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the public of the ditficulties and risks involved inruntiing through 

 trains at a high rate of speed. 



— P. Blakistoi), Son, & Co., Philadelphia, have nearly ready a 

 " Monograph on Pliysical Education," by Frederick Treves, 

 F.R.C.S., printed from the advance sheets of " A Treatise on Hf- 

 giene," by various authors. It is a systematic exposition of a 

 vei-y important subject that is at present attracting the attention 

 of school boards, college trustees, physicians, and sanitarians 

 generally. 



— To Skakespeare students the plan and scope of Dr. Furness's 

 variorum edition is universally known, as are the infinite pains, 

 judgment, and critical faculty expended in the exposition of each 

 play. Every volume as it appears brings into one focus all the 

 wealth of a great Shakespeare library, so arranged as to be im- 

 mediately accessible. "The Tempest" is the nmth volume of 

 this incomparable edition, and will soon be published by J. B. 

 Lippincott Company. The plays previously issued are " As You 

 Like It," " Romeo and Juliet," " Haralet " (2 vols.), " Macbeth," 

 "King Lear," "Othello," and "Merchant of "Venice." 



— Under the heading "One Hundred Miles au Hour," Mr. 

 Charles N. Deacon of the Reading Railroad discusses, in the March 

 Lippincott, the facts and possibilities of railway speed, and rejects 

 the popular notion that a faster rate necessarily means increased 

 danger. 



— J. B. Lippincott Company have just published a new edition 

 of '■ Soule's Synonymes," revised and enlarged by George S. How- 

 ison, MiUs professor of philosophy in the Unii-ersity of California. 



— Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. will publish immediately the lec- 

 tures in "The Evolution of Christianity," recently delivered at 

 the Lowell Institute, in Boston, by Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, which 

 have been carefully revised by Dr. Abbott for this publication in 

 book form; " Equ-itorial America," in which M. M. Ballou de- 

 scribes his travels to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the 

 principal capitals of South America. This house will also shortly 

 issue a new work by A. P. Sinnett, whose "Occult World" and 

 "Esoteric Buddhism" secured so wi'le a reading. The new book 

 will be named " The Rationale of Mesmerism.". 



— M. L. Holbrook Company, 23 Clinton Place, New York City, 

 announce for immediate publicRtion a work on the hygienic treat- 

 ment of consumption, which has been in preparation many years,, 

 and which would have been published earlier if it had not been 

 detained to await the verdict on Professor Koch's merits. The 

 book is written mainly for the patient. 



— In a volume of more than two hundred pages J. B. Lippin- 

 cott Company will soon publish " Type- Writing and Business 

 Correspondence, " by O. R. Palmer. It is a compendium of the 

 entire subject, and places in the hands of the novice just such in- 

 formation as is most needed. To insure its practical efficiency 



CALENDAR OF SOCIETIES. 



Women's Anthropological Society of 

 America, Washington. 



Feb. 20.— Folk-Lork. 



Biological Society, Washington. 



Feb. 20. — W. H. Dall, Factors in the 

 Distribution of Animal Life as Illustrated 

 by Marine Forms. It is expected that at 

 each meeting a paper of general biological 

 interest will be introduced for discussion, 

 the above being the first of the series. F. 

 A. Lucas, On Charcharodon mortoni ; J. N. 

 Rose, The Flora of the Galapagos Islands; 

 John M. Holzinger, On the Identity of As- 

 clepias stenophylla, Gray, and Acerates 

 auriculata, Engelm. 



Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston. 



Fed. 25. — Frederick H. Chapin, Ascent of 

 Uncompahgre Peak, Cliflf-Dwellings of Nav- 

 ajo Canon, Colorado (illustrated by about 

 one hundred new stereopticon views.) 



Business Department. 



