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be constructed, and, lastly, the estimated cost. The plates, twelve in number, contain 
the designs of cottages costing from $1,500 to $2,100. The houses are fitted with modern 
improvements, and are well supplied with rooms and closets. The windows are large 
and ornamental. The ‘ Portfolio’ is worth the price ($1.00) as an aid to the builder or 
to persons contemplating a cottage of their own. 
Woman's Work. Vol. 1, No.1. November. Athens, Ga. 1887. 
This new monthly, 16 pages, size of Harper's Weekly, is devoted to whatever woman 
wishes to know about domestic economy. In appealing for contributions, the editress 
says :—‘ Tell us how to train husbands, children, and climbing vines.’ If she gets that 
information there will, doubtless, be a great demand for this new periodical. 
The Woman Magazine. Vol. 1, No.1. November. New York. 1887. 
This magazine, large octavo, 72 pages, has nicely illustrated articles on Jean Ingelow 
and on the Astor Library, and a good deal bearing upon domestic economy. Articles 
on science are promised for the future numbers. 
Medical Jurisprudence. By Prof. M. D. Ewell, LL. D. Boston. Little, Brown & 
Company. 1887. (pp. 409). 
This subject is, for the first time, brought forward in an exhaustive manner by this 
author. It has been one of the missing links between two learned professions now 
well riveted by Prof. Ewell. Law, which the doctor must know, and medicine, which 
the lawyer will need to be familiar with, are here united. Of special interest to us is 
the part which the microscope may play in determining medico-legal questions, and 
this has been well set forth by the author. The microscopic examination of blood 
stains, the limits of sight and hearing, the examination of hairs and fibres in connec- 
tion with the identification of criminals, the detection of the presence of spermatozoa, 
and other questions of microscopy are treated with good judgment. Some of the im- 
portant chapters are upon the relations of physician to patient ; on various signs, modes, 
and causes of death; on pregnancy, delivery, birth, abortion, infanticide, rape, sterility, 
sex, paternity, identity, malpractice, insanity, feigned sickness, the disposition of dead 
bodies, and general toxicology. 
The Writer. Vol. 1. Boston, Mass. 
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