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for their amiable disposition. We leave this question to more experienced ethnologists than ourselves to decide, but we think Mr. Morris's views could have been epitomized into a pamphlet of 50 pages, and would have perhaps found more readers in that form.

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A DESCRIPTION OF LOUISIANA.-Mr. John Gilmary Shea has edited Father Louis Hennepin's "Description of Louisiana," translated from the original edition of 1683, with notes showing the variations in the " New Discovery" of 1697, and comparing it with contemporary documents. The West this year celebrates the bi-centennial of Father Hennepin's exploration of the Upper Mississippi and discovery of the Falls of St. Anthony. This exploration and the earlier portion of La Salle's expedition Hennepin narrated in his 'Description de la Louisiane," Paris, 1683, which has never been translated. A later work, bearing his name, appeared in 1697, and contains statements so palpably false that Hennepin's character has been subjected to the severest charges. Very recently Mr. Margry attacks the authenticity even of the "Description de la Louisiane," charging it to be a plagiarism. The volume now offered to students proposes to give a translation of the "Description de la Louisiane," comparing it with the "Nouvelle Découverte." the so-called La Salle Relation, Tonty, Le Clercq, du Lhut, etc. A preliminiary paper will give all known as to Hennepin's life, and will examine critically the charges made against him by La Salle and others down to the last one by Margry. To the narrative will be added the spurious part of the Nouvelle Découverte," part of the so-called La Salle Relation, a Letter of La Salle's on Hennepin's Discovery and du Lhut's narrative, so as to enable the reader to decide the whole question. The work will be a handsome octavo, on fine paper, and will give the map of the original, and the view of Niagara Falls. The edition is limited to 250 copies, and will be sent to subscribers; names are received by Trübner & Co. NIAGARA FALLS.-The Fourth Annual Report on the Triangulation of the State of New York for the year 1879 is a Special Report of the New York State Survey on the Preservation of the Niagara Falls, edited by James T. Gardiner, director. This report contains all the documents connected with the plan for preserving the Falls and the surrounding scenery for the benefit of the world at large, the vandalism of pushing tradesmen having already commenced to destroy the beauty of the scene by flaring advertisements, and the lumber men by cutting down the forests.

MITCHELL LIBRARY, GLASGOW.-The first Report of this Institution, extending over the years 1874-79, has just been issued. In April, 1874, Mr. Stephen Mitchell died, leaving nearly all his estate" for the establishment and endowment of a large Public Library in Glasgow, with all modern accessories connected therewith." He desired "that to the Library books on all subjects not immoral should be freely admitted, and which word immoral' shall not mean books which simply controvert present opinions on political or religious questions." The amount handed over to the Trustees of the new Library was nearly £67,000. For the interest on this sum, and about £1400 withdrawn from the capital, the trustees have secured 28.000 volumes and the necessary fittings for 350 readers. The present rooms are only temporary, it being hoped that the Municipality of Glasgow will sooner or later find a home for the Library in a building worthy so great a city.

THE CODEX ALEXANDRINUS.-The Trustees of the British Museum have given orders for the preparation of the second edition of the fourth part of the "Facsimile of the Codex Alexandrinus." This edition will be advanced in price, as the price obtained for the first did not cover the cost of production.

WOODCUT PRINTING.-Scribner's Monthly for April contained the first of a series of papers on Woodcut Printing by Mr. Theo. L. De Vinne, the author of "The Invention of Printing." These papers will be illustrated, and the illustrations to the first are no exception to the usual care and excellence with which the engravings to this magazine are printed.

SANSKRIT MSS. AT TANJORE. - Dr. A. C. Burnell has just issued the third and concluding part of his "Classified Index of Sanskrit MSS. in the Palace at Tanjore." In this Catalogue over 12,000 MSS. are noticed; and in the case of the more important a tolerably full description is given, with extracts to show the state of the texts. In the Introduction Dr. Burnell says:-" One important fact will, at once be evident from this Catalogue-the great part taken, during later times, in S. India in the development of Sanskrit literature. More has been done, in this way, during the past thousand years in the South than in the North." The complete volume occupies 240 royal 4to. pages, double columns, and was printed in England, Dr. Rost (Librarian of the

India Office), reading the proof-sheets during the author's absence in India. Dr. Rost has compiled the three full indexes which complete the volume, which is published by Messrs. Trübner and Co., Ludgate Hill, for the Madras Government.

ASTOR LIBRARY.-From the Thirty-First Annual Report of the Trustees, we find that the whole number of volumes in the Library up to December 31, 1879, was 189,114. Of the accessions, 1100 volumes relate to Oriental history and literature. Mr. Jno. Jacob Astor has recently given additional land for the enlargement of the Library, which will enable the Library to house 120,000 more volumes.

