THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



Musical Reader, which is designed for " high 

 and normal schools, academies, and semi- 

 naries." It is compiled and edited by Charles 

 E. Whiting, and is really a most useful addi- 

 tion to the repertoire of school music books. 

 The first forty-eight pages are devoted to 

 musical notation, embracing exercises and 

 solfeggios of a very educational type. The 

 collection of two, three, and four part songs 

 is excellent ; but in the two latter sections 

 some of the selections are rather difficult 

 for beginners. Among the three-part songs 

 is a novel arrangement of a solo with voice 

 (duet) accompaniment a style of voice cul- 

 ture that will probably become more general. 

 The hymn tunes are easy, and will be found 

 useful by teachers in connection with the 

 rudimentary exercises and solfeggios. It 

 contains 224 pages, and is published at 85 

 cents. 



Recognizing the great agricultural de- 

 pression existing in England and the appar- 

 ent impossibility of farmers being able to 

 prosper from the cultivation of grain crops, 

 J. Cheal, F. R. H. S., suggests that cultiva- 

 tors of the land should consider what other 

 means might be adopted in the way of yield- 

 ing crops that would give more satisfactory 

 returns. In his book entitled Practical fruit 

 Culture, which is published by George Bell 

 and Sons, London, 1892, he advocates that, 

 taking into consideration the " enormous 

 quantities of fruit " imported into England 

 for consumption there, fruit culture would 

 be one of the best if not the most important 

 means toward a renewed agricultural pros- 

 perity. The volume contains some excellent 

 information upon the fruits most adaptable 

 to the climate of Great Britain, and instruct- 

 ive hints as to their planting, cultivation, etc. 

 (194 pages ; price, 75 cents). 



In a volume of 241 pages, C. W. Bardeen, 

 of Syracuse. N. Y., has published three series 

 of songs " for schools," which contain over 

 three hundred selections. The first series is 

 entitled The Song Budget, and is devoted to 

 nursery rhymes and songs for young chil- 

 dren ; the second is called The Song Century, 

 embracing some of the most popular stand- 

 ard songs ; and the third, The Song Patriot, 

 gives examples of patriotic songs, war songs, 

 and national hymns. It is a useful cheap 

 edition of song music, but the compiler has 

 made some rather unfortunate omissions in 



neglecting to give the composers' names, 

 while in at least one important instance 

 wrong authorship is claimed. This, however, 

 does not affect the arrangement of the music, 

 which is excellent (price, 50 cents). 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Abbe, Cleveland. The Mechanics of the 

 Earth'8 Atmosphere. Smithsonian Institution. 

 Pp. 324. 



Abbott, Samuel W., M. D. On the Geograph- 

 ical Distribution of Certain Causes of Death in 

 Massachusetts. Boston. Pp. 116. 



American Young People. Monthly. Volume 

 I, No. 1. Pp. 52. 10 cents. $1 a year. 



Ball Sir Robert Stawell. An Atlas of Astron- 

 omy. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 57. 

 With 72 Plates. $4. 



Baumgarten, G., M. D. The St. Louis Medical 

 College. An Historical Address. St. Louis. Pp. 

 19. 



Bedell, Frederick, and Crehore, Albert Gushing. 

 Alternating Currents. New York: The W. J. 

 Johnston Co., Limited. Pp. 325. 



Bidgood, John. A Course of Practical Biol- 

 ogy. New York: Longmans, Green & Co. 

 Pp. 353. $1.50. 



Bishop, Louis F. A New Measurement in the 

 Study of Fever. Pp.5. 



Boland, Mary A. A Handbook of Invalid 

 Cooking. New York: The Century Co. Pp. 323. 

 $2. 



Bolles, Frank. Students' Expenses. Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., Harvard University. Pp. 45. 



Booth, Charles. Life and Labor of the Poor in 

 London. Volume TV. New York: Macmillan & 

 Co. Pp.354. $1.50. 



Bradford, E. F., M.D., and Lewis, Louis, 

 M. D. Handbook of Emergencies and Common 

 Ailments. Boston: B. B. Russell. Pp. 448. 



Bradstreet Company, New York. A Record, 

 not a Prospectus. Pp. 16. Its Work in Relation 

 to Mercantile Credit. Pp. 4. 



Brinton, D. G., Philadelphia. The Anthropo- 

 logical Sciences. Proposed Classification and 

 Nomenclature. Pp. 2. Reminiscences of Pennsyl- 

 vania Folk Lore. Pp. 10. Columbus Day Address, 

 1892. Pp.8. Books on American Languages. Pp. 

 4." Further Notes" on Fuegian Languages (pp. 5) 

 and on the Betoya Dialects. Pp. 8. The Etrnsco- 

 Libyan Elements in the Song of the Arval 

 Brethren. Pp. 8. Analytical Catalogue of Works 

 and Scientific Articles. Pp. 16. 



Calderwood, Henry. Evolution and Man's 

 Place in Nature. New York: Macmillan & Co. 

 Pp. 349. $1. 



College Association of the Middle States and 

 Maryland. Fourth Annual Convention. New 

 York: Educational Review. Pp. 86. 



Colas, Jules A. Poole Brothers' Celestial 

 Handbook. Chicago: Poole Brothers. Pp. 110. 

 With Plates. Poole Brothers 1 Celestial Plani- 

 sphere (Revolving Card). 



Comstock, Theo. B. Utilization of the Sul- 

 phide Ores of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. Pp. 20. 



Current Topics. Monthly. February, 1893. 

 Chicago. Pp. 80. With Portrait. 15 cents. $1 

 a year. 



Duluth, Minn. Annual Report of the Board of 

 Education, 1892. Pp. 113. 



Egbert, Seneca. The Bicycle in its Relation to 

 the Physician. Boston: A. A. Pope. Pp. 11. 



Farquhar, Henry. Competition and Combina- 

 tion in Nature. Pp. 3. 



Fassig, Oliver L. Report of Bibliographer and 

 Librarian of the U. S. Signal Office. Pp. 22. 



