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NOTES AND NEWS. 



The Contemporary Publishing Oo. have a book of value 

 to young mothers in "Nursery Problems," edited by Dr. 

 Leroy M. Yale, medical editor of Bahi/hood. 



— Estes & Lauriat have just ready for the holiday sea- 

 son a new volume of the Zigzag Series, "Zigzag Journeys 

 on the Mediterranean," in which the author takes his 

 readers to the classic cities along the shores of the his- 

 toric sea, where they listen to many a folk-story and Ori- 

 ental legend. 



— Considerable interest is felt in the announcement 

 that the first number of the Psychological Review will be 

 published early in 1894. It will contribute to the ad- 

 vancement of psychology by p)rinting original research, 

 constructive and critical articles, and reviews. The 

 growth of scientific psychology in America during the 

 past few years has been rapid, and it is felt that a Review 

 IS needed which will represent this forward movement 

 with equal regard to all branches and to all universities 

 and contributors. The Review will be edited by Pro- 

 fessor J. Mark Baldwin (Princeton) and Professor J. Mc- 

 Keen Cattell (Columbia), with the co-operation of Pro- 

 fessor A. Binet (Paris), Professor John Dewey (Michigan), 

 Professor H. H. Donaldson (Chicago), Professor G. S. 

 FuUerton (Pennsylvania), Professor William James (Har- 

 vard), Professor Gr. T. Ladd (Yale), and Professor Hugo 

 Muensterberg (Harvard). The Fyychological Review will 

 be published by Messrs. Macmillan & Co., of New York 

 and London, and all matter j)ertaining to its business 

 management should be sent to the publishers; communi- 

 cations regarding contributions to the editors direct. 

 Subscriptions should be sent to the publishers. Price 

 of single number, 75 cents. Subscription, $4.00 a year 

 (the volume contains about GOO pages). 



— Swan Sonnenschein <t Co. announce a new book for im- 

 mediate publication, under the title of "Modern Mystics 

 and Modern Magic," by Arthur Lillie, containing a full 

 biography of tha Rev. W. Stainton Moses, together with 

 sketches of Swedenborg, Boehme, Mme. Cluyon, the Illu- 

 minati, the Kabbalists, the Theosoishists, the French Spir- 

 itists, the socieiy of Psychical Research, etc. 



— The translation of the Slavonic versions of the Book 

 of Enoch by Mr. Mortill, announced for early publication by 

 the Clarendon Press, will be delayed in its appearance, 

 owing to the discovery of fresh Slavonic mss. embodying 

 a purer text and containing additional material. These 

 M-:s. have been found by Prof. Sokolov, of Moscow, who 

 has generously placed them at the service of Mr. Moi-fill. 



— Messes D. Appleton k Co. announce the Anthropol- 

 ogical Series edited by Prof. Frederick Starr, of the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago. The books in this series will treat of 

 ethnology, prehistoric archasology, ethnography, etc., and 

 the purpose is to make the newest of all the sciences — 

 anthropology — better known to intelligent readers who 

 are not specialists and have no desire to be, although the 

 series will be one which no special student can afford to 

 ignore. While these books will be of general interest, 

 they will in every case be written by authorities, and sci- 

 entific accuracy will not be sacrificed to' popularity. The 

 first book in this series will be Woman's jjlace in Primitive 

 Culture, by Prof. 0. T. Mason, of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, wherein the author traces the division of labor be- 

 tween man and woman, which began with the invention 

 of fire making — a most suggestive subject, and one of im- 

 mediate interest. Other volumes will follow shortly. 



— "King's Handbook of New York City," which was 

 first published by Moses King, of Boston, about a year 

 ago, has now appeared in a second edition and forms a 

 handsome volume of a thousand pages. It opens with a 

 brief sketch of the history of the city; and then goes on to 

 speak of the harbor and the streets, the railways and the 



hotels, the modes of living among the various classes of 

 the people, the charitable institutions and all other phases 

 of New York life that a visitor would wish to know about. 

 Several chapters ear given to the government of the city, in- 

 cluding the police and fire departments, and also to clubs, 

 theatres and other centres of social life and amusement. 

 Nor are the intellectual and moral interests of the people 

 by any means neglected; but due notice is taken of the 

 churches, schools, colleges and literary and scientific so- 

 cieties, and of the libraries. But, as New York is the 

 commercial metropolis of the continent, a large space is 

 necessarily devoted to the vast business interests that 

 centre there; the banks, insurance business, manufac- 

 tures, wholesale and retail trade and all other branches 

 of industry being described as fully as most readers will 

 desire. This second edition of the book has been care- 

 fully revised under the direction of Mr. King himself 

 with the help of many assistants, and considerable new 

 matter has been added. The illustrations, as stated in 

 the preface, are over a thousand in number, of which 

 three hundred first appear in this edition. The book is 

 well printed on excellent paper, and contains an elaborate 

 presentation of New York life and the varied interests of 

 its people. 



— The Appletons have issued a pamphlet entitled "The 

 Philosophy of History," by Rev. E. P. Powell, the contents 

 of which were originally a lecture before the Brooklyn 

 Ethical Association. The author is firmly convinced that 

 history can be treated in a scientific manner as an orderly 

 sequence of causes; and he accordingly lays special stress 

 on general tendencies and on the uniformities observable 

 in the development of different nations, while he is rather 

 inclined to underestimate the influence of great men. His 

 principal aim in this work, however, is to trace the suc- 

 cessive stages in the development of society from the prim- 

 itive family to the state, the church and the industrial 

 organization of the present day. Of course only the 

 barest outlines of the subject are presented; but those 

 who are not already familiar with the evolutionary phil- 

 osophy of history will find here an epitome of it from one 

 of its ardent disciples. Mr. Powell is thoroughly optimistic, 

 maintaining not only that humanitj' has always progressed 

 in the past, but also that it will continue to progress in 

 the future. In the ajjpendix are given the replies and 

 criticisms of two other men, who were present when the 

 lecture was delivered; and their remarks are worthy of 

 attention in connection with the author's own. We are 

 not so sanguine as Mr. Powell is that the course of history 

 will soon be exi^lained, but we think it ought to be treated 

 in a philosop)hic si^irit, and so we are glad to have the 

 subject discussed. 



— The Open Court Publishing Company have issued, in 

 pamphlet form, the address on "Our Need of Philosophy," 

 delivered by Dr. Paul Carus at the World's Congress of 

 Philosophy, in Chicago, in August last. It opens with a 

 few remarks on the importance of philosophj' to mankind 

 in general and on the conditions on which its develop- 

 ment depends; and then, after a brief sketch of the lead- 

 ing characteristics of German, French and English phil- 

 osophy, dwells on the special need of philosophy to-day 

 for the guidance of American life. Dr. Carus pleads not 

 only for a deeper study of philosoj)hical problems, but 

 also for the teaching of philosophic truth to the masses of 

 the j^eople, and justly remarks that "the United States of 

 America are so constituted that we have but one choice 

 left us: we must educate the masses, or go to the wall." 

 He dwells on the great opportunity that we Americans 

 have before us, but reminds us that "an opportunity can 

 be lost as well as improved." The address, though short, 

 is very good, and will interest everyone who cares for 

 philosophy. 



