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tions at Creston and Separation, Wyoming; Idaho Springs, Central City, Pike's- 

 Peak, Denver, Schuyler, La Junta, West Las Animas, Colorado ; Dallas, Texas, 

 and other places of less importance. Among western observers, we notice the 

 names of such astronomers and engineers as Prof. Ormond Stone, of Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, Capt. E. L. Berthoud, of (Jolden, Colorado, Profs. C. W. and H. S. 

 Pritchett, Glasgow, Missouri, Prof. J. C. Watson, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Prof. 

 Jos. Ficklin, of the Missouri University, and D. H. Talbot, of Sioux City, Iowa.. 

 All of the more prominent astronomers of the east, including those in the service 

 of the Government, make very full reports. 



To this report is added one on the Total Solar Eclipse of January ii, 1880, 

 at Santa Lucia, California, by Prof. Edgar Frisbie, U. S. N. 



The illustrations in this volume are executed most artistically. The photo- 

 graphs could not be reproduced correctly, but the wood cuts and lithographs (by 

 Mr. Julius Bien, of New York,) are superb. 



The Gospel History. By James R. Gilmore and Rev Lyman Abbott, D. D., 

 16 mo. pp. 830. Fords, Howard & Hulbert, N. Y., 18S1. For sale by M. 

 H. Dickinson. Price, $1.75. 



This is a complete chronological narrative, woven from the text of the four 

 evangelists, with notes, original and selected, and indexes. The names of the 

 two authors are a sufificient guarantee of exactness, scholarship and elegance 

 of style, and it will be found fully equal to the expectations of the most sanguine 

 student in all of these points. The amount of work done by the authors or, per- 

 haps rather, editors, as shown by the lists of authorities consulted, must have been 

 immense, while the copious notes and teferences, chronological indexes, etc.,. 

 show how careful and thoroughly every part of the labor has been performed. 



It is just such a work as every Sunday School teacher and advanced scholar 

 needs for reference, while for family use it has no equal. 



The mechanical part has been well done, and the publishers are entitled to,' 

 full credit for it. 



Shadows of Shasta. By Joaquin Miller; 12 mo. pp. 184. Jansen, McClurg 

 & Co., Chicago, 1881. Price, $1.00 



It is difficult to properly criticise a book which is neither history nor romance,, 

 although evidently written with both objects in view. Mr. Miller's style is of the 

 intense order at all times, but in our judgment better adapted to poetry than pas- 

 sionate and vindictive prose. In the former we can overlook exaggerated and. 

 dramatic description, but in the latter we rely upon sober and stern facts to pro- 

 duce lasting impressions. In this book the author's vigorous assertions savor too 

 much of the imagination to carry much weight with them, especally when framed 

 as they are in poetical figures and improbable romance. 



