March i6, 1888.J 



SCIENCE. 



BOOK-NOTES. 



— As one of a series of efforts to encour- 

 age the reading of good books among young 

 people in the schools, E. L. Kellogg & Co., 

 New York, have just issued a classified list 

 of the one thousand best books for school 

 libraries. It is based on the lists of Dwight 

 L. Holbrook of Clinton, Conn., and James M. 

 Sawin of Providence, R.I., teachers largely- 

 interested in the same work. 



— In the Andover Review for March, Dr. 

 Edward W. Bemis writes upon ' Restriction 

 ■of Immigration,' arguing forcibly for its 

 need, reviewing methods for its accomplish- 

 ment, and pointing out one which is deemed 

 practical and simple. 



— P. Blakiston, Son, & Co., announce for 

 publication ' Chemical Technology, a New 

 and Complete Work,' edited by Charles E. 

 Groves, F.R.S., and William Thorp, B.Sc, 

 F.I.C., in about eight volumes, with numerous 

 illustrations, each volume sold separately. 

 Vol. I., ' Fuel,' by Dr. E. J. Mills, F.R.S., 

 professor of chemistry in Anderson College, 

 Glasgow, and Mr. F. J. Rowan, assisted by 

 an American expert, is nearly ready. 



— The first of two papers by James Bald- 

 win, entitled ' The Centre of the Republic,' 

 will appear in Scribner's Magazine for April. 

 The special object of these essays is to show 

 the social and intellectual phases of the de- 

 velopment through which the people of the 

 West have advanced, and for the first time 

 clearly to set forth the great intellectual ac- 

 tivity of that region in contrast with the in- 

 dustrial prosperity which has been so much 

 written about. 



— Prof. W. G. Summer, in an article on 

 'The First Steps Toward a Millennium,' in 

 The Cosmopolitan for March, says that the 

 questions that confront the student of social 

 science narrow themselves down to the ques- 

 tion of population. There are not, perhaps, 

 too many people who are sound physically 

 and mentally, but there are too many people 

 who ought never to have been born because 

 of their mental and physical feebleness. 



— P. Blakiston, Son, & Co., Philadelphia, 

 have just ready the third edition of Yeo's 

 ' Manual of Physiology for Junior Students,' 

 somewhat enlarged, and with twenty new 

 illustrations. 



Calendar of Societies. 



western Termination of the Atlantic Timber 

 Belt. 



Engineers' Club, Philadelphia. 

 Feb. 18. — W. H. Ridgway, An Illustrated 

 Description of a Direct-Acting Steam-Crane ; 

 Fredc. H. Robinson, An Account of the Man- 

 ufacture of Sewer-Pipe by the Delaware Terra 

 Cotta Company ; L. M. Haupt, The Relative 

 Merits of Salt Glazing and Slip Glazing with 

 Albany Clay ; Henry G. Morris, How Not to 

 Do It. 



Natural Science Association^ Staten Island. 

 Feb. II. — L. P. Gratacap, Boiling Springs. 



Society of Arts, Boston. 

 March I. — George M. Bond, Standards of 

 Length, and their Practical Application. 



Boston Society of Natural History. 

 March 7. — W. O. Crosby, Geology of the 

 Black Hills of Dakota. 



Missouri University Club, Columbia. 

 March 5. — Judge P, Bliss, Origin of Law. 



Purdue Scientific Society, Lafayette, Ind. 

 Fb. 27. — H. L. Bolley, Starch Granules ; S. 

 Coulter, Germ Theory of Disease. 



Philosophical Society, Washington. 



March 3. — F. W. Clarke, The Determination 

 of Atomic Weights ; J. W. Spencer, Notes on 

 the Drift North of Lake Ontario ; C. A. Kenas- 

 ton, Physical Features of a Portion of the Brit- 

 ish North-west ; John Murdoch, An Arch of Ice 

 formed by Horizontal Pressure. 



National Geographical Society, Washington. 

 March 2. — W. E. Curtis, Patagonia. 

 Biological Society, Washington. 



March 10. — F. W. True, Changes in the 

 Catalogue of North American Mammals since 

 1877 ; George Vasey, Foreign Trees and Shrubs 

 Cultivated in the District of Columbia ; Theo. 

 Gill, The Classification of Cottoideus Fishes ; 

 C. Hart Merriam, Description of a New Species 

 of American Skunk; Robert T. Hill, The South- 



Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia of Knowledge and Lan- 

 guage. Vol I. A to America. New York, J. B. 

