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acquisition of a knowledge of any one of these subjects ; hence the "pocket" edi- 

 tions, "vest-pocket" editions, and, as we expect to see soon, the "watch-fob" editions 

 of the works of all the prominent authors of the world. Of course much of this 

 kind of smattering literature is worthless, and perhaps does more harm than good, 

 but there are some subjects that can be so treated without this danger and the 

 little work in hand is one of this kind. The author points out the resources of the 

 United States, as far as he goes, very concisely and very correctly, and it is well 

 worth the price to any reader, old or young. 



Honest Money and Labor, by Hon. Carl Schurz ; National Banking, by M. 

 L Scudder; Hindrances to Prosperity, by Simon Sterne. G. P. Putnam's 

 Sons, New York. M. H. Dickinson, Kansas City; 25c each. 



These are Nos. XI, XII, and XIII, of the "Economic Monographs" pub- 

 lished by the New York Free Trade Club, and, as the names of the distinguished 

 authors guarantee, are valuable and reliable contributions to the literature of 

 finance and political economy. 



We have also received from the same firm Nos. 1 to 5 of the Sanitary Series 

 of Hampton Tracts, consisting of "The Health Laws of Moses, and Who Found 

 Jamie?" by Helen W. Ludlow; "Preventable Diseases, and A Haunted 

 House," by Mrs. M. F. Armstrong, and "The Duty of Teachers," by E. W. 

 Collingwood — all of which are plain, practical treatises, or monographs, upon im- 

 portant subjects which should be more fully understood by parents and instruc- 

 tors. Ten cents expended in each one of these tracts will be well laid out. 



Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science — 1877 and 1878. Geo. W. 

 Martin, Topeka, Kansas.. 



We are indebted to the Secretary, Mr. E. A. Popenoe, for a copy of the 

 above named work, which is a credit to his skill and taste as a book-maker as well 

 as to his ability and zeal as a writer and original investigator. 



The Kansas Academy of Science, though young in years, has, through the 

 untiring efforts of such men as Professors Mudge, Snow, Adams, Williston, Ked- 

 zie, and others, placed itself among. the foremost societies of the country, and its 

 reports will be more and more in demand as it is enabled by liberal state aid to 

 prosecute its work. Several of the most valuable papers in this report have al- 

 ready appeared in the Review, and others will be published hereafter, either in 

 full or in condensed form. 



Two Months in Europe. By O. R. Burchard, A. M. Syracuse, N. Y.: Davis, 

 Bardeen & Co. 168 pp, 8vo, paper; 50c. 



Professor Burchard, having snatched two months from his labors as instruc- 

 tor in the Normal School, Fredonia, N. Y., in the summer of 1S73, devotes 168 

 pages to informing the public, in a very pleasant and easy style, what he saw and 

 how little it cost him. He seems to have made the grand continental tour, in- 



