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money, no separate chapter being given to 

 this latter topic. Then follow the Four 

 Rules, and after them " Metric Measures." 

 The next chapter is on " Common Frac- 

 tions," and " Measures in Common Use " 

 come next, after the pupils have learned 

 the metric system, an arrangement which 

 can not fail to impress upon the young that 

 the English measures are as absurdly infe- 

 rior to the decimal system as British money 

 is more inconvenient than American. The 

 examples are not of the old-fashioned im- 

 aginary kind, but " are intended to convey, 

 incidentally, a great deal of accurate and 

 valuable information ; so that, by means of 

 the index, the book becomes a book of ref- 

 erence for many physical and mathematical 

 constants." 



The Yellowstone National Park. A 

 Manual for Tourists. By Henry J. Win- 

 SER. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons. 

 Pp. 96. Illustrated, with Maps. Price, 

 40 cents. 



A convenient and acceptable description 

 of the great national Yellowstone reserva- 

 tion, with its mammoth hot springs, the 

 great geyser basins, the cataracts, the ca- 

 nons, and other features of this land of won- 

 ders. The park is about 2,500 miles from 

 New York by way of the Northern, and 

 3,000 miles by the Union Pacific Railroad. 

 The Northern Pacific road carries, or will 

 shortly carry, passengers directly to the 

 park by its Yellowstone Park branch, while 

 the Union Pacific will deliver them by 110 

 miles of staging from Beaver Caiion. The 

 fare to the park and back is from $155 to 

 $165. 



How CAN WE escape INSANITY ? By Charles 

 W. Page, M. D. Hartford, Conn. : Case, 

 Lockwood & Co. Pp. 22. 



The author believes that hereditary 

 bias must be taken account of, " although 

 it has become too popular as an excuse for 

 results which, through ignorance or design, 

 are often obscure," but that insanity is large- 

 ly promoted by intemperance, overwork, 

 over-study, and many over-stimulating influ- 

 ences of American life. The escape from 

 it must be prepared for by proper mar- 

 riages, the cultivation of temperance in all 

 things, and by counteracting the deteriorat- 

 in<r influences that affect us. 



Chemistby, Inorganic and Organic. With 

 Experiments. By Charles Loudon 

 Bloxam, Professor of Chcmistiy in 

 King's College, London. Fifth edition. 

 Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Co. 

 Pp. 040. Price, $4. 

 Bloxam's " Chemistry " is a compre- 

 hensive text-book, intended " to give a clear 

 and simple description of the elements and 

 their principal compounds, and of the chemi- 

 cal principles involved in some of the most 

 important branches of manufacture." The 

 book is adapted to beginners, and the more 

 special parts, that the general student 

 would wish to omit, are put in small type. 

 The promise in regard to technological sub- 

 jects is well kept in treating of the extrac- 

 tion of the several useful metals, of glass, 

 pottery, building materials, explosives, fuel, 

 organic dyes, sugars, animal chemistry, etc. 

 The volume contains a large number of cuts 

 illustrative of the experiments introduced, 

 and of the commercial processes described, 

 and its table of contents is made very full, 

 so as to aiford the student a means of self- 

 examination. This new edition " has been 

 carefully revised, and some alterations have 

 been made in the theoretical portion, to bring 

 it into harmony with modem views." The 

 volume is about equally divided between or- 

 ganic and inorganic chemistry. 



Manual of Taxidermy. A Complete Guide 

 in collecting and preserving Birds and 

 Mammals. By C. J. Maynard. Illus- 

 trated. Boston: S. E. Cassino & Co. 

 Pp. 101. Price, $1.26. 

 This little book consists of directions 

 for collecting, skinning, and mounting birds 

 and mammals, so that they may be not only 

 ornamental objects, but also useful for the 

 study of natural history. The last chapter 

 is on " Mounting Reptiles, Batrachians, and 

 Fishes." 



Retista de Aoricultuba (Review of Ag- 

 riculture), NicOMEDES p. De Adan, Di- 

 rector. August, 1883. Havana: La Pro- 

 paganda Literaria. Pp. 32. 

 The " Review " is the monthly organ of 

 a circle of land-owners of Cuba, and aims at 

 the development and improvement of the 

 agricultural resources of the island. The 

 contents relate predominantly to the culti- 

 vation of sugar-cane and the manufacture 

 of sugar. An article is also published on 

 the cultivation of the eucalyptus. 



