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book of Practical Solid Geometry for the use of 

 military students, by E. H. de V. Atkinson; and 

 The Resistance and Propulsion of Ships, by W. 

 F. Durand. Vol. VII appeared of The Mineral 

 Industry, giving its statistics, technology, and 

 trade in the United States and other countries 

 to the end of 1898, edited by Richard P. Roth- 

 well; J. H. Fisk was the author of an Assayers' 

 and Miners' Text-book; E. B. Wilson went into 

 Hydraulic and Placer Mining; Francis L. Bosqui 

 made Practical Notes on the Cyanide Process; 

 and a fifth, rewritten and enlarged, edition was 

 sent out of The Metallurgy of Lead and the De- 

 silverization of Base Bullion, by H. O. Hofman. 

 Part I of Advanced Metal Work, by Alfred G. 

 Compton and James H. De Grodt was devoted to 

 The Speed Lathe ; Note Taking, Dimensioning, and 

 Lettering, by Frederick Newton Willson, formed 

 Part I of his Descriptive Geometry and Mechan- 

 ical Drawing Series; Part III of his Theoretical 

 and Practical Graphics was issued, covering Some 

 Mathematical Curves, and Part V, devoted to 

 Shades, Shadows, and Linear Perspective, and he 

 also sent out a volume on Practical Engineering, 

 Drawing, and Third-angle Projection. Austin T. 

 Byrne wrote on Inspection of the Materials and 

 Workmanship employed in Construction; Gard- 

 ner D. Hiscox, on Mechanical Movements, Pow- 

 ers, Devices, and Appliances used in Constructive 

 and Operative Machinery and the Mechanical 

 Arts; J. K. Freitag handled The Fireproofing of 

 Steel Buildings; and H. M. Leaf, The Internal 

 Wiring of Buildings. Chimney Design and The- 

 ory was a book for engineers and architects by 

 William Wallace Christie; D. B. Butler gave di- 

 rections for the manufacture, testing, and use of 

 Portland Cement; Warren R. Briggs was the au- 

 thor of a treatise upon Modern American School 

 Buildings, accompanied with designs; and Oliver 

 Coleman planned the interior decoration of Suc- 

 cessful Houses. Estate Fences: Their Choice, 

 Construction, and Cost came from A. Vernon. 

 Frederick T. Hodgson supplied the Practical 

 Stonecutter and Mason's Assistant, as well as 

 directions for Estimating Frame and Brick 

 Houses. Heat and Heat Engines were the theme 

 of Frederick Remson Hutton; Walter B. Snow 

 wrote on Steam-boiler Practice in its Relation to 

 Fuels and their Combustion ; J. Pennycook proved 

 himself The Engineer's Friend ; Robert H. Blackall 

 drew up the Air-brake Catechism; and William 

 Frank Pettigrew prepared A Manual of Locomo- 

 tive Engineering. Railway Curves and Earth- 

 work was intended as a pocket book for civil 

 engineers by C. Frank Allen ; William Henry Cole 

 was heard from on Light Railways at Home and 

 Abroad; Part II of Machine Design, by Forrest 

 R. Jones, was given to Form, Strength, and Pro- 

 portions of Parts; Standard Wiring for Electric 

 Light and Power came from H. C. Gushing, Jr.; 

 and P. Marshall was responsible for Small Accu- 

 mulators: How Made and how Used. William 

 Fox and Charles W. Thomas were the joint au- 

 thors of A Practical Course in Mechanical Draw- 

 ing. Sanitary Engineering was the subject of 

 an exhaustive practical treatise by E. C. S. Moore, 

 and Mansfield Merriman was also heard from on 

 Elements of Sanitary Engineering, as well as Ele- 

 ments of Precise Surveying and Geodesy. The 

 Microscopy of Drinking Water was gone into by 

 George Chandler Whipple; William P. Mason 

 wrote on Examination of Water (Chemical and 

 Bacteriological) ; Potable Water and Methods 

 of Detecting Impurities, by M. N. Baker, belonged 

 to Van Nostrand's Science Series; while Sewage 

 Analysis was the theme of J. Alfred Wanklyn and 

 William J. Cooper. Frederick Hutton Getman 



supplied Elements of Blowpipe Analysis, and Fred- 

 erick H. Hitchcock was the author of the Book- 

 builders' Handbook of Types, Scales, Bulks, 

 Equivalents, etc. Howard Patterson was an au- 

 thority on Yacht Etiquette, and Yachting Wrin- 

 kles were vouchsafed by A. J. Kenealy. Davis 

 Dalton edited How to Swim; The Book of Golf 

 and Golfers came from Horace G. Htitchinson, 

 Amy B. Pascoe, H. H. Hilton, and others; and E. 

