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SCIENCE. 



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attaches to the details which the original alone can supply. To 

 guide the reader most directly to the points of greatest interest, 

 the author prints an exhaustive summary at the opening of each 

 chapter. In all respects the work shows most careful i^reparation, 

 and deserves the place it will doubtless find upon the shelves of 

 all following the interesting developments of the science of hyp- 

 notism. 



AMONG THE PUBLISHERS. 



Numbers 20 and 31 of the Modem Science Essayist (Boston, 

 J. H. West) contain respectively ' 'Primitive Man, " by Z. Sid- 

 ney Sampson, and "The Growth of the Marriage Relation," by 

 C. Staniland Wake. 



— The AVorthington Company have recently pnblished Swin- 

 burne's ' 'Study of Ben Jonson. ' ' 



— RandjMcNally, & Co. announce for next week an unabridged 

 edition of the journal of Marie Bashkirtseff. 



— The Welch, Fracker Company have nearly ready "In West- 

 ern Levant," also a new edition of "On the Wing Thi-ough 

 Europe, ' ' two volumes of ti-avel sketches by Francis C. Sessions, 

 president of the Ohio ArchEeological and Historical Society. 



— Henry Holt & Co. will publish shortly the third and con- 

 cluding volume of Fyffe's "History of Modem Europe." The 

 new volume treats of the years 1848-78, and covers the period of 

 European politics which led up to the Franco-Prussian war. 



— D. Lotlu'op Company have just published "The Catholic 

 Man, ■ ' a study of the character that is developed by the many 

 phases of our modern life, by Mi-s. Lawrence Turnbull; also 

 ' 'Stories of New France, ' ' episodes of Canadian history, written 

 by Miss A. M. Machar and Thomas G. Marquis. 



— G. P. Putnam's Sons have ready in the Questions of the Day 

 Series ' 'Railway Secrecy and Ti'usts, ' ' by John M. Bonham ; 

 and a new edition in paper covers of Edward Bellamy's "Six to 

 One," first published in 1878. 



■ — The result of Prang's national ilower campaign is 70 per 

 cent of all votes for golden-rod ; 16 j)er cent of all votes for May- 

 flower; 14 per cent scattering for daisy, mountain laurel, dande- 

 lion, sunflower, and others. 



— Mr. Walter J. Clutterbuck, one of the authors of "Three 

 in Norway, ' ' has wi-itten an account of a voyage in the waters 

 between Iceland, Greenland, and Spitzbergen, a region hitherto 

 neglected. "The Skipper in Arctic Seas" will be published 

 here at once by Longmans, Gi-een, & Co. 



— D. Appleton & Co. publish this week a little book by Dr. F. 

 H. Rankin, on ' ' Hygiene for Childhood, ' ' giving suggestions for 

 the care of children after the period of infancy to the completion of 

 puberty : and a volume entitled ' ' Evolution of Man and Cln-is- 

 tianity, ' ' by the Rev. Howard McQueary. 



— The J. B. Lippincott Company have published ' 'The Con- 

 quest of Mexico," in the new library edition of Prescott' s works ; 

 a revised edition of Dr. Agnew's_ work on "The Principles and 

 Practice of Surgery ; " an elementary work on plane and spherical 

 ■trigonometry, by Professor E. S. Crawley of the University of 

 Pemisylvania ; and a guide to Philadelphia and its surroundings. 



— Macmillan & Co. have nearly ready Sir Charles Dilke's 

 ' 'Problems of Greater Britain, ' ' which English critics rank in im- 

 portance with Bryce's "American Commonwealth." It is one 

 of the most exhaustive accounts yet attempted of the British Em- 

 pire, and written by a statesman of the first rank. It gives but 

 passing attention to the United States, and chiefly for pui-poses 

 of comparison with Canada; but about one-half of the first 

 volume deals with North America, and the whole subject has 

 interest for every American. 



