586 
Reviews^  etc. 
Am.  Jour.  Pnarm- 
Nov..  1880 
author  has  critically  sifted  the  various  methods  proposed,  it  will  be  found  a  reliable 
guide  for  the  purposes  indicated  in  the  title.  The  addition  of  thirty-three  good' 
wood  cuts  and  of  two  lithographic  plates  of  various  diatomaceas  enhances  the  use- 
fulness of  the  work  for  the  object  intended. 
American  Neuospaper  Directory,  containing  accurate  lists  of  all  the  lists  and  periodi- 
cals published  in  the  United  S-^ates,  Territories  and  the  Dominion  of  Canada,, 
together  with  a  description  of  the  towns  and  cities  in  which  they  are  published. 
New  York:    Geo.  P.  Rowell  &  Co.,  1880.  8vo. 
The  twelfth  annual  issue  of  this  directory  now  before  us  is  perhaps  even  more 
elaborate  than  those  of  its  predecessors  which  we  have  seen  and  favorably  com- 
mented upon  heretofore.    We  believe  it  to  contain  the  best  and  most  reliable  col- 
lection of  facts  concerning  the  periodicals  of  North  America.    It  is  a  volume  of 
over  1,000  pages,  one  half  of  which  is  occupied  by  the  directory  proper. 
Brief  Longhand.    By  Andrew  J.   Graham.    New  York  (Bible  House).    Pp.  84.- 
Price,  bound,  63  cents. 
The  long  title  of  this  little  book  states  that  it  contains  a  system  of  longhand 
contractions,  by  means  of  which  the  principal  advantages  of  shorthand  are  secured 
without  resort  to  stenographic  characters  and  with  perfect  legibility.  It  is  methodi- 
cally arranged  and  is  furnished  with  ample  illustrations,  and  with  keys  to  the  exer- 
cises, and  contains  also,  remarks  upon  the  means  of  acquiring  ease  and  correctness 
in  composition,  directions  for  correcting  the  press,  for  keeping  a  common-place 
book  and  index  rerum,  etc.  The  system  of  brief  longhand  recommended  cannot 
fail  but  be  useful  and  time-saving  to  those  who  are  in  the  habit  of  taking:  notes  and 
making  memoranda,  and  as  it  is  easily  acquired  and  read  without  difficulty,  com- 
mends itself  favorably  to  all,  the  more  so  since  after  it  has  been  mastered  it  may 
be  very  readily  used  in  combination  with  phonographic  signs.  ^ 
The  Art  of  Prolonging  Life.  By  Christopher  William  Hufeland.  Edited  by 
Erasmus  Wilson,  M.D.  Philadelphia  :  Lindsay  &  Blakiston.  izmo,  pp.  298. 
Price 
Most  of  our  readers  have  probably  heard  of  this  work  which  is  known  also  under 
the  title  of  *'  Macrobiotic,"  and  was  published  by  Hufeland  nearly  a  hundred  years 
ago.  It  has  been  translated  into  most  modern  languages,  and  since  the  advice  on 
diet  and  general  hygiene  has  deservedly  gained  for  it  great  popularity,  this  new 
edition,  which  is  essentially  the  English  translation  first  published  in  1797,  will 
doubtless  be  read  here  by  many  who  appreciate  the  value  of  sound  health. 
Handbuch  der  Botanik.  Von  Prof.  Dr.  N.  J.  C.  Miiller.  I  Band  :  Allgemeine 
Botanik.  I  Theil :  Anatomie  und  Physiologic  der  Gewachse.  Heidelberg:  Carl 
Winter's  UniversitatsDuchhandlung,  1880.     8vo,  pp.  648. 
Handbook  of  Botany.  Vol.  I,  General  Botany.  Part  I,  Anatomy  and  Physiology 
of  Plants. 
The  author,  who  is  Professor  of  Botany  at  the  Academy  of  Forrestry  at  Miin- 
