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— Welch, Fracker Company have published a work entitled 

 "In Western Levant," by Francis C. Sessions, illustrated by Hen- 

 ry W. Hall. It is a record of travel in Spain, Morocco, Algeria, 

 and Tunis, with brief descriptions of the most noted cities and 

 architectural works, as well as of the character and habits of the 

 people. There is nothing of much scientific interest in the book, 

 . the author having evidently sought for entertainment during his 

 travels rather than for information; and the work is marred by a 

 too florid rhetoric. Nevertheless those who are fond of books of 

 travel will find many items of interest in this one. It is printed 

 on good paper, suitable for the illustrations, which are pleasing. 



— The fifth volume of the new edition of "Chambers's Ency- 

 clopaedia" has been issued, and deals with the various topics from 

 "Friday" to "Humanitarians." The scientific articles are quite 

 numerous and important. Professor Geikie treats of geology; 

 John S. Keltie, of geography; J. S. Mackay, of geometry; P. G. 

 Tait, of heat; J. Arthur Thompson, of heredity; and there are 

 many other articles that would demand notice in a minule sur- 

 vey of the work. Among the articles of apolitical and historical 

 character are those on Germany, Great Britain, Holland, and 

 Ancient Greece; while Cbai-les I. Elton, M P., contributes a paper 

 of several pages length, on government. Mr. Gladstone fui'nishes 

 the article on Homer, while Justin M'Carthy sketches the life of 

 Gladstone himself. Other biographical paper.^ are those on Gen. 

 Grant, written by Gen. Wilson; on Goethe, by Professor Dowden; 

 and those on Grote, Hooker, and Hegel; while Henry George 

 contributes a sketch of himself. This encyclopaedia is, in our 

 opinion, the best for the mass of reading and thinking men. The 

 " Britannica," of course, gives a much larger amount of informa- 

 tion on the details of the subjects treated; but then its articles 

 are often too elaborate for a busy man to read, yet not elaborate 

 enough for thorough students of their respective subjects. Be- 

 sides, Chambers's has now the advantage of being the latest work 

 of the kind in the market. It is published in this country, in 



agreement with Messrs. Chambers, by the J. B. Lippincott Com- 

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— We have received a small jmrnphlet entitled "An Open Let- 

 ter to Hon. Edward M. Paxson, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania." 

 It is written by Richard B. Westbrook, who describes himself as 

 both a bachelor of law and a doctor of divinity, and is a criticism 

 of certain remarks of Chief-Justice Paxson in an address before 

 the law school of the University of Pennsylvania. In that ad- 

 dress Judge Paxson had affirmed that the law of Sinai was 'the 

 first law of which we have any knowledge," and that Moses was 

 "the greatest statesman and law-giver the world has ever pro- 

 duced " These statements Mr. Westbrook disputes, and gives in 

 an argument of moderate length very good reasons for doing so. 

 He has no difficulty in showing that Egypt and some other coun- 

 tries had elaborate systems of law long before the date assigned 

 to Moses; and he also shows, on the grounds now universally 

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 Moses is, for the most part at least, of very much later date. 

 Exceptions may be taken to some of his statements; but, on the 

 whole, every one whose eyes are open to the results of historical 

 investigation will agree that he has proved his case. The pam- 

 phlet is published for the author by the J. B. Lippincott Com- 

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— The Exchange Printing Company, 47 Broad Street, New 

 York, has issued a book entitled "How to preserve Health," by 

 Louis Barkan, M.D. The claim is made that this work is pub- 

 lished with the purpose of bringing to public attention the results 

 of the latest medical investigalions. The objection to the author's 

 plan that naturally occurs to one reading the pages is that a little 

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