LITERATURE AND LITERARY PROGRESS IN 1877. 



The Law of Corporate Securities as decided in the 

 Federal Courts. By C. G. Clemens. (Gilbert, St. 

 Louis.) 



New Forms of Practice and Pleading, under the 

 Code of Civil Procedure. By Austin Abbott. 

 (Baker, Voorhis & Co.) 



Law of Patents, Trade-Marks, and Copyright. 

 By O. F. Bump. (Ib.) 



Jurisprudence, and its Eelation to the Social Sci- 

 ences. By D. G. Heron. (S. Whitney & Co., San 

 Francisco.) 



The Law of Fraud and the Procedure pertaining 

 to the Redress thereof. By Melville M. Bigelow. 

 (Little, Brown & Co.) 



MEDICIXE. "We are, of course, impartial as 

 between the several "schools," and a layman's 

 judgment on the question whether a given 

 book is of value to the faculty, or the practi- 

 tioner, can have little weight. The list shows 

 considerable activity of authorship : 



A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin. By 

 Louis A. Duhring, M. D. ( Lippincott, Philadelphia. ) 



Civil Malpractice. A Treatise on Surgical Juris- 

 prudence, with Chapters on Skill in Diagnosis and 

 Treatment, Prognosis in Fractures, and on Negli- 

 gence. By M. A. McClelland, M. D. ( Kurd & Hough- 

 ton.) 



The Question of Rest for Women during Menstru- 

 ation. The Boylston Prize Essay of Harvard Uni- 

 versity for 187G. by Mary Putnam-Jacobi, M. D. 

 (Putnams.) 



The Application of Electricitv as a Therapeutical 

 Agent. By J. H. Rae. (Boericke & Tafel.) 



Headaches : their Cause and Cure. By Henry G. 

 Wright. (Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia.) 



The Use of Uterine Supporters. By Clifton E. 

 Wing, M. D. The Specialty of Diseases of Women. 

 By the Same. (A. Williams & Co., Boston.) 



A Manual for Medical Officers of the Militia of the 

 United States. By Edward Jacob Foster, M. D. 

 (Kurd & Houghton). 



Disease of the Mind. Notes on the Earlv Manage- 

 ment, European Progress, Modern Methods, etc., in 

 the Treatment of Insanity. By Charles F. Folsom, 

 M. D. (A. Williams & Co., Boston.) 



On the Surgical Complications' and Sequels of the 

 Continued Fevers. By W. W. Keen, M. D., of Phil- 

 adelphia. The Toner Lectures, Lecture 5. (Smith- 

 sonian Institution.) 



Fat and Blood, and How to Make Them. By S. 

 Weir Mitchell, M. D. (Lippincott.) 



The Practitioner's Reference Book. By Richard 

 J. Dunglison, M. D. (Lindsay & Blakiston, Phila- 

 delphia.) 



Some General Ideas concerning Medical Reform. 

 By David Hunt, M. D. (Williams, Boston.) 



Nurse and Patient, and Camp Cure. By S. Weir 

 Mitchell, M. D. (Lippincott.) 



The Complete Handbook of Obstetric Surgery. 

 By Charles Clay. M. D. (Lindsay & Blakiston.) 



The Student's Guide to the Practice of Midwifery. 

 By D. Lloyd Roberts, M. D. (Lindsay & Blakistoo.) 



The Student's Guide to Dental Anatomy and Sur- 

 gery. By Henry E. Sewill. (Lindsay & Blakiston.) 



Surgical Emergencies. By W. P. Swain, M. D. 

 (Lindsay & Blakiston.) 



Hospitals: their History, Organization, and Con- 

 struction. Boylston Prize Essay, Harvard Univer- 

 sity. By W. Gill Wylie, M. D. (D. Appleton & Co.) 



Vital Magnetism : its Power over Disease. By 

 Frederick T. Parson. (Adams, Victor & Co.) 



A System of Obstetrics on Homoeopathies. By W. 