Intending investors and others interested 

 in real estate matters in the rapidly develop- 

 ing State of Texas are invited to give a care- 

 ful reading of the advertisement of the For- 

 Worth and Arlington Heights Land and Int 

 vestment Company on first page of this num- 

 ber. Mr. E. W. Watkins, 156 Broadway, 

 New York, will show views and maps of the 

 property advertised. The writer can vouch 

 for the entire reliability and truthfulness of 

 any statements made in the advertisement. 



Special attention is called to the novel 

 representation of solar and lumar eclipses, 

 with popular lectures on astronomy, recently 

 inaugurated at Carnegie Music Hall, entitled, 

 "A Trip to the Moon." 



POPULAR MANUAL OF VISIBLE SPEECH AND 

 VOCAL PHYSIOLOGY. 



For use in Colleges and Normal Schools. Price 30 cents 

 Sent free by post by 



N. D C. HODGBS, 871 Broadivay, N. Y. 



Wants. 



Any person seeking a position /or -wlticJi he is quali- 

 fied by kis scientijlc attainznents, or any person seeking 

 wtne one to Jill a position 0/ this character^ be it that 

 0/ a teacher of science, chemist, draughtsman, or what 

 not, tnay have the ' Want ' inserted under this head 

 FREE OF COST, i/ he Satisfies the publisher 0/ the suit- 

 able character 0/ his application. A ny person seeking 

 infiorntatiott on any scientific question, the address of 

 any scientific Titan, or luho can in any way use this col- 

 umn fior a purpose consonant with the nature of the 

 paper, is cordially invited to do so. 



APROFESSOKSHIP in Chemistry is wanted by 

 one who has had five years^ experience in that 

 capacity. Would prefer to give instruction by 

 lectures and experiments rather than by text-book 

 methods. Would like a position in a college or uni- 

 versity where there is a good student's laboratory. 

 Special points of strength claimed are: (1) Thorough 

 control of a class and good order during lectures 

 and recitations. (2) Accuracy in experimenting 

 with chemicals and skill in the manipulation of 

 chemical apparatus. The permission of several dis- 

 tinguished educators has been given to refer to 

 them if required. Would not care to accept a po- 

 sition paying less than 81,500. Address B. E,, care 

 of Science, 874 Broadway, New York, 



A DDRESS WANTED.— Will some one please send 

 f\ the address of the Secretary of the American 

 Philological Society. Also that of Herbert Spencer. 

 "ADDISON," Room 84, 164 Madison St., Chicago, 111, 



ADDRESSES of Old Book Dealers wanted.— Wish- 

 ing to obtain a number of old books out of print. 

 I very much desire the addresses or catalogues of 

 rare second-hand book dealers. If.there is a direc- 

 tory or list of such dealers I should like to obtain 

 possession of one. W. A. BLAKELY, Chicago, 111. 



WANTED.— Books on the Magic Lantern. Will 

 exchange, "How the Farm Pays," by Cozier 

 and Henderson; "Culture of Farm Crops." by 

 Stewart; "American Agriculturist," 1890 and 1891. 

 I. SLEE ATKINSON, 43 Wallace St., Orange, N. J. 



WANTED.— (I) A white man versed in wood and 

 iron working, able to work from specifications 

 and plans, suited for an instructor of boys; his iDus- 

 iness to have charge of shops of school, outline and 

 direct the work for foremen and students; salary to 

 b^ $1,000 per annum (nine months). (2) A man 

 (black preferred) to teach the colored, iron working 

 and forcing, subordinate to the preceding; salary, 

 $720, (8) A man (white) competent to take classes 

 in engineering (assistant's position), but with the 

 ability to perform any of the work required in any 

 of the ordinary engineering courses of our universi- 

 ties; salary from $!,0C0 to $1,500. A, H, SEALS, 

 Milledgeville, Ga, 



BOOKS : How to Exchange tliein for 

 others. Send a postal to the Science exchange 

 column (insertion free), stating briefly what you 

 want to exchange. Science, 874 Broadway, New 

 York, 



Exchanges, 



[Freeof charge to all, if of satisfactory character.. 

