



i:. ml; of Surgery for Practitioners and 

 Student-," l-\ William \V. Keen, M. l>..and .1. \N'. 

 White. M.K; The Ma.-toid Operation," liy S. 

 rlh A IK 1 ii. giving its history, anatomy, and 

 pathology: ( icneral ( rl hopcdics, including 

 Surgical Operation-," by Augustus Sehrciber. 

 M. 1>. ; "The Anatomy and Surgical Treatment 

 of Hernia," l>y Henry (). Marcy, M. I). ; and "The 

 Mill In- Lectures on Select Topics: Surgical 

 Pathology, for 1890-'91," by Roswell Park, M. I). 

 Franklin Dexter, M. D., made a study of "The 

 Anatomy of the Peritonaeum " ; George McClel- 

 lan. M. I >.. of " Regional Anatomy in its Relation 

 to Medicine and Surgery"; while J. Clarence 

 Weli>ter gave the result of "Researches in Fe- 

 male Pelvic Anatomy." A " Manual of Antop- 



uas designed by T. W. Blackburn, M. 1)., 

 lor the use of hospitals for the insane and other 

 public institutions. ' Essentials of Medical Elec- 

 tricity " were set forth in short compass by D. D. 

 Stewart, M. 1>. ; Carrie Goldsmith wrote on 

 Massage for Nurses"; and "Nurses and Nurs- 

 ing" came from the pen of Lisbeth D. Price. 

 Anid Kellgren, M. D., set forth the "Technic 

 of Ling's System of Manual Treatment as Ap- 

 plicable to Surgery and Medicine." "Hydro- 

 tin -rapy at Saratoga," by J. A. Irwin, M. D., was 

 a i realise on natural mineral waters. Two use- 

 ful volumes were "Every-day Ailments and Ac- 

 cidents and their Treatment at Home," edited 

 by George Black, and the "First Aid in Illness 

 aiid Injury," by James E. Pilcher, M. D. "The 

 Microscopical Examination of Potable Water" 

 was made by George W. Rafter. A ' New Pro- 

 nouncing Dictionary of Medicine," a voluminous 

 and exhaustive handbook of medicine and scien- 

 tific terminology, was produced by John M. 

 Keating, M. D., Henry Hamilton, J. Chalmers 

 Da Costa, and Frederick A. Packard. Vol. XIII 

 of the " Index Catalogue " of the Library of the 

 Surgeoii-(Jenerars Office at Washington, D. C., 

 w,i> isMu-d, covering Sialagogues-Sutugin ; and 

 No. 2 of Vol. XII of "Wood's Medical and 

 Surgical Monographs " was reached. J. Aulde, 

 M. !>.. constructed a " Pocket Pharmacy ; with 

 Therapeutic Index," a resume of the clinical ap- 

 plications of remedies adapted to the pocket case 

 for the treatment of emergencies ana acute dis- 

 eases; J. J. Taylor, M. D., gave novel advice to 

 ''The Physician as a Business Man"; and 

 Thomas Lindsley Bradford. M. D., was the 

 author of a " Homoeopathic Bibliography of the 

 I'niled States from 1825-'91, inclusive,'' in two 

 parts. "Temperament. Disease, and Health" 

 were discussed by F. K. Chadwick. Mrs. Weeks- 

 Shaw revised her " Text-Book of Nursing." 



Poetry. The last we shall ever hear of Whit- 

 liei- came to us "At Sundown," in a memorial 

 volume containing all the poems he wrote after 

 188G, when he gave to us " St. Gregory s ( i nest " ; 

 and another poet, whose loss was mourned dur- 

 ing the \ear, was recalled in "Selected Poems" 

 ol Wall 'Whit man. edited in the "Fiction, Fact, 

 and Fancy Series" by Arthur Stedman. Maurice 

 Thompson had a volume of " Poems." and Kdna 

 I 'can Proctor sang in a noble and lofty strain 

 "The Song of the Ancient People" (the Pueblo 

 Indians), which had a preface and notes by John 

 and a commentary by F. II. Cushing. 



