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— Admiral David D. Porter's forthcoming book is to be entitled 

 " Arthur Merton." 



— One of the important announcements of fall publications is 

 that of a volume of " Orations and After-Dinner Speeches," by 

 Chauncey M. Depew, which Cassell & Co. (Limited) have in prepa- 

 ration. Very few of these have ever been printed in their entirety, 

 and many of them have only been dealt out in fragments by the 

 daily papers, and yet he has won a world-wide reputation by 

 them. It may be said, by the way, that it took no little diplomacy 

 to induce Mr. Depew to consent to the publication of his orations 

 and after-dinner speeches ; but he was finally convinced that the 

 public wanted them, and, as he is a great believer in the public, he 

 consented. The book is now on the press, and will be published 

 with a steel portrait of Mr. Depew. 



— School is the title of a new educational journal which will be 

 published weekly from No. lo East 14th Street, New York City. 

 It will be edited by H. S. Fuller, an experienced journalist, and one 

 who is entirely familiar with every thing that pertains to the public 

 schools. School intends to cover in some degree every department 

 of its chosen field, and to offer something that will be acceptable to 

 every worker in that field. 



— Mr. Andrew Lang has edited a collection of some forty of the 

 best of the good old fairy-stories, to be published shortly by Long- 

 mans, Green, & Co. as " The Blue Fairy Book." He has sought 

 to set down in strict accord with accepted tradition the most fa- 

 miliar of the popular tales of Greece, Germany, France, and Eng- 

 land. " The Blue Fairy Book " will have numerous illustrations 

 by Mr. Jacomb-Hood and Mr. H. J. Ford. 



— The series of articles upon " Nursery Cookery," which has 

 been running in Babyhood, has proved valuable, and has helped to 

 popularize the fact, that, however skilfully and judiciously food for 

 children may be selected, such labor is frequently lost by being 

 supplemented by poor cooking. Parents who wonder that their 

 little ones do not thrive, although the best of food is provided, may 

 find here an important hint. The chapter in the October number 

 deals with rice, potatoes, and bread. Babyhood is published in 

 New York, at $1.50 a year. 



— Lea Brothers & Co., will shortly publish a " Text-Book of 

 Chemical Diagnosis," by Dr. Rudolph von Jacksch, translated by 

 James Cagney, M.D.. and William Sterling, M.D., in one handsome 

 octavo volume, with numerous illustrations. 



— J. W. Bouton is taking subscriptions for a limited edition of 

 " The Soft Porcelain of Sevres," with an historical introduction by 

 Edward Gamier, translated by H. F. Andresen. There will be ten 

 parts, each having five plates. 



— A. Lovell & Co., New York, have published the two conclud- 

 ing parts (Nos. i and 6) of the " Graphic System of Object-Draw- 

 ing," by Hobart B. Jacobs and Augusta L. Brower. This system, 

 which is based on the methods of the best Paris art teachers, is 

 designed to give the pupil a clear idea of form, to help him to ex- 

 press that idea on paper, and to give him command of his pencil, 

 so that he can draw the objects about him. The plan is quite 

 simple, and a manual for teachers makes the system plain even to 

 teachers unskilled in the art. The price per dozen is $1.20. A 

 sample set, with manual, will be sent for examination for sixty 

 cents. 



— Cassell & Co. have in press an important work on New 

 Zealand by Edward Wakefield, who has held many high official 

 positions under the New Zealand Government, now being one of 

 the commissioners for that region at the Paris Exposition. It is to 

 be entitled " New Zealand after Fifty Years." 



— Alongside of the Volapiik enthusiasts there are a few men in this 

 country, as well as in Europe, who are working to reinstate Latin 

 as the language of science, if not of general communication be- 

 tween the nations of the world. These may be encouraged to 

 learn that a periodical, written in chaste and elegant Latin, has re- 

 cently appeared in Aquila degli Abruzzi, in Italy. It is edited by 

 Carlo A. Ulrichs, a young Latin scholar of considerable reputation, 

 and is published semi-monthly. Six numbers have already ap- 

 peared, and the editor announces that the subscription-list is in- 

 creasing in a very satisfactory manner, and contains the names of 

 many scholars in Europe and America. The name of the periodi- 

 cal is Alatcda (Larks). It is a purely secular journal, being filled 

 with poems, stories, anecdotes, jokes, and news. 



Publications received at Editor's Offic 

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American Electrical Directory for i88q. Fort Wayne, 

 Ind., Star Iron Tower Co. qgS p, 8°. $5. 



Andrews, E. B. Institutes of Economics. Boston, Sil- 

 ver, Burdett, & Co. 227 p. 12°. 



Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College, An- 

 nals of the. Vol. XIX. Part I. Cambridge, Uni- 

 versity Pr. 157 p. 4°. 



Same. Vol. XX. Part II. Cimbridge, University 



Pr. 267 p. 4°- 



Baker, C. W. Monopolies and the People. New York 

 and London, Putnam's Sons. 263 p. 12°. $1.25. 



Baldwin, J. M. Handbook of Psychology. New York, 

 Holt. 343 p. 8°. 



Dumas, A. Les Trois Mousquetaires. Ed. by F. C. 

 Samichrast. Boston, Ginn. 133 p. 12**. 80 cents. 



Eggleston, E. A First Book iti American History. 

 New York, Appleton. 203 p. 12O. 70 cents. 



George, A. J. Selections from Wordsworth. Boston. 

 Heath. 434 p. 12°. $1.35. 



Gore, J. H. A Bibliography of Geodesy. (Appendix 

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Heilprin, A. The Bermuda Islands. Philadelphia, 

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Highborn, P. Report on European Dock-Yards. 

 Washington, Government. 90 p. 4°. 



HiORNS. A. H. Iron and Steel Manufacture. London 

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Maine, Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Health of 

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MARhNHOLTZ-BuKLOW, Baroncss. The Child' and Child 

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 Proctor, R. A. Strength : How to get Strong and keep 



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Zub?aur, J.'b. Quelques Mots sur I'lnslruction Pub- 

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