 Address N. D. C. Hodges, 874 Broadway, New York.] 



To exchange ; Experiment Station bulletins &ndi 

 reports for bulletins and reports not in my file. I 

 will send list of what 1 have for exchange. P. H. 

 ROLFS, Lake City, Florida. 



Finished specimens of all colors of Vermont marble for 

 fine fossils or crystals. Will be given only for valuable 

 specimens because of the cost of polishing. GEO. W, 

 PERRY, State Geologist, Rutland, Vt. 



For exchange. — Three copies of " American State 

 Papers Bearing on Sunday Legislation," 1891, $2.50, new 

 and unused, for "The Sabbath," by Harmon Kingsbury, 

 1840; "The Sabbath," by A. A. Phelps, 1842; " History 

 of the Institution of the Sabbath Day, Its Uses and 

 Abuses," by W. L. Fisher, 1859; " Humorous Phases of 

 the Law," by Irving Browne; or other works amounting 

 to value of books exchanged, on the question of govern- 

 mental legislation in reference to religion, personal liberty^ 

 etc. If preferred, I will sell "American State Papers," 

 and buy other books on the subject. WILLIAM AD- 

 DISON BLAKELY, Chicago, 111. 



Wanted, in exchange for the following works, any 

 standard works on Surgery and on Di^eases of Children: 

 Wilson's "American Ornithology," 3 vols.; Coues' "Birds, 

 of the Northwest" and " Birds of the Colorado Valley," 

 2 vols.; Minot's "Land and Game Birds of New Eng- 

 land;" Samuels' " Our Northern and Eastern Birds;"' all 

 the Reports on the Birds of the Pacific R. R, Survey, 

 bound in 2 vols,, morocco; and a complete set of the 

 Reports of the Arkansas Geological Survey. Please give 

 rrespondmg. R. ELLSWORTH 



and da 



CALL, High School, Des Momes, lo 



Wanted to buy or exchange a copy of Holbrook's. 

 North American Herpetology, by John Edwards. 5 vols, 

 Philadelphia, 1842, G. BAUR, Clark University, 

 Worcester, Mass. 



For sale or exchange, LeConte, "Geology;" Quain, 

 "Anatomy," 2 vols ; Foster, "Physiology," Eng. edition; 

 Shepard, Appleton, Elliott, and Stern, " Chemistry j " 

 Jordan, " Manual of Vertebr:ites:" " International Scien- 

 tists' Directory;"' Vol. I, Journal of Morphnlogy: Bal- 

 four, "Embryology," 2 vols,; Leidy, *' Rhizopods;" 

 Science, iS vols,, unbound, C. T, McCLINTOCK, 

 Lexinoton, Ky, 



To exchange Wright's " Ice Age in North America " 

 and Le Conte's "Elements of Geology" (Copyright 1882) 

 for "Darwinism,"' by A, R, Wallace, "Origin of Species," 

 by Darwin. "Descent of Man," by Darwin, "Man's 

 Place in Nature," Huxley, "Mental Evolution in Ani- 

 mals," by Romanes, "Pre-Adamites," by Winchell. No 

 books wanted except latest editions, and books in good 

 condition. C. S. Brown, Jr., Vanderbilt University, 

 Nashville, Tenn. 



For Sale or Exchange for books a complete private 

 chemical laboratory outfit. Includes large Becker bal- 

 ance (200g. to i-iomg ), platinum dishes and crucibles, 

 agate motors, glass-blowing apparatus, etc. For sale in 

 part or whole. Also complete file of Silliman's journal, 

 1862-1885 (62-71 bound); Smithsonian Reports, 1S54-1883; 

 U. S. Coast Survey. 1854-1869. Full particulars to en- 

 quirers. F. GARDINER, JR., Pomfret, Conn. 



