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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.

manipulations and movements suitable for a large number of diseases are given. In these applications Ling's and Mezger's systems have generally been followed. Some considerations in regard to the effects of exercise are included in the volume, and a caution against the untrained "rubbers" who form a large part of those who claim to be masseurs in America, or who use the name as a cloak for vice.



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Alabama. Agricultural Experiment Station. Microscopical Study of Certain Varieties of Corn. By P. H. Mell Pp. 16, with Plate.

American Chemical Society, Journal, March, 1890. Monthly. New York: John Polhemus. Pp. 24. $5 a year.

Barkan, Louis, M. D. How to preserve Health. New York: Exchange Printing Company. Pp. 344.

Bashkirtseff, Marie. The Journal of a Young Artist. New York: Cassell Publishing Company. Pp. 434. 50 cents.

Bean. Tarleton H. Description of a New Cottoid Fish. Pp. 2.

Blackmar, Frank W. The History of Federal and State Aid to Higher Education in the United States. Washington: Government Printing-Office. Pp. 343.

Boole. Mary. Logic taught by Love. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son. Pp. 177.

Brinton, Daniel G. Essays of an Americanist. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. Pp. 489. $3.

Brinton, Daniel G., and Jastrow, Morris, Jr. The Cradle of the Semites. Pp. 26.

Canfield, William B., M. D. Three Papers on Pulmonary Phthisis and Pneumonia. Pp. 10.—Some Complications of Chronic Endarteritis. Pp. 10.—The Early Detection of Pulmonary Consumption. Pp. 11. Baltimore.

Church, M. B., Grand Rapids, Mich. Sanitary Ceilings and Walls. Pp. 8.

Clark. Daniel, M. D. Faith-Cure. Toronto: D. T. McAinsh. Pp. 11.

Coast and Geodetic Survey, United States.—Culminations and Elongations of Azimuths. By Charles A. Schott. Pp. 5.—Verification of Weights and Measures. By O. H. Tittmann. Pp. 3.—Description of Two New Transit Instruments. By Edwin Smith. Pp. 4.—Relation between the Metric Standards of Length. By C. A. Schott and O. H. Tittmann. Pp. 10.

Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin. Sundry Investigations. Pp 82—Second Annual Report. Pp. 223. Ithaca, N. Y.

Coulter, Stanley. Histology of the Leaf of Taxodium. Pp. 32, with Plate.

Crothers. T. D. M. D. Sketch of the Late Dr. Edward Turner the Founder of Inebriate Asylums. Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company. Pp. 25.

Dall, W. H. Report on Mollusca and Brachiopoda obtained by United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. Washington: Government Printing-Office. Pp. 144.

Darwin Charles. A Naturalist's Voyage round the World. New edition. Illustrated. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 551. $5.

Dean. Dr. G. S., San Francisco. Dental Education. Pp. 22

Druggist National. Poisons and their Antidotes. Chart.

Dudley William L. The Nature of Amalgams. Pp. 24.

Earl, A. G. The Elements of Laboratory Work. London and New York: Longmans, Green & Co. Pp. 179. $1.40.

Education Association, National. Proceedings of the Department of Superintendence, March, 1889. Washington: Government Printing-Office. Pp. 800.

Etter, J. W.. D. D., Editor. Quarterly Review of the United Brethren in Christ Vol. I, No. 1, January. 1890. Dayton, O.: W. J. Shuey. Pp. 100. 50 cents. $1.50 a year.

Everts, Orpheus, M. D., College Hill, Ohio. Treatment of the Insane. Pp. 8.—Expert Testimony and Medical Experts. Pp. 8.

Fewkes, J. Walter. A Few Californian Medusæ. Pp. 12, with Plates.—On Excavations made in Rocks by Sea-Urchins. Pp. 21.

Fisher, Sydney G., Philadelphia. The Cause of Increase of Divorce. Pp. 20.

Forbes, S. A.. University of Illinois. History and Status of Public-School Science Work in Illinois. Pp. 15.

Friese, Philip C. Semitic Philosophy. Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Co. Pp. 247.

Fyffe, C. A. History of Modern Europe. Vol. III. New York: Henry Holt & Co. Pp. 572. $2.50.

Gilbert, Charles H. Gillichthys Y-cauda at San Diego, Cal. P. 1.

Green. H. L., Freethinkers' Magazine. Giordano Bruno: his Life, Works, etc. Pp. 20.—Giordano Bruno, Pamphlet No. 2. Pp. 20.—Roscoe Conkling Memorial Oration. By Robert G. Ingersoll. Pp. 8.—Robert G. Ingersoll's Centennial Oration of the Declaration of Independence. Pp. 22.—The Myth of the Great Deluge. By James M. McCann. Pp. 32.—What constitutes a Freethinker? By H. L. Green. Pp. 8.—Church and State, etc. By "Jefferson." Pp. 28.

Grote, A. Radcliffe. Revised Check List of the North American Noctuidæ. Part I. Bremen, Germany. Pp. 52.

Heydenfeldt. S., Jr. The Union of the Conscious Forces. San Francisco. Pp. 12.

Hubbard, T. S., & Co.. Fredonia. N. Y. Descriptive Catalogue of Grape-Vines and Small Fruits.

Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station. Second Annual Report. Pp. 18—The Biology of Ensilage. Pp. 122.

Illinois State Board of Health. Tenth Annual Report. Pp. 313.

Iowa State Board of Health. Monthly Bulletin, February, 1890. Pp. 24.

James. Joseph F. The Effect of Rain on Earth-worms. Pp. 3.

Knobloch, A. Sound-English. A Language for the World. New York: Gustav E. Stechert. Pp. 63.

Koebele, Albert. Natural Enemies of the Fluted Scale. Washington: Government Printing-Office. Pp. 32.

Lum, Dyer D. The Economics of Anarchy. Chicago: George A. Schilling. Pp. 59.

McDonald, Marshall, Commissioner. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1887. Washington: Government Printing-Office. Pp. 475.

Mason. Otis T. The Archaeology of the Potomac Tide-Water Region; and Wilson, Thomas. The Palæolithic Period in the District of Columbia. Washington: Government Printing-Office. Pp. 10.

Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Productiveness of Farm-lands. Pp. 16.

Mills, W. T. Tariff Legislation or Arbitration?

Minnesota, Public Health in. February, 1890. Pp. 8.

Niagara State Reservation. Sixth Annual Report of the Commissioners. Albany: James B. Lyon. Pp. 84.

Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. Eighth Annual Report. Pp. 64.