— It is announced by Messrs. Charles Scribner' s Sons that they 

 have acquired from Mx. Henry M. Stanley all the American 

 rights for his personal naiTative of the expedition for the relief 

 of Emin Pacha. Prior to the appearance of the complete work, 

 Scribner' s Magazine will publish an article upon his last journey 

 by Mr. Stanley. Readers may have noticed. that Mr. Herbert 



Ward, who was one of Stanley's officers, makes no mention of the 

 expedition in the article recounting his experiences upon the 

 Kongo, which appears in Scribner' s for February, the fact being 

 that Mr. Stanley has reserved the sole right to describe this most 

 remarkable of all his African undertakings. 



— Ginn & Co. announce to be published in April "The Best 

 Elizabethan Plays, ' ' edited with an inti-oduction by William R. 

 Thayer. The selection comjirises ' 'The Jew of Malta, ' ' by Mar- 

 lowe ; ' 'The Alchemist, ' ' by Ben Jonson ; ' 'Philaster, ' ' by Beau- 

 mont and Fletchei-; "Tlie Two Noble Kinsmen," by Fletcher 

 and Shakspeare; and "The Duchess of Malfy," by Webster. It 

 thus furnishes not only the best specimen of the dramatic works 

 of each of the five Elizabethan poets who rank next to Shak- 

 speare, but also a general view of the development of the English 

 drama from its rise in Marlowe to its last strong expression in 

 Webster. This volume appeals to the general reader who wishes 

 to get, in small compass, the best products of the Elizabethan 

 drama (exclusive of Shakspeare), and also to the students in 

 academies or colleges who are studying this most important 

 period of English literature. It is a work equally well adapted 

 to the library and to the classroom. 



— Funk & Wagnalls of New York announce the following 

 books now in preparation and soon to be ready: "Wendell 

 Phillips, the Agitator, ' ' by Carlos Martyn, to which we have 

 referred already; "The. Economics of Prohibition," by Rev. J. 

 C. Fernald, which is an attempt to apply the principles of politi- 

 cal economy to the, subject of the liquor traffic, showing the -ad- 

 vantage that national prohibition would secure ; and ' 'A Cyclo- 

 pedia of Temperance and Prohibition, ' ' which is to be a large 

 work, treating every relevant topic, from the most elementary to 

 the most advanced phase of the liquor question. It will give 

 many brief sketches of eminent temperance workers; the latest 

 action of the various religious denominations ; the liquor status 

 of all countries of the world ; the different temperance organiza- 

 tions; the political parties; facts and figures relating to all 

 kinds of intoxicants, all branches of the liquor traffic, and all 

 kinds of attempted remedies. 



— The Appalachian Mountain Club of Boston has happily 

 utilized an opportunity afforded it by the completion of the 

 topographical survey of Massachusetts by the United States 

 Geological Survey in compiling a contoured map of the region 

 about Boston from parts or the whole of half a dozen sheets of 

 the survey. The map is in the shape cf a rectangle, about 

 thirty by twenty miles, with Boston at the right centre, 

 extending west beyond Concord, and including the Blue Hills 

 on the south, and Marblehead on the north, — a land area of 

 about five hundred square miles. The presence of the harbor, 

 with its varied islands and broken outline, renders the efl'ect of 

 the map a specially pleasing one. For the study of the topog- 

 raphy and geology of the district, as well as for walks, rides, 

 and drives, and for all the special purposes of the club, the 

 map is invaluable. The scale is a mile to an inch, and the 

 details of reproduction precisely those of the survey. The idea 

 may well be copied by our other large cities; and the club is 

 certainly to be congratulated upon its promptitude, since some 

 of the sheets included in the map have not yet been issued by 

 the survey. 



— A praiseworthy movement is about to be set on foot by The 

 Ladies' Home Journal of Philadelphia. It j)roposes to give to 

 any young girl of sixteen years or over, who will send to it 

 between now and Jan. 1, 1891, the largest number of yearly 

 subscribers to the journal, a complete education at Vassar 

 College, or any other American college she may select. The 

 education offered includes every branch of study, with every 

 expense paid, the journal agi-eeing to educate the girl irrespec- 

 tive of the time required or the expense involved. To this is 

 also pinned a second offer, which guarantees to any girl of 

 ixtean or over, who will secure a thousand yearly subscribers 

 before Jan. 1, a full term of one year at Vassar or any other 

 preferred college, with all expenses paid, thus making it pos- 

 sible for any number of young girls to receive free educations 

 at the best colleges. 



