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the old Etruscan gods are still very accurately preserved, with 

 those of the miuor Roman rural deities, a very great number of 

 magic ceremonies, medical cures, and preparation of amulets, 

 accompanied with incantations, and all, as appears by the best 

 authority, of classical origin. Thus of the one hundred very 

 ancient Etruscan- Roman magical remedies collected by Marcellus 

 in the fourth century, our author has found about fifty still in 

 use. There are also given many strange beliefs connected with 

 the occult virtues of plants and minerals, of spirits in all natural 

 objects, the reappearance of ancestors' souls in tlieir descendants, 

 of Magonta, the city in the sky, where hail is made, and last, not 

 least, a number of legends connected with these subjects — in all 

 of which may be traced the most striking parallels with passages 

 in ancient Latin writers; showing how much that has long sup- 

 posed to be dead and forgotten still exists in the memories of 

 modern believers in witchcraft. The same firm also announces 

 a popular edition of the " Cyclopaedia of Painters and Paintings," 

 edited by John Denison Champlin, .Tr., and Charles C. Perkins. 



— The second edition of "The Horticulturist's Rule-Book," by 

 L. H. Bailey, has just been issued by the Rural Publishing Com- 

 pany (Times Building. New York). It has been thoroughly re- 

 vised, and brought down to the beginning of the year 1892. The 

 volume is a useful and convenient compendium of information 

 for fruit-growers, " truck" gardeners, florists, and others inter- 

 ested in horticulture. The opening chapters are devoted to in- 

 secticides, injurious insects, fungicides, plant diseases, and animal 

 pests. These are followed by chapters on weeds and moss, graft- 

 ing, seed-tables, planting-tables, maturities, yields, and multipli- 

 cation, etc. 



— From Frederick Warne & Co., London and New York, we 

 have received " Electricity up to Date, for Light, Power, and 

 Traction," by John B. Verity, M. Inst., E.E. It is a small vol- 

 ume of 178 pages, bound in vellum, and contains a folding map 

 showing the areas allotted to various electric-supply companies 



in London. The book is intended for the general public, not for 

 the electrician, and consequently Mr. Verity has treated the 

 subject in as popular a manner as its natui'e will admit. (Price 

 75 cents.) 



— "A Review of the Systems of Ethics founded on the Theories 

 of Evolution,'' by C M. Williams, soon to be issued by Macmillan 

 & Co., is one of the more important books of the year. The work 

 is a substantial volume of over .500 pages, divided into two parts 

 of nearly equal length, of which the first is historical, giving in 

 detail the position of each of the prominent writers on Evolutional 

 Ethics; while the second or constructive portion presents the com- 

 bined results of such independent investigations in chapters deal- 

 ing with the concepts of evolution; intelligence and "end;" 

 thought, feeling, and will; egoism and altruism; conscience and 

 the moral progress of the race; the ideal and the way of its at- 

 tainment. 



— The progress which has characterized American mining and 

 metallurgy during the past quarter of a century and which has 

 made them standards and models for the whole world has been 

 due, in no small degree, to the Engineering and Mining Journal. 

 This paper has not only made those engaged in these industries 

 familiar with the best practice in every part of the world, but it 

 has itself created a practical technical literature of inestimable 

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 the United States, within a few days of the close of each year, is 

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 The constant improvement and greatly increased cost of the En- 

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For sale.— A very fine stone sword (?) so named 

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 over 2 inches in width, and Yz inch thick. It is ot a 

 dark slate color, perhaps limestone, and is the 

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For exchange. — Fine specimens of Wis. fresh- 

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For Sale or Exchange. -The undersigned has a 

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A POSITION is desired in the South, preferably 

 the Gulf States, where I can teach the sciences 

 Can also irstruct in other branches. Salary only 

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WANTED.— By well - qualified and experienced 

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A GRADUATE of the University of Pennsylvania 

 and a practical mineralogist of twenty years' 

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 same number of duplicates, in minerals, crystals, 

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The American Geologist for 1893. 



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