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er reason, it is interesting because it shows the vast improvements made within a 

 few years, in the appliances adopted for the convenience, comfort and safety of 

 travelers. Among the more interesting chapters may be instanced those upon 

 Accidents and Conservatism, the Protection of Bridges, the Battle of the Brakes, 

 and the Railroad Death-rate. 



Brain-work and Over-work. By Dr. H. C. Wood. Philadelphia, Presley 



Blakiston, 1880 16 mo., 126 pp. 50 cents. 



This is the tenth of the American Health Primers, and one of the best of the 

 series. The author is Clinical Professor of Nervous Diseases in the University of 

 Pennsylvania, and has probably had as much experience in such maladies as any 

 physician of his age in the country. The subject, which is one of vital interest to 

 Americans, is handled in a practical and familiar style, and the suggestions made 

 are eminently u eful. Begining with statistics, the author shows that, while they 

 may offer a solace to nervous people, from the fact that deaths from such diseases 

 are not on the increase, the increasing wear and tear of modern life is showing it- 

 self in an increase of the diseases themselves. The work is divided into General 

 Causes of Nervous Trouble, Effects of Emotional and Intellectual Work, Rest in 

 Labor, Rest in Recreation, Rest in Sleep, with general conclusions remedial sug- 

 gestions, which, if followed by the reader, may in many instances avert nervous 

 prostration, softening of the brain, and other serious affections. These Health 

 Primers are now published by Presley Blakiston, who has purchased the copy- 

 \ght and other interests from Messrs. Lindsay & Blakiston. 



Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education. By Hon. John 

 Eaton, Commissioner. Washington, D. C, Government Printing Office, 1879. 

 Nos. 1 to 5. 



These circulars comprise about 240 pages, and consist of treatise upon Train- 

 ing Schools for Nurses; Papers, Addresses and Discussions at various Educational 

 Associations and Conventions during the past two years; Report on the Value 

 of Common School Education to Common Labor, by Dr. Edward Jarvis, of Dor- 

 chester, Mass.; illustrated by answers to inquiries, addresses to employers, 

 workmen, and observers; Training Schools of Cookery; American Education, as 

 described by the French Commissioner to the International Exhibition of 1876. 



The School Bulletin Series. Davis, Bardeen & Co., Syracuse, N. Y. 1880. 



Among these we have received Haifa Hundred Songs for the School Room 

 and Home, by Hattie Sanford Russell, 35 cents; The Elements of Education, by 

 Chas. J. Buell, a paper read before the Alumni of the State Normal and Training 

 School at Cortland, N. Y., and so highly regarded by them that they requested 

 its publication, 15 cents; Politics and Schools, an able defense of the Public School 



