November 4, 1892.] 



SCIENCE. 



265 



We question if every one would regard rowing in quite as fav- 

 orable light as does our author. Paddling in a canoe, which is 

 in many respects a much superior exercise, is unmentioned. 

 Lawn-tennis, also, which is one of the best tools of recreative 

 hygiene, does not find a place in our author's discussion. Horse- 

 back riding gets its full due as an admirable form of combined 

 diversion and exercise. Throughout this portion of the book the 

 value of good digestion as an aid to good nutrition is justly in- 

 sisted upon; and exercise is conservatively regai-ded as simply a 

 means to the welfare of the whole organism and not as an end in 

 itself. 



It seems to us that the author does not emphasize as much as is 

 desirable the means of prevention advocated by many professional 

 bacteriologists. The destruction of tuberculous sputum, if any 

 sort of concerted action can be obtained, will go far towards 

 diminishing the chances of infection. The herding together of 

 the consumptives at " health resorts," and the journeys thither in 

 cars infected by their tuberculous predecessors are raising many 

 serious problems. It will seem to many readers that this side of 

 our author's subject receives inadequate attention. 



Physical Education in the Public Schools. By R. Anna Morris. 

 New York, American Boob Company. 



This little manual, designed for the use of teachers in the pub- 

 lic schools, is well worth reading by all those who have anything 

 to do with the training of children. It contains a simple yet 

 complete course of instruction in school gymnastics, including a 

 brief description of the Delsartian principles of elocution and ex- 

 pression. The author has not confined herself to any one system 

 of calisthenics, but has selected and adapted the movements of 

 several well-known systems. The exercises have been arranged 

 to cover a period of time included by the kindergarten and suc- 

 ceeding grades through the high-school, and consist of a regular 

 progression of movements. 



The principal idea is that of training and not straining the 



body. Many of the exercises may be taken between the rows of 

 desks, or in the front of the school-room, without the aid of other 

 apparatus than wands, rings, dumb-bells, and cluba. Especial 

 attention is pair! to the discussion of the best methods for induc- 

 ing the correct breathing and carriage of the pupils. The high 

 importance of good ventilation of the school-room is also empha- 

 sized. There is included a chapter on temperance-teaching in ihe 

 public schools, which may give some useful hints. 



Finally, a brief course of instruction in reading aloud is out- 

 lined, and the manual is completed vrith a few selections of 

 marches and other music adapted to the accompaniment of the 

 calisthenics. The book contains illustrations and explanatory 

 figures throughout. 



AMONG THE PUBLISHERS. 

 Macmillan & Co. announce the issue of a collection of papers 

 by the late Sir Daniel Wilson, entitled '-The Lost Atlantis, and 

 Other Ethnographic Studies." It contains essays on Trade and 

 Commerce in the Stone Age, The Esthetic Faculty in Aboriginal 

 Races, Hybridity and Heredity, etc. 



— In the same line as Miss Jordan's "College for Women," 

 published in the last number of the Atlantic Monthly, there is in 

 the November number an article by Samuel W. Dike, LL.D., 

 entitled " Sociology in the Higher Education of Women." The 

 author discusses the subject at length, and shows that now the 

 problem is to put the education that young women are get- 

 ting into its true relation to their future, and to do more to equip 

 the girl for what may be called the great profession of being a 

 woman in her social trinity of wife, mother, and member of 

 society. The many suggestions for the carrying-out of this prob- 

 lem make this paper a valuable one. Among other articles in 

 this number may be mentioned Theodore Bacon's " Some Breton 

 Folk-Songs" and a timely political article, "The Two Pro- 

 grammes of 1893." 



Bffspepsia 



Dr. T. H. Andrews, Jefferson 

 Medical College, Philadelphia, says of 



Horsford's Acid Phosphate. 



"A wonderful remedy which gave me 

 most gratifying results in the worst 

 forms of dyspepsia." 



It reaches various forms of 

 D3^spepsia that no other medi- 

 cine seems to touch, assisting 

 the weakened stomach, and 

 making the process of diges- 

 tion natural and easy. 



Descriptive pamphlet free on application to 

 Rumford Chemical Works, Providence. R. I. 



Beware of Substitutes and Imitations. 



For sale by all Druggists. 



RACES AND PEOPLES. 



By DANIEL G. BRINTON, M.D. 



"The book is good, thoroughly good, and will long 

 remain the best accessible elementary ethnography 

 in our language." — The Christian Union. 



"We strongly recommend Dr. Brmton''s 'Races 

 and Peoples' to both beginners and scholars. We 

 are not aware of any other recent work on the 

 science of which it treats in the English language." 

 —Asiatic Quarterly. 



"His book is an excellent one, and we can heartily 

 recommend it as an introductory manual of ethnol- 

 ogy-"— ^/^e Monist. 



"A useful and really interesting work, which de- 

 serves to be widely read and studied both in Europe 

 and America."' — Brighton (Eng.) Herald. 



"This volume is most stimulating. It is written 

 with great clearness, so that anybody can under- 

 stand, and while In some ways, perforce, superficial, 

 grasps very well the complete field of humanity."— 

 The New York Times. 



"Dr. Brinton invests his scientific illustrations and 

 measurements with an indescribable charm of nar- 

 ration, so that 'Races and Peoples,*' avowedly a rec- 

 ord of discovered facts, is in reality a strong stim- 

 ulant to the imagination." — Philadelphia Public 

 Ledger. 



"The work is indispensable to the student who re- 

 quires an intelligent guide to a course of ethno- 

 graphic reading." — Philadelphia Times. 



Price, postpaid, $1.75. 



THE AMERICAN RACE. 



By DANIEL G. BRINTON, M.D. 



" The book is one of unusual interest and value." — 

 Liter Ocean. 



" Dr. Daniel G. Brinton writes as the acknowledged 

 authority of the subject."— P/u7arfe(;j/i?'a P}-ess. 



" The work will be of genuine value to all who 

 wish to know the substance of what has been found 

 out about the indigenous Americans."— iVafure. 



"A masterly discussion, and an example of the 

 successful education of the powers of observation." 

 — Philadelphia Ledger. 



Price, postpaid, $2. 



K. D. C. HODGES, 874 Broadway, H. Y. 



A TEMPORARY BINDER 



for Science is now ready, and will be mailed 

 postpaid on receipt of 75 cents. 



This binder is strong, durable and 

 elegant, has gilt side-title, and al- 

 lows the opening of the pages per- 

 fectly flat. Any number can be 

 taken out or replaced without dis- 

 turbing the others, and the papers 

 are not mutilated for subsequent 

 permanent binding. Filed in this 

 binder, Sczenceis always convenient 

 for reference. 



N. D. C. HODGES, Publisher, 



874 Broadway, New York. 



I ACK NUM BERS and complete sets of leading Mag- 

 I azines. Safes lotv. A.M. MAG. EXCHANGE, 



' Schoharie N V 



RESTORE YOUR EYESIGHT 



Cataracts, scars or films can be absorbed and 

 paralyzed nerves restored, without the knife 

 or risk. Diseased eyes or lids can be cured by 

 our home treatment. "We prove it." Hnn* 

 dreds conTinced. Our illustrated pamphlet. 



-INEW ARC lamp! 



^- COLLEGE PROJECTOR 



SEND FOR CIRCULAR TO 



J.W.QUEEN&CO. 



