200 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY. [October. 
them for that work. We cannot make a successful teacher by merely teaching him ; 
we must make him a teacher. In biology, as elsewhere, the student must become an 
original independent student before he leaves the college, or he can never properly 
instruct in his turn. The objection to the specialist that he will form one of a class 
who will be able to furnish a rare article, but for which there is no demand, is non- 
sense. It costs money to have a properly equipped biological department, but the 
country has money and will come to see the value of better instruction. It is now seen 
in some few, alas! how very few, of our universities, while in more, one man grapples 
with zoology, botany, and in some cases geology too. 
This, in effect, is the gist of Dr. Whitman’s address. It would be a good thing if it 
could reach the eyes of all boards of trustees, be thoroughly understood by all facul- 
ties, and backed by the purses of the schools supporters, and the same principles es- 
cape into the other school departments, for they would make the mental development 
of man in this fast age keep pace with improvements along other and meaner lines. 
The Maverick National Bank Manual. July 1, 1887. Boston. Wright & Potter. 
(pp. 200). 
A history of American finance, containing chapters on the National Debt, Credit of 
Nations, State Debts, Savings Banks, Coinage and Currency, Clearing-Houses,; Rail- 
roads, Land and Agriculture, Coal and Iron, Electricity, Boston Statistics. The wor! 
is a brief compend of the chief facts which would be interesting and necessary to any 
one, and particularly men making a special study of finance. 
We desire to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of the following :—1. State Boarp 
of Health Bulletin, for month ending June 30, '87, vol. II, No. 12. (pp. 12). 2. Wotes 
on North American Julide, with Descriptions of New Species. By C. H. Bollman, 
New York. 1887. (pp. 20). 3. Mew Genus and Species of Polydesmide. By C. H. 
Bollman, New York. 1887. (pp. 2). 4. Zhe Bible and Nature. By D. W. Dennis, 
Richmond, Ind. 1887. (pp. 16). 5. Avamel and Dentine: Some Thoughts Concern- 
ing their Structure. By Geo. S. Allen, D. D.S., New York. 1887. (pp. 5). 
6. Life in the Bahama Islands. By T. Wesley Wills. From Canadian Record of 
Science. (pp.16). Montreal, 1887. 7. Comparative Psychology. By T. Wesley Mills. 
From Pop. Scz. Mo. (pp. 10). Montreal, 1887. 8. The Retention and the Loss of the 
Flair from a Physiological Standpoint. By T. Wesley Mills. Montreal, 1887. 9. 
Contribution to the Histology of the Harderian Gland of Amphibia. By G. A. Piersol. 
Archiv. fiir Mikros. Anat. (29, pp. 594-608). Munich, 1887. 10. Ox the Electrical 
Phenomena which Accompany Muscle Work. By Frederic S. Lee. From Archiv. 
fir Anatomie und Physiologie. (pp. 204-223). Liepsig, 1887. 11. Om the Use of the 
Amplifier. By Geo. Rafter. (pp. 35). 12. Zhe Development of Craugon Vulgaris 
(second paper). By J.S. Kingsley. From Sudletin Essex Institute. (xviii, pp. 99): 
153 plates. IandII. Salem, Mass., 1887. 
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