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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.

nual one, at least for several years to come. A summary of the "Liquor Statutes of the United States" is given by William Church Osborn in the October number. The general list of contributors includes several publicists of national fame; 35 cents a number, $3.50 a year.

The Manufacturer and Builder, W. H. Wahl, editor (Henri Gerard, publisher. New York), now in its twenty-first year, is devoted largely to the building trades, and whatever relates to them, and well occupies its field, which it makes to cover a wide range of subjects. The number for January, 1889, shows continued improvement. Among other matters it has a review of progress during 1888. $1.50 a year.


PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Abbott, Samuel. Editor. "The Collegian." Monthly. February. 1889. Boston: New England Intercollegiate Press Association. Pp. 100. 30 cents. $3 a year.

Bell, Clark. The Recent Jndicial Departure in Insanity Cases. New York. Pp. 43.

Binet. Alfred. The Psychic Life of Micro-Organisms. Chicago: Open Court Publishing Company. Pp. 121. 75 cents.

Bruce, Philip A. The Plantation Negro as a Freeman. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 262. $1.25.

Buck. J. D., M. D. A Study of Man and the Way to Health. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co. Pp. 325. $2.50.

Buckham. T. R., Flint, Mich. The "Right and Wrong" Test of Insanity. Pp. 4.

Burt, Stephen Smith, M. D. Exploration of the Chest in Health and Disease. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 206. $1.50.

Canfield, William B., M. D. On the Microscopical Examination of Urinary Sediment. Pp. 4. The Gonococcus. Pp. 8. Baltimore.

Carpenter, William B. Nature and Man. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 483. $2.25.

Case, Thomas. Physical Realism. London and New York: Longmans, Green & Co. Pp. 887. $6.

Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. First Annual Report, for 1888.

Coulter, John M. . and Rose, J. N. Revision of North American Umbelliferæ. Crawfordsville, Ind. Pp. 144, with Plates.

Cram's Standard American Atlas of the World. New York: William M. Goldthwaite, Manager.

Crooker, Joseph Henry. Jesus Brought Back. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co. Pp. 214.

Crothers, T. D., M. D. Should Inebriates be punished by Death for Crime? Hartford, Conn. Pp. 9.

"Current Literature" Monthly. February, 1889. New York. Pp. 186. 25 cents. $3 a year.

Davis, Eben H. The Beginner's Reading-Book. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Pp. 128.

Dawson, Sir J. William. On the Eozoic and Palæozoic Rocks of the Atlantic Coast of Canada, etc. Pp. 20. Notes on Balanus Hameri, etc. Pp. 6.

Dawson, Sir W., and G. M. On Cretaceous Plants from Port McNeill, Vancouver Island. Pp. 2.

Donnell, E. J. Outlines of a New Science. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 68. $1.

Day, David T. Mineral Resources of the United States. Report for 1887. Washington: Government Printing-office. Pp. 832.

Drummond, A. T. The Great Lake Basins of the St. Lawrence. Pp. 40.

Dyer, T. F. Thiselton. The Folk-Lore of Plants. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 328. $1 50.

Eccles, R. G., M. D. Descent and Disease. Brooklyn. Pp. 21.

Fletcher, Alfred Ewe. Sénescent's Cyclopædia of Education. Syracuse, N. Y.: C. W. Bardeen. Pp. 562. $3 75.

Geological Survey U. S., Bulletin. Nos. 40 to 47. Washington: Government Printing-Office.

Gibson, R. J. Harvey. A Text-Book of Elementary Biology. London and New York: Longmans, Green & Co. Pp 362. $1.75.

Gosse, Edmund. A History of Eighteenth Century Literature. London and New York: Macmillan & Co. Pp. 415. $1.75.

Gould, George M., M. D., Philadelphia. The Psychological Influence of Errors of Refraction, and their Correction. Pp 6.—Dreams, Sleep, Consciousness. Pp. 24.—The Homing Instinct. Pp. 24.

Greely, A. W. Report of the Chief Signal-Officer for 1887. Washington: Government Printing-Office. Pp. 892.

Gumey Hot-Water Heater Calendar for 1889.

Illinois. Message of Richard J. Oglesby, Governor. Pp. 28.

Illinois State University, Agricultural Experiment Station. First Annual Report. Pp. 15.

Iowa Agricultural College Experiment Station. Bulletins.

Ives, Frederic E. A New Principle in Heliochromy. Philadelphia. Pp. 13.

James, Prof. Joseph F. Distribution of Vernonia in the United States. Pp. 5.

Kansas State Board of Agriculture. Sixth Biennial Report (advance sheets). Pp. 57.—State Historical Society. Sixth Biennial Report. Pp. 128.

Kibler, Edward. The Universality of Two Temperaments. Pp. 8.

Klein, Dr. Herrmann, and McClure, Edmund. Star Atlas. New York: J. B. Young & Co. Pp. 82, with Eighteen Plates.

Kreider, George N., M. D., Springfield, Ill. How Micro-Organisms enter the Body. Pp. 8.

Lake Forest University Catalogue, 1888-'89. Pp. 132.

Lewis, T. H. Effigy Mounds in Northern Illinois. Pp. 3.

Mason, Lewis D., M. D. Etiology of Dipsomania and Heredity of "Alcoholic Inebriety." Pp. 21.—Pathological Changes in Chronic Alcoholism. Pp. 8. Fort Hamilton, L. I.

Mayo, Rev. A. D. Industrial Education in the South. Washington: Government Printing-Office. Pp. 86, with Plates.

Mills, Charles de B. The Tree of Mythology: its Growth and Fruitage. Syracuse, N. Y.: C. W. Bardeen. Pp. 288.

Navy Department, U. S. Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering for 1888. Pp. 101.—Pilot Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean, February, 1889.—The Derelict American Schooner, W. L. White.

New York. Report of the State Board of Charities. Pp. 60.—Committee Report on the Insane. Pp. 251.—Report of the State Reformatory. Pp. 62.

Oswald, Felix L., M. D. Days and Nights in the Tropics. Boston: D. Lothrop "Company. Pp. 186, with Plates.

Preyer, Prof. W., and Brown, H. W. The Mind of the Child. Part II. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 317. $1.50.

Ranch, John H., M. D., Secretary Illinois State Board of Health. Report on Medical Education, Medical Colleges, and the Regulation of the Practice