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the beast, it was as still as if cut from stone. The bird quivered, 

 trembled, looked fixedly at the cat, and finally, with a feeble 

 shake of the wings, fell towards the cat, which bounded to seize 

 it. 



A lady tells me that she '■ does not believe that cats can charm 

 birds, because she has seen a cat try to charra a parrot, and the 

 bird, greatly alarmed, scolded loudly." This proves nothing, the 

 parrot in general, or, more probably, that particular parrot, did 

 not prove a good subject for the mesmeric power. I have seen 

 people who cannot be hypnotized ; they resent the effort, and ner- 

 vous action becomes intensified. J. McNaie Weight. 



A3I0NG THE PUBLISHERS. 

 The W. J. Johnson Co., limited, have ready "The Electric 

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— Henry Holt & Co. will shortly publish a translation of 

 " Geschichte der Philosophic," by Dr. W. Windelband, professor 

 in the University of Strassburg. 



— Thomas Nelson's Sons have ready an entirely new atlas by 

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— The most important work on the general study of linguistic 

 science that has appeared iti, 1891 is that of Professor Georg von 

 der Gabelentz, " Die Sprach wissenschaft, ihre Aufgaben, Methoden 

 und bisherigen Brgebnisse," Leipzig (Weigel, publisher), pp. xx. 

 and 502. The wide-reaching and comprehensive scope of this 

 treatise is shown by the very title, and i-eaders will soon see that 

 the author fulfils what he promises. Through his great practical 

 experience the author, well known as a connoisseur of eastern 

 Asiatic languages, is enabled to give more hints about linguistic 

 studies and their scientific bearing than such men as have confined 

 their energies to inflective languages alone. The volume gives us 

 the views of a man familiar with all possible types of human 

 speech, the monosyllabic as well as the incorporating and aggluti- 

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 morphologic intricacies of the verb, noun-verb, and sentence. In 

 its make-up the book comes nearest the celebrated "Principles of 

 Language History," by Paul, and supplements it in many different 



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