 C. Richardson. (W. C. Richardson^ 



Public Hygiene in America. By Henry I. Bow- 

 dich, M. D. Together with a Digest of American 

 Sanitary Law. By H. G. Pickering. (Little, 

 Brown A Co.) 



Origin and Progress of Medical Jurisprudence, 

 1776-1876. A Centennial Address by S. E. Chaiile, 

 M. D. (Collins, Philadelphia.) 



A Compend of Diagnoses in Pathological Anatomy. 

 By Johannes Orth. Translated by G. H. Sabine, 

 M. D., and F. C. Shattuck, M. D. Revised by R. H. 

 Fitz, M. D. (Hurd & Houghton.) 



The Action of Medicine. By Isaac Ott, A. M., M. D. 

 (Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia.) 



Tonic Treatment of Syphilis. By E. L. Keyea,' 

 M. D. (D. Appleton & Co.) 



MISCELLANEOUS. Some of the works men- 

 tioned last year as in series have been continued. 

 Among useful works of reference that, notwith- 

 standing obvious defects, fill a place no other 

 offers to take, is Duyckink's " Cyclopaedia of 

 American Literature," and a useful service has 

 been rendered in the editing of it "to date" 

 by Mr. Laird Simons (Rutter, Philadelphia). 

 The " Cyclopaedia of Education," by Henry 

 Kiddle and A. J. Schem (Steiger), is a u diction- 

 ary of information for the use of teachers, 

 school-officers, parents, and others." The list 

 that follows embraces a variety we will not 

 attempt to classify including some that might 

 perhaps have been more definitely classed in 

 preceding sections : 



Nomisma, or Legal Tender. By Henri CornuschL 

 (D. Appleton & Co.) 



A Mad World and its Inhabitants. By Julius 

 Chambers. (D. Appleton <fe Co.) 



Rebecca's Journal ; or. How We made the Winter 

 Beautiful. By Mrs. Marv Lansing. (McCalla&Stave- 

 ly, Philadelphia.) 



Papacy and the Civil Power. By R. W. Thomp- 

 son. (Harpers.) 



How to Camp Out. By J. M. Gould. (Scribner.) 



Students' Commonplace Book : a Cyclopaedia 

 of Fact and Illustration. By Rev. Prof. Henry J. 

 Fox, D. D. Interleaved with blanks for additions 

 (Barnes.) 



Handbook of Popular Quotations. (Carleton.) 



The Eastern ana the Western Questions. Turkey 

 and the United States : How they Travel a Common 

 Road to Ruin. By Henry C.Baird. (H.C.BairdfeCo., 

 Philadelphia.) 



Beauty ; or, The Art of Human Decoration. By 

 D. Caznave. Translated from the French by Marie 

 T. Courselles. (Chase & Hall, Cincinnati.) 



The Burning of the Convent. A Narrative of the 

 Destruction by a Mob of the Ursuline School on 

 Mount Benedict, Charlestown, as remembered by 

 One of the Pupils. (Osgood, Boston.) 



Is our Republic a Failure ? A Discussion of the 

 Rights and Wrongs of the North and South. By E. 

 H. Watson. (Authors' Publishing Co.) 



Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Hon. 

 Thomas Q. Clingman, of North Carolina, with Ad- 

 ditions and Explanatory Notes. (J.Nichols,Raleigh.| 



Money : The Way to Make It. Bv G. Coigne. 

 (World Publishing Co.) 



The Jukes. A Study in Crime, Pauperism, Dis- 

 ease, and Heredity. Also Further Studies of Crim- 

 inals. By R. L. Dugdale. With an Introduction by 

 Elisha Harris, M. D. Third edition, enlarged. 

 (Putnams.) 



Famous American Horses. With Sixty Full-page 

 Illustrations. (Porter & Coates.) 



The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide. 

 By Charles Hallock. (Forest & Stream Publishing 

 Co.) 



A Miracle in Stone: or, The Great Pyramid of 

 E^vpt. By Joseph H. Seiss, D. D. (Porter & Coates, 

 Philadelphia.) 



Saratoga. TheBattle. Battle-Grouud. Visitors' 



