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may be looked for in more complete treatises op the ^feject. 

 To those having electric bells, telephones, or electric ^SBfin 

 their houses, and who are not practical electricians, the volume 

 %vill be found a convenient reference-book, containing many 

 Valuable suggestions. 



Among the subjects discussed in the book are electrical con- 

 nections, alarms, batteries, bells, carbons; induction, inten- 

 sity, and resistance coils; dynamo-electric machinery; fire 

 risks; electrical measurements; microphones; electric motors; 

 phonographs; photophones; accumulators; and telephones. A 

 sufficient number of illustrations are introduced to make clear 

 «very point touched upon. 



AMONG THE PUBLISHERS. 



A NEW book by Dr. J. G. Fitch, entitled "Notes on American 

 Schools and Training Colleges," has been issued recently by the 

 Macraillans. The well-kno-vn "Lectures on Teaching," by the 

 same author, h^s passed through many editions, having leen 

 adopted for use by the Teachers" Reading Circles throughout the 

 •country. 



— Ward. Lock, & Co. will publish early in May Lane's " Man- 

 ners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians.'' 



— The J. B. Lippincott Company have in press "Economic 

 Basis of Protection," by Professor Simon N. Patten of the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania. 



— Maomillan & Co. will publish at once a timely book on the 

 silver question, to be entitled "Silver in Europe," by S. Dana 

 Horton, a delegate of the United States to the International Mon- 

 ■etary Conference held in Europe in 1878 and 1881. 



^D. C. Heath & Co. of Boston i-sued last week "Deutsche 

 Literaturgeschichte," Vol. I., by Professor Carla Wenckebach of 

 Wellesley College. The purpose of this work, which is to be in 

 three volumes, is to offer students a history, in the German lan- 

 guage, of the growth of German literature. 



— Pictures of fifteen representative houses built through the 

 agency of building and loan a.ssociations will appear in W. A. 

 Linn's article in the May Scribner, with the story of how each 

 one was built told by the owner. Brooklyn, Rochester, Pitts- 

 burgh, Reading (Penn.). Cincinnati, St. Paul, New Orleans, and 

 San Francisco are among the cities represented. 



— De Wolfe, Fiske, & Co. have published '• Lake Champlain 

 and its Shores," by W. H. H. Mtirray, a narrative of the tradi- 

 tions and history of Lake Champlain, with a description of 

 yachting, camping, and fishing. Mr. Murray's chapter on the 

 great national park is included in the volume. 



—Professors Lewis M. Haupt and Edmund J. James, of the 

 University of Pennsylvania, have just'iEompleted a monograph on 

 "Canals and their Economic Relation to Transportation." The 

 formei- deals with the technical side of the question, while the 

 latter discusses its economic aspects. 



— Clarence Deming has found, in the manuscript diary of Wil- 

 liam Brisbane of South Carolina, some pen-pictures of the First 

 Napoleon, as he appeared to Mr. Brisband when he visited Paris 

 in 1804. The most interesting of these, describing the coronation 

 procession, the presentation of colors on the Champ de Mars, etc., 

 will be published in Scribner's for May. 



— TJie Annals of Oynceci'logy, formerly published in Boston, 

 has been enlarged and a new department added, the name being 

 changed to Annals of Gyncecology and Pcediatry. The latter de- 

 partment is under the elitorship of Dr. Louis Scarr of Philadel- 

 phia, formerly professor of diseases of children at the University 

 of Pennsylvania. The journal appeals with more (ban ordinary 

 interest to the mass of the profession, in that it deals exclusively 

 with the diseases of women and children. It is now published 

 by the University of Pennsylvania Press. 



— The leading article in Garden and Forest for last week is 

 dedicated to the memory of Dr. George Thurber, in whose recent 

 death America has lost her most accomplished horticultural 



writer. Professor Beal, in the same number, writes of the methods 

 of botanical study; Mr. Sereno Watson describes a new amaryllis, 

 which is also figured ; Secretary Williams discusses the best grapes 

 for home use; and much timely horticultural matter is given, in- 

 cluding a description of the Easter flowers in New York. Besides 

 the plant portrait, there is a view of The Parlerre, Fontainebleau, 

 with explanatory text. 



