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tects," by E. A. Merrill; "Photography: Its 

 History, Processes, Apparatus, and Materials," 

 by A. Brothers ; " Photo-Engraving," a practical 

 treatise on the production of printing blocks 

 by modern photographic methods, by Charles 

 Schraubstadter, Jr., who supplied also a small 

 "Copy for Photo-Engraving"; "The Practical 

 Polish and Varnish Maker," by H. C. Standage ; 

 a " Manual of Mining," by M. C. Ihlseng, based 

 on the course of lectures on mining delivered at 

 the State School of Mines, Colorado ; " Experi- 

 ments with Sugar Beets in 1891," by Harvey W. 

 Wiley, Walter Maxwell, and W. A. Henry, as 

 well as various reports on " Pood and Food 

 Adulterants " in bulletins of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, Division of Chem- 

 istry. Bulletins of the Bureau of American Re- 

 publics (United States State Department) cov- 

 ered "Guatemala," "Colombia," "Venezuela," 

 " Costa Rica," and " Breadstuff's in Latin Amer- 

 ica." "Engineers' Surveying Instruments: 

 Their Construction, Adjustment, and Use," were 

 described by Ira 0. Baker ; " The Breechloader, 

 and how to use it," by W. W. Greener ; while 

 Cyrus S. Radford compiled a "Handbook on 

 Naval Gunnery," for the use of the United States 

 Navy and the State Naval Reserves. " The 

 Armies of To-day," an international volume 

 composed of 9 articles, first published in " Har- 

 per's Magazine," opened with the army of the 

 United States, by Brig.-Gen. Wesley Merritt, 

 U.S.A. Part II of Robert H. Thurston's 

 " Manual of the Steam Engine " covered " De- 

 sign, Construction, and Operation," and J. G. A. 

 Meyer published " Modern Locomotive Con- 

 struction." A "General History of the Music 

 Trades of America" was anonymous; William 

 T. Brannt wrote " The Practical Scourer and 

 Garment Dyer " ; G. W. Atkinson, on " Perfumes 

 and their Preparation," " Road, Track, and 

 Stable," by H. C. Merwin, "My Horse: My 

 Love," by Dinah Sharpe, and a complete trea- 

 tise on determining the " Age of the Domestic 

 Animals," by Rush Shippen Huidekoper, M. D., 

 had their uses ; and " The Perfect Keely Cure " 

 was described by C. S. Clark as carried on at 

 Dwight, 111. " Earth Burial and Cremation " 

 were discussed by Augustus G. Cobb. Henry T. 

 King, as "The Idealist," condemned 150 wrongs 

 daily perpetrated in every-day life. H. L. R. and 

 M. L. R. gave " Talks on Graphology," " Mod- 

 ern Punctuation " was arranged by William 

 Bradford Dickson for stenographers and type- 

 writers, and O. R. Palmer drew up a manual of 

 instruction in " Typewriting and Business Cor- 

 respondence." " The Test Pronouncer," by Wil- 

 liam H. P. Phyfe, formed a companion volume 

 to " 7,000 Words often mispronounced." " The 

 Technique of Rest " was explained by Anna C. 

 Brackett ; and three books which may be classed 

 together were " Beauty of Form and Grace of 

 Vesture," by Frances Mary Steele and Elizabeth 

 L. S. Adams ; " The Truth about Beauty," by 

 Annie Wolf ; and " Physical Beauty : How to 

 obtain and to preserve it," by Mrs. Annie Jen- 

 ness Miller. " The Farm and the Fireside," by 

 C. H. Smith (Bill Arp) ; " The Good Things of 

 Life," ninth series; "Life Fairy Tales," by J. A. 

 Mitchell ; " Hans Von Pelter's Trip to Gotham," 

 in pen and pencil, by Palmer Cox; "The Gilded 

 Fly," a political satire, by Harold Payne ; and 



"Politics among the Animals," by A. J. Phil- 

 pott and H. P. Whitmarsh, represent the best of 

 the wit and humor of the year ; while " Hospi- 

 tality in Town and County, anonymous ; " Eti- 

 quette," by Agnes H. Morton ; and " What to 

 do : A Companion to ' Don't,' " by Mrs. Oliver 

 Bell Bunce, answered the many questions which 

 arise in the course of social life. " Poor's Man- 

 ual of the Railroads of the United States for 

 1892," by H. V. Poor, saw its twenty-fifth annual 

 issue; Worthing^on's and Oliver Optic's (W. T. 

 Adams) annuals were published ; a " History of 

 the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, and of the 

 Hibernian Society for the Relief of Emigrants 

 from Ireland," was written by John H. Camp- 

 bell ; and the proceedings of " The Scotch-Irish 

 in America," at their third congress at Louis- 

 ville, Ky., May 14-17, 1891, were published by 

 that society. "The Rationale of Mesmerism" 

 was set forth by A. P. Sinnett. Alfred T. Scho- 

 field, M.D., made "A Study of Faith Healing"; 

 " How to Heal," by George E. Burnell, set forth 

 a system of mental therapeutics ; George H. 

 Pember was responsible for " Earth's Earliest 

 Ages and their Connection with Modern Spirit- 

 ualism and Theosophy," and " Theosophy, Bud- 

 dhism, and the Signs of the End " ; while 

 " Angels' Visits to my Farm in Florida " were 

 welcomed by " Golden Light." " Card Tricks 

 and Puzzles " were contrived by " Berkeley " 

 and T. B. Rowland. John J. Flinn prepared 

 from official sources a " Handbook of the World's 

 Columbian Exposition." Thomas E. Hill wrote 

 " Hill's Souvenir Guide to Chicago and the 

 World's Fair," and Julian Ralph was again 

 heard from in " Harper's Chicago and the 

 World's Fair." The "Columbus Memorial 

 1492-400-1892 " was devoted to the fair's build- 

 ings. " A Bookseller's Library, and how to use 

 it," by A. Growoll ; Part IV of the " American 

 Catalogue," compiled under the editorial direc- 

 tion of R. R. Bowker, A. I. Appleton, and 

 others, with its second supplement, the " Annual 

 American Catalogue, 1891" ; "The Co-operative 

 Index to Periodicals for 1891," edited by Wil- 

 liam I. Fletcher, with co-operation of members 

 of the American Library Association ; and the 

 " English Catalogue of Books for 1891," issued 

 by the office of the " Publishers' Weekly," with 

 the " Publishers' Trade-List Annual, 1892 " (in 

 its twentieth year), met the requirements of the 

 book trade ; while books of universal value were 

 the " New Cabinet Cyclopaedia and Treasury of 

 Knowledge," a concise work of reference on all 

 subjects and for all readers, by Ainsworth R. 

 Spofford. the Librarian of Congress, and Charles 

 Annandale ; the " Cyclopaedia of the Manufac- 

 tures and Products of the United States, anony- 

 mous ; " Everybody's Pocket Cyclopaedia of 

 Things worth knowing, Things difficult to 

 remember, and Tables of References " ; " Bar- 

 ker's Facts and Figures for 1892," edited by 

 Thomas P. Whitaker ; No. 4 of " Information 

 Readers," by Robert Lewis; "The Gast Paul 

 Directory of Bankers and Attorneys, edited by 

 Solon W. Paul; and "Appleton's Annual Cyclo- 

 paedia and Register of Important Events of the 

 Year 1891," being Volume XVI of the new series. 

 Vol. Ill of Foster's "Medical Dictionary" came 

 from the press, and the " New Drill Regulations," 

 for infantry, cavalry, and artillery. 