Will Carleton's "City F.--I ivals " completed tin- 

 "Farm and City Serif?.." "('hri-tina- -.1 

 Christinas still," a hymn by Bishop Phillips 

 Brooks, was richly illustrated in colors; 

 Dead Nymph, and Other Poems" of the late 

 Charles Henry Liiders were selected by his friend 

 Frank Dempster Sherman, who published on his 

 own account " Little Folks Lyrics"; and 2 other 

 books for children from those who ha\e de- 

 lighted maturer years were " With Trumpet and 

 Drum," 5(t poems by Eugene Field, and "Rhymes 

 and Ballads for Girls and Boys." b\ the familiar 

 Sarah C. Woolsey (Susan Coolidge). Another 

 volume of posthumous verse was the "Poems" 

 of George Pellew, edited, with an introduction, by 

 William Dean Howells. " The Forging of the 

 Sword, and Other Poems," by Juan Lewis, were 

 illustrated by Charles Bradford Hudson; Fran- 

 cis S. Saltus was represented by 2 volumes, 

 " Flasks and Flagons, Pastels and Profiles, Vistas 

 and Landscapes " and " Dreams After Sunset, 

 and Other Poems"; Dr. S. Weir-Mitchell, by 2 

 also, " The Mother, and Other Poems " and 

 "Francis Drake: A Tragedy of the Sea"; from 

 Clinton Scollard came " Songs of Sunrise 

 Lands " ; from Madison J. Cawein, " Moods and 

 Memories" and "Giovio and Giulia," the last a 

 dainty little booklet ; and from Anne Reeve Aid- 

 rich, whose early death is to be lamented, " Songs 

 about Life, Love, and Death." Oriental stories 

 were " Told in the Gate," by Arlo Bates, in blank 

 verse; and "With the 'Pousse Cafe'" was a 

 collection of post-prandial verses, medical and , 

 humorous, written on occasions, by William Tod 

 Helmuth, M. D. "Songs and Saunterings of a 

 Poet and Naturalist" were chronicled by W. d. 

 Barton and George W. Breed ; " The Merrimack 

 River, Hellenics, and Other Poems " of Benjamin 

 W. Ball, were edited, with an introduction, by 

 Frederick F. Ayer : " Songs of the White Moun- 

 tains," by Alvi'n L. Snow, " Connecticut River 

 Reeds," by Josiah D. Canning, and " Alaskana ; 

 or, Alaska in Descriptive and Legendary Poems," 

 by Bushrod W. James, M. D., belong to what may 

 be called poems of place ; while narrative poetry 

 was represented by " Atlina, Queen of the Float- 

 ing Isle," by Mrs. M. B. M. Toland ; " Zululu : 

 The Maid of Anahuac," by Hanna A. Foster, the 

 scene of which is laid among the ancient tribes 

 of Mexico; "Edalaine: A Metrical Romance," 

 by I' 1 . KoenaMedini; "The Vagrant of Lover's 

 Leap," by John T. Broderick ; and " In the City 

 by-tiie Lake," by Blanche Fearing. " The Song 

 of America and Columbus "emanated from Kina- 

 hanCornwallis; "Columbus" was again the sub- 

 ject of an epic poem by Samuel Jefferson ; and 

 "The Voyage of Columbus." by K. Nesbitt. was 

 illustrated in colors by Will and Frances Hrun- 

 dage and J. Pauline Sunter. " Fort Sumter and 

 it- I )e fenders," an illustrated poem in 11 cantos. 

 was from the pen of Samuel T. Baker. " Ko\ven : 

 Second Crop Songs" were hailed from II. C. 

 Bunner, as was "A Letter of Introduction." a 

 farce by William D. Howells. in Harpers' " Black 

 and White Series." Harriet Monroe published 

 " Valeria," a tragedy, with other poems. No par- 

 ticular merit can be ascribed to "Songs and Sen- 

 net-." by Maurice F. Egan ; "Thought Throb-." 

 byCreedinoreFleenor; "At the Gate of Dream >." 

 by James B. Kenyon : " The Flaming Meteor." 

 by W. Ilubbard "Kernan : "A Dream of Other 



