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mental food than for mental digestion^ Mr. Wake’s remarks will be found 
highly piquant. His book resembles what is called in England an Irish 
stew ” or in Ireland, a beggar’s dish ” — a savory compound, full of bits 
of all kind put together without arrangement, and largely diluted. To be 
serious, we disapprove totally of this class of book : it leads to nothing, save 
the inference that the writer has been attempting the mastery of a gveat 
many difficult subjects, and has not been felicitous either in forming or 
arranging his ideas. 
LATHES AND TUENING.* 
B esides those engaged in trade, there are, we believe, many amateur 
workers at lathes and turning. To such we can recommend this 
volume. It is comprehensive in its details, is abundantly illustrated, 
and clearly written. The author is one who thoroughly understands his 
subject, knows the difficulties of the beginner, and anticipates them. The 
country gentleman of a mechanical turn ” will find this work a vade 
mecum of the best kind, in all That relates to the special branch of applied 
mechanics it has to do with. 
PAMPHLETS, ESSAYS, &c. 
l^EDICAL Education and Medical Interests. By Isaac Ashe, A.B., M.B. 
Dublin : Fannin & Co. 1868. This is the essay to which the Council 
of the Irish College of Surgeons awarded the second Carmichael prize of 
100/. The subject may be said to be the present condition of the medical 
profession, commencing with the student, and discussing the several medical 
institutions, modes of practice^ offices, fees, and so forth. Dr. Ashe’s style 
is not terse, but it is vigorous and flowing. Llis ideas appear to be those of 
an honest reformer, and we hope to see many of them carried out. In one 
respect he has not quite complied with the conditions of the late Dr. Car- 
michael’s will : he has not treated as fully of English medical bodies as he 
ought to have done. His bool? is eminently thoughtful and suggestive, and 
deserves attention. * 
Report of the First Exhibition of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain. 
Greenwich: Richardson. Those who laugh at the notion of aerial locomo- 
tion, and regard the Aeronautical Society as an association of visionaries, 
should read this pamphlet. It is really astonishing to see how much has 
already been achieved toward the invention of a machine for conveyance 
through the air. It is one of the most interesting pamphlets we have ever 
read, describing as it does all the wonderful machines which were exhibited 
at the Crystal Palace in June and July last. 
* A Treatise on Lathes and Turning, Simple, Mechanical, and Orna- 
mental.” By W. Henry Northcott. With 239 illustrations. London : 
Longmans. 1868. 