— In the article on Millet in Scribner's for May, T. H. Bartlett 

 tells of the meetings in Millet's house in Barbizon of " the most 

 illustrious company of artists that ever sat around a table to- 

 gether,"— Corot, Uaumier, Barve, Rousseiu, and Diaz. The fol- 

 lowing anecdote is related: ' At all these gatherings, when Diaz 

 was present, there was an accustomed break in the ceremony. 

 He had a wooden leg, and haieJ, above all things, talk on art; 

 and whenever the moment of exhausted patience came, he would 

 pound the table with his hands, imitate a trumpet with his mouth, 

 bring the end of his stump up against the under side of the table 

 with a fearful thump, and cry out like a v.ild man, • Thunder of 

 all the Gods, give us peace! Can't you content yourself by 

 making art all day without gabbling about it all night? Close 

 up!' For each and every one he had some special designation: 

 of Rousseau, whenever he began to speak, • Oh, there! Rousseau 

 is going to unscrew his chair.' When his own opinion was 

 sought, be would always reply, ' Oh, yes ! oh, yes ! ' no matter 

 what the question was or subject discussed. As they oid not 

 ' close up,' Diaz would get up and leave in high indignation, hear- 

 ing as he passed out of the room this comforting assurance, 

 ' Blessed is the door that hides you.'" 



— The opening article of The Chautaiiquan for May is by the 

 English historian, Edward A. Freeman, and is the first of a two 

 part paper on "The Making of Ital) ; ' James A. Harrison, LL D , 

 of Washington and Lee Univei-sity, takes " The Archaeological 

 Club in Italy " through the period of the renaissance in architec- 

 ture and sculpture; Bella H. Stillman continues her studifs of 

 " Life in Modern Italy;" Professor Adolfo Bartoli contributes a 

 paper on " Italian Literature; " Professor Henry A. Beers of Yale 

 University takes for his theme Browning's drama of " King Vic- 

 tor and King Charles; "' Principal James Donaldson, LL. D. , of the 

 University of St. Andrews, Scotland, writes on " Roman Morals;" 

 the " Map Quiz " this month is on the present Kragdom of Italy; 

 Albert Shaw, Ph.D , contributes a study of "The Servian King- 

 dom; ■' some facts about color-blindness will be found in the arti- 

 cle by Professor Edward L. Nichols of Cornell University,; Ara 

 bella B. Buckley considers the moral teachings of science; John 

 R. Spears writes of " The American Navy;" a sketch of the life 

 of Salmon P. Chase is given by his private secretary, E j);ene L. 

 Didier; " AVoman's Work in Archasology " is a translation from 

 the Deutsche Rundschau; Thomas Bertrand Bronson of Michigan 

 Military Academy gives the status of the present political parties 

 in Germany; an interesting paper on " The Literature of the 

 Irish," by John Hull, follows; and J. W. Hamilton, D.D., asks 

 and answers some questions about the faith-cure. 



— The long-promised article by Henry George appears in 

 the April ISIew Review. The same number contains a timely 

 paper on "The Fall of Prince Bismarck." 



^E & F. N. Spon have just published "A Practical Treatise 

 on the Manufacture of Vinegar and Acetates, Cider and Fruit- 

 Wines," edited from various sources by William T. Brannt. 

 It is an octavo volume of 479 pages, illustrated by 79 engrav- 

 ings. Besides the subjects mentioned in the title, it treats of 

 the preservation of fruits and vegetables by canning and evapo- 

 ration; the preparation of fruit-butters, jellies, marmalad'es, 

 catchups, pickles, mustards, etc. 



— In llie Ladies' Home Journal for April, ' 'How to Act before 

 the Camera" is told by A. Bogardus, the pioneer of New York 

 photographers; Henry Ward Beecher's love for gems and rare 

 stones is told by himself in several unpublished letters; and 

 Mrs. Moses P. Handy has a timely article on "How to Move 

 Easily and Well." 



— Messrs. Ginn & Co. announce to be published next month 

 "The Nine Worlds: Stories from Norse Mythology," by Mary E. 



