280 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



The gross transportation earnings inside the State amount to $28,754,335, equal 

 to $6,343 per mile of road operated The total expenses amount to $18,126,91 r, 

 equal to $3,996 per mile of road and 63 per cent of gross earnings. The net 

 earnings amount to $10,627,424, equal to 2,347 per mile of road and 37 per cent 

 of gross earnings. Some very important questions are discussed, from which we 

 make an important extract in this issue. The report is illustrated with a very 

 good map of the State showing all of its railroads. 



Politics: By William W. Crane and Bernard Moses, Ph.D. lamo., pp. 305. 

 G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1884. For sale by M, H. Dickinson, $1. 



This work is intended by its authors, the latter named of whom is Professor 

 of History and Political Economy in the University of California, as an intro- 

 duction to the study of comparative constitutional Uw and will be found a very 

 comprehensive and useful treatise. In it are discussed such topics as the Nation, 

 the Sovereign, the organs of the Sovereign, the force of the Nation, local powers, 

 instinct as a factor of political organization, the political heritage of the British 

 colonies in America, early impulses to national unity in the British colonies, cen- 

 trifugal and centripetal forces, the makers of constitutional law, the makers of 

 administrative law, the bi-cameral system of the modern legislature, the initiative 

 in legislation, distribution of powers, the conditions and tendency of normal polit- 

 ical growth, the tendency of powers in Federal government, the tendency of pow- 

 er in the United States, the tendency of power in some European federations, 

 political parties. All of these are handled in a learned and liberal spirit suited to 

 the spirit of the present day, and the work would make an excellent text book 

 for the more advanced classes in our college?, as well as a most useful and sug- 

 gestive hand-book for all persons desirous of obtaining an accurate comprehen- 

 sion of the political (not partisan) status in the United States. 



What is to be Done? By Robert B. Dixon, M. D. i8mo., pp. 67. Lee & 

 Shepard, Boston, 1884. For sale by M. H. Dickinson 50c. 



This little hand-book contains many valuable rules and suggestions for the 

 government of parents in rearing their children and will be found of service under 

 almost all conditions of youthful ailments. We find sections devoted to artificial 

 feeding for infants and children, baths, broken bones, croup, diphtheria, scarlet- 

 fever, teething, vaccination, worms, etc., with sensible directions for nursing 

 and diet as well as judicious remedies for the various complaints. 



OTHER PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Catalogue of the State Agricultural College of Kansas, 1883-4, Geo. T. Fair- 

 child, A. M., President. A Letter to Scientists and Inventors on the Science of 



