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be honorably enhanced by this weighty contri- 

 bution to political philosophy. A work less 

 inclusive in scope, but of like ability in treat- 

 ment, is "The United States as a Nation 

 Lectures on the Centennial of American Inde- 

 pendence, given at Berlin, Dresden, Florence, 

 Paris, and London," by Dr. Joseph P. Thomp- 

 son (Osgood) lectures designed to aid in dif- 

 fusing in Europe correct ideas on our form of 

 government, but equally adapted to usefulness 

 at home. " Ancient Society," by Lewis H. 

 Morgan (Holt), embodies researches and spec- 

 ulations conducted in a scientific spirit, and 

 throwing light -on questions reaching behind 

 the epochs of " recorded time." In philosophy 

 proper, we note a new edition, prepared under 

 the very competent editorial care of Prof. 0. 

 P. Krauth, and with important additions, of 

 Fleming's " Vocabulary of Philosophy, Mental, 

 Moral, and Metaphysical," from the edition of 

 Dr. Calderwood, under the title^ "A Vocabu- 

 lary of the Philosophical Sciences " (Sheldon). 

 It is a manual indispensable to the student and 

 to the general reader who ventures upon that 

 line of reading. " Modern Philosophy, from 

 Descartes to Schopenhauer and Hartmann," 

 by Prof. Francis Bowen, of Harvard College 

 (Scribner), though less complete than the title 

 suggests, omitting the consideration of the 

 British schools of philosophy, is a lucid and 

 well-digested account of the course of specula- 

 tive thought on the European Continent. Ques- 

 tions on the relations of Religion and Science 

 are discussed in the " Boston Monday Lectures " 

 of the Rev. Joseph Cook (Osgood), which have 

 had an extraordinary popular effect, and may 

 thus be credited with a clear educative utility, 

 though their degree of success in effecting their 

 avowed purpose is yet undetermined. The 

 same line of discussion is carried on, also in a 

 popular way, but with abundant spirit and 

 logical keenness, in the volume of Essays en- 

 titled " The Old Bible and the New Science," 

 by J. B. Thomas, D. D. (Tract Society); in 

 " The Origin of the World, according to Reve- 

 lation and Science," by J. W. Dawson, LL. D. 

 (Harpers), the work of a writer having a recog- 

 nized position as a scientist; and in a work 

 which essays to plan for the complete recon- 

 ciliation of the now mutually misunderstood 

 parties, entitled " The Final Philosophy, or 

 System of Perfectible Knowledge issuing from 

 the Harmony of Science and Religion," by 

 Prof. Charles W. Shields, D. D., of Princeton. 

 Dr. Shields does not claim to have formulated 

 the ultimate philosophy, but to show that phi- 

 losophy is the umpire between Science and Re- 

 ligion, and to point out the way to that goal of 

 thought. In philology, an edition of Mr. J. 

 R. Bartlett's " Dictionary of Americanisms," 

 so enlarged as to have become almost a new 

 work, has no fellow in its class. The titles 

 which are subjoined cover the ground we have 

 surveyed, and more : 



Text-Book of Mineralogy, after the Plan and with 

 the Cooperation of Prof. J.'D. Dana, including Crys- 



tallography and Physical Mineralogy. By Edward 

 " Dana. (Wiley.) 

 Philosophical Discussions. By Chauncy Wright. 



Electricity and the Electric Telegraph. By George 

 B. Prescott. (D. Appleton & Co.) 



The Antelope and Deer of America. By John 

 Dean Caton, LL. D. (Hurd & Houghton.) 



Annual Record of Science and Industry. Edited 

 by Spencer F. Baird. (Harpers.) 



The Taxation of Personal Property. By John H. 

 Ames. (Mills, Des Moines, Iowa.) 



Outlines of Modern Chemistry. Organic. Based 

 in Part on Riche"'s Manuel de Chimie. By C. G. 

 Wheeler. (Jansen, McClurg & Co., Chicago.) 



Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Har- 

 vard College. Vol. VIII. Results of Observations 

 made or directed by William Cranch Bond, A. M., 

 George Phillips Bond, A. M., and Joseph Winlock, 

 A. M. Fifty-one Plates. (Ginn & Heath, Boston.) 



The Question of Labor and Capital. By John B. 

 Jervis. (Putnams.) 



The Scientific Basis of Delusions. By Dr. T. M. 

 Beard. (Putuams.) 



Handbook of Electrical Diagrams and Connections, 

 By Charles H. Davis and Frank B. Rae. (Van Nos- 

 trand.) 



An Elementary Treatise on Practical Chemistry 

 and Qualitative Inorganic Analysis. By Frank 

 Clowes. (H. C. Lea, Philadelphia".) 



Tables for Systematic Qualitative Chemical Anal- 

 ysis. By John II. Snively, Ph. D. (C. W. Smith, 

 Nashville, Tenn.) 



The American Palaeozoic Fossils. A Catalogue of 

 the Genera and Species, with Names of Authors, 

 Dates, Places of Publication, etc. By S. A. Miller. 

 (S. A. Miller.) 



Universe of Language : its Nature and Structure, 

 with Uniform Notation and Classification of Vowels 

 adapted to all Languages. By the Lute George Wat- 

 son. Edited, with Preliminary Essays, by his Daugh- 

 ter, E. H. Watson. Introduction "by William W. 

 Goodwin, Professor in Harvard University. (Authors' 

 Publishing Co.) 



Minerals of New England. Where and how to 

 find Them. By F. M. Bartlett. (Dresser, McLel- 

 lan & Co., Portland.) 



A Treatise, Psychological and Theological, on the 

 Human Will. By Archibald J. Battle, D. D., Pres- 

 ident of Mercer University, Georgia. (J. P. Harri- 

 son & Co.. Atlanta. Ga.) 



Social Life and Mental Powers of Insects. By A. 

 S. Packard, Jr. (Estes & Lauriat, Boston.) 



Theoretical Chemistry. By Ira Remsen, Ph. D., 

 M. D. (H. C. Lea, Philadelphia.) 



Alcohol as a Food and Medicine. By Ezra M. 

 Hunt, A. M., M. D. (National Temperance Society.) 



Birds of the Northwest. A Handbook of American 

 Ornithology, containing Accounts of all the Birds 

 inhabiting the Great Missouri Valley, and many 

 Others, together representing a Large Majority of the 

 Birds of North America. By E. COUCB. (Estes & 

 Lnuriat, Boston.) 



Life-Histories of the Birds of Eastern Pennsylva- 

 nia. By Thomas G. Gentry. (Naturalists' Agency, 

 Salem, Mass.) 



The Wild-Flowers of America. Illustrations by 

 Isaac Sprague. Text l>y George L. Goodale, of Har- 

 vard University. In Parts. (Hurd & Hoiighton.) 



A Miracle in Stone ; or, The Great Pyramid of 

 Egvpt. By Joseph H. Seiss, D. D. (Porter & Coatee, 

 Philadelphia.) 



The Pocket Geologist and Book of Minerals. By 

 H. L. Smith, Civil and Mining Engineer. (Kelly, 

 Piet <fc Co., Baltimore.) 



Geology of New Hampshire. By Prof. C. H. Hitch- 

 cock. Vol. 2. (Eastman, Concord, N. H.) 



Our National System of Education. An Essay by 

 John C. Henderson, Jr. (Dodd, Mead & Co.) 



A Guide to the Determination of Rocks. Being 



