February i, 1889.] 



SCIENCE. 



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Discovery of America," by Alfred J. Hill of St. Paul ; " The Mound- 

 Builders and North American Indians, whence came They .'' " by 

 Jacob Harris Patton, Ph.t). ; and " Slavery in New York and Mas- 

 sachusetts," by John Carrick of Chatham, Ont. These are followed 

 by several shorter papers on Washington, and curious and interest- 

 ing Washingtonia in the various departments. 



— Mr. Andrew Lang has followed his " Letters to Dead Authors" 

 by letters about living authors, most of them contributed to the 

 Independent during the past year or two. In one of these Mr. 

 Lang pavs higher praise to Longfellow than the American Poet has 

 yet received from any' English critic. These " Letters on Litera- 

 ture " will be issued here shortly by Longmans, Green, & Co. Under 

 the title of " Colloquies on Preaching," the same firm are about to 

 publish a little book by the Rev. H. Twells on the deficiencies of 

 the modern pulpit. The form of this discussion is quite as uncon- 

 ventional as its suggestions. There are about a score of pertinent 

 dialogues in the little volume. 



— The Voice — not the Prohibition organ — has changed its 

 name to Werner s Voice Magazine. It is a monthly devoted to 

 the human voice in all of its phases for speech and for song. Edgar 

 S. Werner, 28 West 23d Street, New York, is the owner and edi- 

 tor. 



— Messrs. Frederick Warne &: Co. announce that the next 

 volume in their Cavendish Library will be " Leigh Hunt as Poet 

 and Essayist," being the choicest passages from his works, selected 

 and edited with a biographical introduction by Charles Kent. 



— John Wiley & Sons, New York, announce as in preparation 

 " A Manual of the Steam-Engine," a companion volume to the 

 "Manual of Steam-Boilers," by Professor Robert H. Thurston; 

 "Steam-Engine Design," for the use of mechanical engineers, stu- 

 dents, and draughtsmen, by Professor J. M. Witham ; "A Labora- 

 tory Guide in Chemical Analysis," second edition, entirely rewritten 

 and revised by Professor David O'Brine of Colorado State Agricul- 

 tural College; "A Technical Dictionary,'' defining as an authority 

 all the terms of art and industry, by Park Benjamin ; " The Guide 

 to Piece Dyeing," containing 100 samples of the author's own col- 

 oring, each sample accompanied with a recipe, by F. W. Reisig, 

 practical dyer and chemist ; " A Treatise on Linear Differential 

 Equations," by Professor Craig of Johns Hopkins University; " A 

 Treatise on Masonry Construction," — containing materials and 

 method of testing strength, etc.; combinations of materials, com- 

 position, elc. ; foundations, testing the bearing power of soils, etc. ; 

 masonry structure, stability against sliding, overturning, crushing, 

 etc., — complete in one volume of about 500 pages, with 125 illus- 

 trations and eight or ten folding plates, by Ira O. Baker, C.E. ; "An 

 Elementary Text-Book of Chemistry," by William G. Mixter, pro- 

 fessor of chemistry, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale College, New 

 Haven ; " Notes in Thermo-Dynamics and Steam-Engine Experi- 

 ments," by Professor C. H. Peabody, Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology ; " A Treatise on Hydraulics," designed as a text-book 

 for technical schools, and for the use of engineers, by Professor 

 Mansfield Merriman ; " Brackett's Elementary Treatise on Physics," 

 abridged from Anthony and Brackett's " Text-Book of Physics; " 

 " Differential Equations," a mathematical treatise, specially pre- 

 pared with reference to a post-graduate course, by Professor W. 

 W. Johnson ; " Kinematics; or, Practical Mechanism," Part II., — 

 a treatise on the transmission and modification of motion and the 

 construction of mechanical movements, for the use of draughtsmen, 

 machinists, and students of mechanical engineering, in which the 

 laws governing the motions and various parts of mechanics, as af- 

 fected by their forms and modes of connection, are reduced by sim- 

 ple geometrical reasoning and their application is illustrated by 

 accurately constructed diagrams of the different mechanical com- 

 binations discussed, — by Professor Charles W. MacCord, Stevens 

 Institute of Technology ; " Preparation of Organic Compounds," 

 introduction to the preparation of organic compounds, by Dr. S. 

