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ology, all appear by turns, not technically, however, but naturally, as the neces- 
sary concomitants of a scholar's observation, en passant. Not a trace of the dog- 
matism which appertains to Haeckel's character as an upholder of his biological 
theories appear anywhere in the volume, and we can recommend it to any reader 
who desires simply facts set forth in a glowing and attractive style. 
The details of printing, binding, etc., have been carefully attended toby the 
publishers with the result of producing a very handsome book. 
Recollections of My Youth : By Ernest Renan ; translated by C. B. Pit- 
man. i2mo. pp. 355- G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1883. For sale by M. H. 
Dickinson, $1.00. 
This is another book on common things by a distinguished author whose 
name is usually connected with philosophical and religious subjects. It is in- 
tended somewhat as a memoir of M. Renan's earlier life, though by no means as 
an autobiography. At the same time it is made a convenient and, perhaps rather 
unofficial, means of expressing certain opinions and shades of thought not con- 
veyed in his more pretentious works. It may also be regarded as an index or in- 
dicator of his mental growth and development under different environments. 
The titles of the chapters are as follows : The Flax-Crusher, Prayer on the 
AcropoHs, St. Renan, My Uncle Pierre, Good Master Systeme, Little Noemi, 
The Petty Seminary of St. Nicholas Du Chardonnet, The Issy Seminary, The St. 
Sulpice Seminary, First Steps outside St. Sulpice, Appendix. 
OTHER PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 
Work of the U. S. Signal Service. Report of Mr. W. M. Beebe, Relief 
Expedition to Lady Franklin Bay, Grinnell Land. Lieutenant Joseph S. Powell. 
Relief Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska. Lieutenant O. Henry Ray, Work 
at Point Barrow, Alaska, from September 16, 1881, to August 25, 1882. Mis- 
cellaneous Papers on Anthropology, prepared under direction of Prof. Otis T. 
Mason, from Smithsonian Report of 1881. Norman Constables in America, by 
Herbert B. Adams, Ph. D., June, 1883. Paper read before Loyal Legion on 
Gen'l Wm. Haines Lytle, by Dr. And. C. Kemper, June 16, 1883. The Pulpit 
— The Treasury, J. Sanderson, D. D. Observations on Rocky Mountain Lo- 
cust and Chinch Bug, 1883, Prof. C. V. Riley. Inaugural Address of President 
C. O. Thompson, delivered at opening of Rose Polytechnic Institute, March 7, 
1880. Special Report on Industrial Education, prepared by the U. S. Bureau of 
Education, 1883. Four Years Term in Rotation in Office, by Frederic W. 
Whitridge, June, 1883. Gunnison, Colorado's Bonanza County, by John K. 
Hallowell, 1883. The Western Jurist, a monthly Law Magazine, June, 1883. 
Crop Report of Kansas State Board of Agriculture, June 30, 1883. Proceedings 
Boston Society of Natural Science, 1882, Bulletin of Torrey's Botanical Club,. 
