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second describes the methods of experimenta- 

 tion, and the remainder deal chiefly with ex- 

 periments bringing out the various laws and 

 phenomena which have thus far been ascer- 

 tained. The printed lectures contain consid- 

 erable matter which was not considered appro- 

 priate for the popular lectures, " but which 

 is nevertheless essential to the further study 

 of the subject." Three of the lectures in 

 the original course on the action of nitrous 

 oxide are not included, but are announced as 

 reserved for a " second series." There are a 

 number of explanatory diagrams and illus- 

 trations. (Longmans, Green & Co., New York. 

 $1.50.) 



The arguments in favor of the vertical 

 system of handwriting have been set forth 

 in the Popular Science Monthly. We are 

 glad to see that it is attracting the attention 

 of publishers of school books. One of the 

 simplest and most convenient applications of 

 it is made in The Natural System of Ver- 

 tical Handwriting ', by A. F. Newlands and 

 R. K. Row, which is published by D. C. 



Heath & Co. The authors are represented 

 to have been the first to advocate the new 

 system in America, and to have made the 

 first and longest-continued experiments in it. 

 With them legibility is the first considera- 

 tion, and they believe that handwriting 

 should be as much as possible like print, 

 consistently with convenient manipulation. 

 The course consists of six books of progres- 

 sive lessons, presenting a beautiful, plain, 

 open hand, to which two books of social and 

 business forms are to be added. 



Stewart's Telegraphic Code consists of a 

 system in which numbers are represented 

 by combinations of letters. Telegraph com- 

 panies in transmitting numbers charge for 

 each figure as a separate word. By means 

 of this system Mr. Stewart represents any 

 number from 1 to 999,999 in a word of ten 

 letters or less. For instance, ^4,0 1 3, which, 

 if sent as it stands, would be charged for as 

 six words, is in the system represented by 

 " rulidoka," which would, of course, go as 

 one word. (Author, St. Paul, Minn.) 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Agricultural Experiment Stations. Bulletins 

 and Reports. Connecticut: Twenty -first Annual 

 Report for 1897. Part I. Food Products. Pp. 64; 

 Part II. Fertilizers. Pp. 74 ; Part III. Vari- 

 ous. Pp. 74. Iowa: Bulletin No. 36. Eight Arti- 

 cles. Pp. 60. New Jersey: No. 124. Fertilizers. 

 Pp. 98. ; No. 125. The San Jos6 Scale, and bow 

 it may be Controlled. Pp. 16. New York: No. 

 126. Popular edition. Tomato Forcing. Pp. 3, 

 with plates; No. 126. Feeding Experiments with 

 Chicks and Capons. Pp. 14, and popular edition 

 of the same. Pp. 8; No. 129. Commercial Fer- 

 tilizers. Pp. 72; No. 180. A Bacterial Disease of 

 Sweet Corn. Pp. 16; No. 131. Oat Smut. Pp. 

 12; No. 132. The Source of Milk Fat. Pp. 35. 

 Pennsylvania: No, 28. The Fungous Foes of the 

 Farmer. Pp. 19. Purdue University : No. 66. 

 Indoor Culture of Lettuce. Pp. 8; No. 67. Wheat 

 and Corn as Food for Pigs. Pp. 12. United States 

 Department of Agriculture: Meadows and Pas- 

 tures. Pp. 24: The Gipsy Moth in America. Pp. 

 89; The Jack Rabbits of the United States. Re- 

 vised edition. Pp. 88; North Dakota Climate and 

 Crop Service of the Weather Bureau. Report for 

 November, 1897. Pp. 8. 



Bailey, L. H. Lessons with Plants. New 

 York: The Macmillan Company . Pp.491. $1.10. 



BjOrnling, Philip R. Whittakfr's Mechanical 

 Engineer's Pocket Book. New York: The Mac- 

 miUan Company. Pp. 377. $1.75. 



Brown, John. Parasitic Wealth ; or, Money 

 Reform. Chicago: C. H. Kerr & Co. Pp.169. $1. 



Bulletins and Reports. Department of Labor, 

 January, 1898. Pp. 140. New York State Mu- 

 seum, October, 1897. On Road Materials and Road 

 Building. Pp. 134, with maps. Bureau of Ameri- 

 can Republics, January, 1898. Pp. 180. Report 

 of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of Connecticut 

 for 1897. Pp. 240. Report of the Director of 

 Physical Training in Public Schools of Washing- 

 ton, D. C, 1896-'97. Pp. 22. Report of Public 



Schools of the District of Columbia, 1896-'97. 

 Pp. 305. 



De Witt, T. H. Benton. A Correspondence be- 

 tween an Amateur and a Professor of Political 

 Economy. Philadelphia. Pp. 19. 



Evans, E. P. Evolutionary Ethics and Animal 

 Psvchology. New York : D. Appleton and Com- 

 pany. Pp. 386. $1.75. 



Gosse, Edmund. A Short History of Modern 

 English Literature. New York: D. Appleton and 

 Company. Pp. 416. $1.50. 



Janus. Archives Internationales pour l'His- 

 toire du MeVlecine et pour la Geographic M6dicale 

 (International Archives for the History of Medi- 

 cine and for Medical Geography). Bimonthly 

 and Polyglot. Dr. H. F. A. Peppers, Editor. 

 Amsterdam, September 20, 1897. Pp. 200. 



Jenkins, Oliver P. The Passing of Plato. 

 Leland Stanford (Jr.) University. Pp. 23. 



Journal of Applied Microscopy. Monthly. 

 Vol. I, No. 1, January, 1898. Rochester, N. Y.: 

 Bausch and Lomb Optical Company. Pp. 14. 

 $1 a year. 



Kellicott, David S. The Dissection of the 

 Ophidian. Columbus, Ohio. Pp. 72. 



Lockyer, Sir Norman. The Sun's Place in 

 Nature. New York : The Macmillan Company. 

 Pp. 360. $2.75. 



Mann, H. S. Kindness to Animals in a Chris- 

 tian World. Omaha, Neb. Pp. 14. 5 cents. 



Ober, F. A. Crusoe's Island. A Bird-Hunter's 

 Story. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 

 Pp.273. 65 cents. 



Reprints. Bessey, Charles E. : Some Considera- 

 tions on the Functions of Stomata. Pp. 8. Brig- 

 ham, A. P. : Pn sent Status of the Electric System 

 in American Colleges. Pp. 10. Closson, Charles 

 C. : The Hierarchy of European Races. Pp. 14. 

 Dellenbaugh, F. S.: The True Route of Coro- 

 nado's March. Pp. 32. Jastrow, Joseph.: The 



