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the intelligent and thinking people of the country and arouse them to action. 

 Aside from such statistics there is much information on the early history of opium 

 growth in India; descriptions of opium-smoking places among the English, Amer- 

 icans and Chinese; the effects of the habit on different systems and organs; rela- 

 tive case of cure, mode of treatment ; effects of the vice on the individual and on 

 the Nation, etc. 



Books for All Time. 



Reading Diary of Modern Fiction. Compiled by F. Leypoldt and Lynds 

 S. Jones : New York, 1882. F. Leypoldt. 



These little books are intended as guides to aid in the purchase of books and 

 to kindle a love of good literature. The first is the beginning of a series of cata- 

 logues which, when complete, will form an index to the whole field of literature. 

 Those to follow are "The Literature of Knowledge" and "Books for the 

 Young." 



The "Reading Diary of Modern Fiction" is intended ^o present a survey of 

 all that is considered worth reading in the domain of modern fiction. It is inter- 

 leaved for the convenience of the reader in keeping up with the rapid advance in 

 this department of literature, and will be found very useful in this respect. 



Both are well conceived and can be made of great service to readers and 

 book-buyers. 



The First Book of Knowledge. By Frederick Guthrie, F. R. S.; i2mo. 

 pp. 130. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. For sale by M. H. Dickin- 

 son, price $1.00. 



Notwithstanding some peculiarities of expression and manner, such as calling 

 clay a "stuff" and classing air, fire and water under the general head of "elements," 

 (afterward explained however), this book will be found a very useful one to 

 teachers and scholars. A great deal of ground is gone over and much valuable 

 information condensed in a clear and suggestive style into a small space. Ques- 

 tions to be asked the scholars are placed at the end of each chapter, which is a 

 good feature, either at home or in the school-room. Some of the prominent sub- 

 j ects treated are things and stuffs used for house-building, heating and lighting, 

 finishing and furnishing, clothing, food, writing and printing, etc. 



OTHER PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Sensation and Pain, by Chas. Fayette Taylor, M. D.; G. P. Putnam's 

 Sons, 75c. The Chicago Mining Journal, edited by Wm. Hosea Ballon, monthly, 

 $1.00. The Rehgion of all Sensible Men, with four other Sermons, by Rev. 

 David N. Utter, of the Unitarian Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Omaha Bee, 