 Alden. 630 p. 12°. 50 cents. 



Barnard, C. First Steps in Electricity. New York, 

 C. E. Meirill & Co. 13.3 p. 12'. 75 cents. 



Bayley, W. S. A Summary of Progress in Mineralogy 

 and Petrography, in 18S7. Madison, Wis., The 

 Author. 42 p. 12°. 



Chambeks's ENcyCLop.EniA. New ed. Vol. I. A to 

 Beaufort. Philadelphia. Lippincott. 824 p. S3. 



Clodd, E. The Story of Creation. New York, Long- 

 mans. Green, & Co. 242 p. r2°. $1.75. 



Dawson, J. W. The Geological History of Plants. 

 New York, Appleton. 290 p. 12°. 



Dewey, F. P. Photographing the Interior of a Coal- 

 Mine. Washington, The Author 6 p. 8°. 



Forres, G. A Course of Lectures on Electricity. New 

 York, Longmans, Green, & Co. 163 p. 12°. Si. 50. 



Francois, C. von. Die Erforschung des Tschuapa und 

 Lulongo. Leipzig. Brockhaus. 220 p. 8°. (New 

 York, Stechert, S2 20.) 



Gage, A. P. Introduction to Physical Science. Boston, 

 Ginn. 33gp. 12". 



Gai.laodet, E. M. Life of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. 

 New York, Holt. 339 p. 12°. $1.75. 



Hau HT, L. M . The Physical Phenomena of Harbor En- 

 trances Philadelphia, The Author. 23 p. 8°. 



IIeebner, C. F. Manual of Pharmacy and Pharmaceu- 

 tical Chemistry. New York, The .A.uthor, 5 Gold St. 



Re-organization.. 

 New York broker. 





HiNRlCHS, G. Re-election 



City, lo.. The Author. 

 Investing, The Art of. By 



York, Appleton. iq8 p. 16°. 

 Litekature. an Illustrated Weekly Magazint 



No. I. New York, J. B. Alden. 24 p. 12' 



year. 

 McAdie, a. William Ferret. St. Paul, Mi 



Author. 8 p. 8°. 

 Macgregor, J. G. An Elementary Treatise 



matics and Dynamics. New York, Macmilli 



12°. S2.60. 

 Martin, Frances. Elizabeth Gilbert and her Work for 



the Blind. New York, Macmillan. 307 p. 12°. 



Si.75. 

 Meyer, L. Modern Theories of Chemistry. Tr. by E.P. 



Bedson and W. C. Williams. New York, Longmans, 



Green, & Co. 587 p. 8°. S5.50. 

 MoREHEAD, Mrs. L. M. A Few Incidents in the Life of 



Prof James P. Espy. Cincinnati, Robert Clarke & 



Vol I. 

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Amusements of New York. 



Co. 



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Perez, B. L'Education Morale des le Berceau. 2d ed 

 Paris, Bailliere. 320 p. 8°. 



Prophylactic, The. Vol. I. No i. New York, M. B 

 Playter & Co. 40 p. 8°. 



Smith, C. A Treatise on Algebra. New York, Macmil 

 Ian. 571 p. 12° Si.QO. 



Stirling, W. Outlines of Practical Physiology. Phil 

 delphia. Blakiston. 309 p. 12"*. $2.25. 



Swedenborg, E. The Soul, or Eational Psychology, 

 Tr. by Frank Sewall, A.M. New York, New Church 

 Board of Publ. 388 p. 8°. $3. 



Teacher, The. Vol. I. No. i. m. New York, Teach( 

 16 p. 4°. 10 cents. ' 



Walker, J. The Theory and Use of a Physical Balam 

 New York, Macmillan. 40 p. 8 °. go cents. 



Waters, C. A. An E.xplanalory Digest of Professor 

 Fawcett's ' Manual of Political Economy.' New 

 York, Macmillan. 77 p. 12". 70 cents. 



WisSMANN, H., Wolf, L., Franjois, C. von, and Muel- 

 ler, H. Im Innern Afrikas. Leipzig, Brockhaus. 

 4S7 p. 8°. (New York Stechert, $5.50.) 



Yeo, G, F. a Manual of Physiology. 3d ed. Philadel- 

 phia, Blakiston. 758 p. 12°. $3. 



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