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ORIGIN OF CULTIVATED PLANTS. By ALPIIOXSE DE CAN- 

 DOLLE. 12mo. Cloth, $2.00. 



44 The copious and learned work of Alphonse de Candolle on the 4 Origin of 

 Cultivated Plants ' appears in a translation as volume forty-eight of ' The Inter- 

 national Scientific Series. 1 Any extended review of this book would be out of 

 place here, for it is crammed with interesting and curious facts. At the begin- 

 ning of the century the origin of most of our cultivated species was unknown. 

 It now requires more than four hundred closely printed pages to sum up what 

 is known or conjectured of this matter. Among his conclusions M. de Candolle 

 makes this interesting statement : ' In the history of cultivated plants I have 

 noticed no trace of communication between the peoples of the Old and New 

 Worlds before the discovery of America by Columbus.' Not only is this book 

 readable, but it is of great value for reference." New York Herald. 



"Not another man in the world could have written the book, and considering 

 both its intrinsic merits and the eminence of its author, it must long remain the 

 foremost authority in this curious branch of science. Of the 247 plants here 

 enumerated, 199 are from the Old World, 45 are American, and 3 unknown. Of 

 these only 67 are of modern cultivation. Curiously, however, the United States, 

 notwithstanding^ its extent and fertility, makes only the pitiful showing of 

 gourds and the Jerusalem artichoke." Boston Literary World. 



FALLACIES: A View of Logic from the Practical Side. 



By ALFRED SIDGWICK, B. A. Oxon. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75. 



41 Even among educated men logic is apt to be regarded as a dry study, and to 

 be neglected in favor of rhetoric; it is easier to deal with tropes, metaphors, and 

 words, than with ideas and arguments to talk than to reason. Logic is a study ; 

 it requires time and attention, but it can be made interesting, even to general 

 readers, as this work by Mr. Sidgwick upon that part of it included in the name 

 of 'Fallacies 1 shows. Logic is a science, and in this volume we are taught the 

 practical side of it. The author discusses the meaning and aims, the subject- 

 matter and process of proof, unreal assertions, the burden of proof, non-sequiturs, 

 guess-work, argument by example and sign, the reductio ad absurdum, and other 

 branches of his subject ably and fully, and has given us a work of real value. It 

 is furnished with a valuable appendix, and a good index, and we should be glad 

 to see it in the hands of thinking men who wish to understand how to reason out 

 the truth, or to detect the fallacy of an argument. 1 ' The Churchman. 



THE ORGANS OF SPEECH, and their Application in 

 the Formation of Articulate Sounds. By GEORG HERMANN 

 VON MEYER, Professor of Anatomy at the University of Zurich. 

 With numerous Illustrations. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75. 



"This volume comprises the author's researches in the anatomy of the vocal 

 organs, with special reference to the point of view and needs of the philologist 

 and the trainer of the voice. It seeks to explain the origin of articulate sounds, 

 and to outline a system in which all elements of all languages may be co-ordinated 

 in their proper place. The work has obviously a special value for students in 

 the science of the transmutations of language, for etymologists, elocutionists, 

 and musicians. 11 New York Home Journal. 



44 The author's plan has been to give a sketch of all possible articulate Hounds, 

 and to trace upon that basis their relations and capacity for combination." 

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