 Freeborough edited Select Chess and Games. 

 Principles of Agriculture were edited by Liberty 

 Hyde Bailey as a text-book for schools and rural 

 societies; Frederick Leroy Sargent described Corn 

 Plants: Their Uses and Ways of Life; Herbert 

 Myrick prepared a manual of American Sugar In- 

 dustry; The Modern Farmer in his Business Re- 

 lations, by Edward F. Adams, supplied a want. 

 Lucius D. Davis gave his attention to Ornamental 

 Shrubs for Garden, Lawn, and Park Planting; 

 Samuel T. Maynard wrote on Landscape Garden- 

 ing as applied to Home Decoration; Landscape 

 Gardening, by F. A. Waugh, was a brief treatise 

 on the general principles governing outdoor art; 

 F. Wilkinson told The Story of the Cotton Plant; 

 and James F. Meegan supplied The Cotton Buyers' 

 Ready Reckoner, Cotton Pickers and Cotton Seed 

 Table. The occupations of women and their com- 

 pensation were reviewed in What Women can 

 Earn, by Grace H. Dodge, Thomas Hunter, Mary 

 J. Lincoln, and others. W. B. Hutchinson and 

 J. A. E. Creswell discussed Patents and how to 

 Make Money out of Them, Francis E. Leupp gave 

 directions How to Prepare for a Civil-service Ex- 

 amination, and Friendly Visiting among the Poor 

 was a handbook for charity workers by Mary E. 

 Richmond. John J. Daly gave attention to Win- 

 dow Dressing. Modern Photography in Theory 

 and Practice was a handbook for the amateur 

 by Henry G. Abbott. Crude Rubber and Com- 

 pounding Ingredients, by Henry C. Pearson, and 

 Nida's Compendium of Information for the Liquor 

 Interests, by William Nida, met special demands. 

 Gillette's Cook Book contained the experience of 

 forty years of practical housekeeping of Mrs. F. 

 L. Gillette; Janet Mackenzie Hill suggested Sal- 

 ads, Sandwiches, and Chafing-dish Dainties; Mrs. 

 Olive A. Cotton, Chafing-dish Recipes for soups, 

 sauces, oysters, clams, meats, fish, menus, etc.; 

 Kate R. Sargeant recorded One Hundred Mush- 

 room Receipts; and Mrs. Sarah Tyson Rorer told 

 how to transfer Leftovers into palatable and 

 wholesome dishes. Henrietta Latham Dwight was 

 the author of The Golden Age Cook-book; Gesine 

 Lemcke, of Preserving and Pickling; Mrs. Anna 

 L. Colcord proclaimed herself A Friend of the 

 Kitchen; and The Hostess of To-day, by Linda 

 Hull Larned, was illustrated by Mary Cowles 

 Clarke. Mrs. C. E. Humphry (Madge) told How 

 to be Pretty though Plain. Hervey J. Seaman 

 conveyed practical information for The Expert 

 Cleaner. In The Art of Memory Henry H. Fuller 

 outlined a comprehensive and practical system 

 of memory culture; Descriptive Mentality from 

 the Head, Face, and Hand came from Holmes- 

 Whittier Merton, and contained 600 original draw- 

 ings; as Yarmo Vedra he was also responsible 

 for Heliocentric Astrology; or, Essentials of As- 

 tronomy and Solar Mentality, with tables of 

 ephemeris to 1910. The Gospel of the Stars, as 

 revealed by James Kingston as Gabriel, had an 

 introduction by George H. Hepworth, D. D. 

 Methods and Problems of Spiritual Healing came 

 from Horatio Willis Dresser. George J. Becker 

 was the author of Ornamental Penmanship : Ana- 

 lytical and Finished Alphabets and Draughts- 

 man's Letter Book. Mr. Dooley in the Hearts 

 of his Countrymen, by Martin Dooley (Finley P. 