 Levy of the University of Geneva, translated and revised by Pro- 

 fessor P. T. Austen, Rutgers College, and New Jersey State Scien- 

 tific School ; " Flow of Water in Rivers and other Channels," by 

 Ganguillet and Kutler, translated, revised, and extended by Ru- 

 dolph Hering and J. C. Trautwine, jun. ; and " A Grammar of the 



Hebrew Language," greatly enlarged, and for the most part re- 

 written, by Professor W. H. Green, D.D., Princeton Theological 

 Seminary. 



— In the St. Nicliolas for February, Noah Brooks's account of 

 " The White Pacha" tells the narrative of Stanley's past achieve- 

 ments and probable whereabouts. The paper is illustrated by a 

 striking portrait of the great explorer, and will give many of the 

 older readers of the magazine their first clear idea of the state of 

 affairs in Central Africa. A well-illustrated article upon Japan 

 follows, and is contributed by Arthur L. Shumway; and this, with 

 Mr. Alton's explanation of " The Routine of the Republic," makes 

 up the list of the more instructive articles of the number. 



— In Outing for February we note the following principal arti- 

 cles : " Sleighing," by Will. H. Whyte ; and the second of the 

 series of papers on "American College Athletics — Yale Univer- 

 sity," by Richard M. Hurd. This article is richly illustrated, as is 

 the description of " A Russian Wolf-Hunt," by Tom Bolton. In 

 addition, we note Charles Lee Meyers's account of the Jersey City 

 Athletic Club ; an entertaining description of " A Trip across 

 Wyoming on Horseback," by L. P. Robie, illustrated by E. W. 

 Deming ; and " Heme, the Hunter," a tale of mountain life, by W. 

 Perry Brown. The "Editorial Departments" are attractive, while 

 the " Records " present the latest achievements of athletes in the 

 different sports and pastimes. 



— Assistant Superintendent N. A. Calkins of New York City, so 

 well known by his books on " Object-Teaching," has in press a lit- 

 tle volume for teachers on "Ear and Voice Culture." to be pub- 

 lished by E. L. Kellogg & Co. of New York and Chicago. 



— " Easy Experiments in Science," is the title of a little hand- 

 book by Professor J.F. Woodhull, formerly of the normal school at 

 New Paltz, N.Y., to be published in February by E. L. Kellogg & 

 Co., New York and Chicago. 



— There is a timeliness in several of the articles in the February 

 Atlantic. "The New Talking-Machines" is the subject of an 

 article on the phonograph by Philip G. Hubert, jun. Charles 

 Worcester Clark discusses " The Spirit of American Politics as 

 shown in the Late Elections." A feature of this number is the 

 address to the assembly at the opening of the new Players' Club in 

 New York, by T. W. Parsons, which became the special property 

 of The Atlantic, and which is now for the first time published. In 

 sharp contrast with this witty and cheerful poem, Henry C. Lea 

 writes on " Brianda de Bardaxi," describing one of the fiendish de- 

 vices of torture devised during the time of the Inquisition ; Agnes 

 Repplier, one of the brightest essay-writers in America, contributes 

 "A Plea for Humor;" Harriet Waters Preston, in an article en- 

 tilled, " L'nder which King," paints in glowing colors certain pas- 

 sages in the life of Cicero ; and Samuel H. Scudder finds a congen- 

 ial topic in '■ Butterflies in Disguise." The prominent reviews are 

 on the "Letters of Felix Mendelssohn," "Ancient Rome in the 

 Light of Recent Discoveries " (the Lanciani book), and " Illinois 

 Life in Fiction." Some rather quaint points are raised in " The 

 Contributors' Club ; " and " Books of the Month " is, as usual, read- 

 able and entertaining. 



— It is worthy of note that editions of every important book 

 published here by Charles Scribner's Sons in the past season have 

 been printed in England. 



— The Travellers' Insurance Company will publish at once, in 

 five octavo volumes, a uniform edition of the works of Walter 

 Bagehot, the economist. 



— Macmillan & Co. will shortly publish an American novel on 

 the subject of divorce, entitled " Faithful and Unfaithful," by Miss 

 Margaret Lee. 



— The Forest and Stream Publishing Company announces " Sam 

 Lovel's Camps," a sequel to " Uncle Lisha's Shop." by RoKvand E. 

 Robinson. It is descriptive of Vermont life and character forty 

 years ago. 



— C. Wellman Parks, of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute* 

 Troy, N.Y!, has undertaken the preparation of an exhibit of Ameri- 

 can periodicals for the Paris Exposition of 1S89, and requests all 

 interested to help him make it complete and worthy. 



