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and unsatisfactory experiments in various fields of psychic research 

 made at Pesaro, and a review of a recent German work on hypno- 

 tism. The society has decided to collect a library in honor of the 

 late Mr. Gurney, to contain works in the special fields of his labors. 

 A catalogue of the library is appended, and contributions are in- 

 vited. 



AlVIONG THE PUBLISHERS. 

 The J. B. Lippincott Company will soon publish " As You 

 Like It," forming the eighth volume of the new variorum Shak- 

 speare edition, edited by Dr. Horace Howard Furness. This 

 edition of Shakspeare throws much light on these dramas, and 

 gives an interesting compendium of what has been written about 

 them. 



— Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. will publish shortly " Standish of 

 Standish," a story of the Plymouth Colony, by Mrs. Jane G. Aus- 

 tin. 



— D. Appleton & Co. have nearly ready " Five Thousand Miles 

 in a Sledge — Midwinter's Journey across Siberia," by Lovel F. 

 Gowing ; and David A. Wells's new work, " Recent Economic 

 Changes, and their Effect on the Production and Distribution of 

 Wealth and the Well-being of Society." 



— Fleming H. Revel), Chicago and New York, publishes this 

 week a series of thirty maps and plans of the entire world as known 

 in Scripture. The series is entitled " Revell's Biblical Wall Atlas," 

 and was prepared by T. Ruddiman Johnson, who has availed him- 

 self of the results of the latest geographical research, including the 

 recent surveys of the Palestine Exploration Fund, together with 

 every benefit of the most accurate modern scholarship. 



— The next edition of the " Naturalists' Directory " (Boston, 

 S. E. Cassino) will be issued early in 1890. Any list of the names 

 of scientific men that are not already represented in the work will 

 be thankfully received. While the new edition will be as complete 

 as possible in American names, it has been thought best to exclude 

 from the lists of foreign countries the names of all persons who do 

 not reply to the blanks or letters sent them, thus making it a more 

 useful exchange list. Unless a sufficient number of subscrioers is 

 received to meet the expense of publication, the book will not be 

 issued. 



— The September Bidleiiti of the Ohio Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station contains five articles discussing the results of experi- 

 ments in preventing the injuries of the plum curculio, striped cu- 

 cumber-beetle, currant-worm, and various other injurious insects, 

 and also an important experiment with remedies for potato-rot. 

 These experiments were carried on by the entomologist and bota- 

 nist of the station, Clarence M. Weed, and the bulletin is illustrated 

 with numerous original engravings. It will be sent free to any 

 Ohio farmer who requests it. The address of the experiment sta- 

 tion is Columbus, O. 



— Babyhood lor November opens up the question of how to meet 

 the increasing demand for intelligent nursery-maids. It is a sub- 

 ject in which all mothers of young children are interested, and the 

 methods proposed by Babyhood for raising the standard of nurse- 



girls deserves careful consideration. No less important to parents 

 is the warning as to growing pains given by Dr. J. Lewis Smiths 

 "Nursery Cookery," " Nursery Helps and Novejties," maybe men- 

 tioned among the topics discussed in the current number. 



— " Origin and Formation of the Hebrew Scriptures," to be 

 published soon by Lee & Shepard, Boston, is the indicative title 

 of Lorenzo Burge's third volume bearing upon the human family 

 in its origin, and in the general trend of the purposes of its crea- 

 tion, and its relation to the Creator, at the same time interpreting 

 the Scriptures, and explaining their relation with mankind. Mr., 

 Burge's previous works in this line of investigation are " Pre- 

 Glacial Man and the Aryan Race ;," and " Aryas, Semites, and 

 Jews ; Jehovah and the Christ." In his " Origin and Formation of 

 the Hebrew Scriptures," the author presents the arguments as to 

 when, where, under what circumstances, for what purpose, and by 

 whom, were these Scriptures written, from the records of the 

 eminent Persian nobleman and historian, Nehemiah, for many 

 years governor of Palestine, from B.C. 445. The work includes, 

 an appendix containing prophecy sustained in the histories of 

 Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon, and a review of what the author 

 terms " radical views of the Bible." "The Heroes of the Cru- 

 sades," by Amanda M. Douglas, announced by Lee & Shepard,, 

 is a history of the Crusades, and a story of the personal incidents, 

 and efforts of the Crusaders themselves. 



— The Harvard Monthly (Cambridge, Mass.) enters on its fifth 

 year with an appeal for increased support outside the college, be- 

 cause the editors believe that they can give graduates their money's 

 worth. The purely literary side of the magazine is sufficiently 

 known. In addition to this, events have led it more and more into 

 the practical discussion of college questions. The editors purpose 

 henceforth to recognize decisively this part of their field in the two 

 following ways. Heretofore they have accepted nothing shorter 

 than formal articles. In the future, upon any subject which would 

 concern a Harvard graduate or undergraduate as such, they will 

 regularly open their columns to matter such as the Century might 

 print under " Open Letters," or the Nation under " Correspond- 

 ence." They will also begin to publish each month, with brief 

 comment, a record of recent events deserving note ; not a chroni- 

 cle of the daily routine, but of whatever changes the daily routine, 

 of college life, including in the latter word every thing from the 

 broader aspects of athletics to the A.B. degree. In gathering the 

 facts, the editors have been promised the aid of President Eliot, so 

 that what information the paper gives will be authentic. All com- 

 ment will be entirely the editors' own. These two changes will 

 enable graduates at a distance to keep track of developments at 

 Harvard, and so to do intelligent missionary work, and will also 

 give them a better means than in the past of expressing their own 

 views both on student life and on the college government. The 

 editors wish eventually to make the Monthly the recognized organ 

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received at Editor's Office, 

 Oct. 28. -Nov. 2. 



Bell, A. M. Popular Manual of Vocal Physiology and 

 Visible Speech. New York, N. D. C. Hodges and E. 

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Corson, H. An Introduction to the Study of Shakes- 

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Jury, The. Vol. I. No. i. iu. Rochester, N.V. \V. 

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McCray, Florine Thayer. The Life-Work of the Author 

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Myers, P. V. N. Ancient History for Colleges and High 

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