CHINYANJA.-Mr. Alexander Riddel, of the Livingstonia Mission of the Free Church of Scotland, has prepared a grammar and vocabulary of the Chinyanja language spoken at Lake Nyassa. It is printed by Constable, of Edinburgh. This is said to be the first attempt to reduce to writing any of the Kaffir tongues of Central Africa, except a sketch of the Mobba, contained in the unpublished papers of Dr. Barth.

CHINESE PHILOSOPHY.-Part Six of Occasional Papers on Chinese Philosophy, by Chaloner Alabaster, contains an essay on the Chinese Bible, or the books King and Shoo, which Dr. Legge calls Chinese classics. It is a difficult task to give these books a proper name in English; although they are regarded by the Chinese much the same as Christians view the Old and New Testament, they scarcely lay claim to be inspired writings.

THE CONFUCIAN TABLETS. · Mr. T. Watters, Her Majesty's Consul for Wuhu, has published at Shanghai, a Guide to the Tablets in a Temple of Confucius. These Tablets are records of the names and lives of the followers of Confucius who may be said to have been canonized as the saints of the Confucian religion. It forms a large 8vo. volume of 259 pages.

ANCIENT ARABIAN POETRY.-Mr. W. A. Clouston, of Glasgow, intends issuing by private subscription a limited edition of "A Treasury of Ancient Arabian Poetry." It will include specimens from Amrulkais, Tarafa, Zohair, Lebeid, Antara, Amru, and Hareth, besides a selection from the well-known Bedouin Romance of Antar, by Asma'ee, who was one of the stars of the Court of Haroun-al-Raschid. The most striking passages of the Moällacât which have been rendered into English verse by various translators will be given in the appendix. Professor G. F. Nicholl, M.A.. of Oxford University, and King's College, London, will furnish some critical notes on obscure passages of Sir William Jones' English text of the Moällacât; and Mr. J. W. Redhouse, the eminent Orientalist, will contribute an original translation of the celebrated Poem of the Mantle, by Ka‘b, son of Zuheyr, son of Abū Sulmá, with critical notes. We understand all the large paper edition of this work has been bespoken.

ZOPFL'S GLOSSARIUM ANGLO-SAXONICUM-GERMANICUMLATINUM.-The Heidelberg University Library has purchased by means of a State Grant the Glossary in MS. compiled by the late Privy-Councillor Zöpfl, who died at Heidelberg, in 1877. During thirty years the author was at work on this glossary, which fills 217 portfolios.

ORIENTAL AND BIBLICAL JOURNAL.-The Rev. Stephen D. Peet, of Clinton, Wisconsin, and editor of "The American Antiquarian," intends producing a quarterly journal to treat on Oriental and Biblical subjects, as well as all the ancient and primitive races of the earth. We wish the editor success, but we believe no such periodical has hitherto more than paid its expenses, or managed to exist long, except it has been supported by a society. The proposed table of contents seems to be well selected, and comprises many subjects of interest. The journal will be published by Jameson and Morse of Chicago.

THE REMNANT OF THE ORIGINAL ARYAN RACE.-It is said that Major Biddulph, stationed on the Cashmere boundary, has prepared a report upon the customs, the languages, and the folklore of the singular communities among whom he has been residing for a long time. From Major Biddulph's peculiar advantages and opportunities may be expected, says the Calcutta Pioneer, a complete account of people who are a survival of the old Aryans from whom all civilized mankind of the present day is probably descended. Surgeon-Major Bellew, meanwhile, has been examining a few men from the cantons on the south-west of Dardistan, peopled by a similar race, who in one respect are still more interesting, for their country has never yet been visited by a civilized traveller. But in appearance and language they closely resemble the Dards, and, unlike them, have not embraced the creed of their Mahomedan neighbours. The tongues spoken in all these hills are, for the most part Aryan; not descended from Sanskrit, and, indeed, of earlier origin than that classical language. On the northern slopes

of the mountains Parsee words prevail; in the southern cantons some of the words resemble Greek, some Latin, some those of modern Europe. They make (and freely consume) grape wine, something like a crude Burgundy. Those who are not Mussulmans believe in one God, but employ the intercession of minor powers, represented by images. They also occasionally canonize great men whom they have lost by death. They are usually monogamous, opposed to divorce, and strict defenders of the chastity of their unmarried girls. These latter have blue, grey, or hazel eyes; black hair is the exception amongst them; and when young, they are of such remarkable comeliness as to be in great demand in the slave markets of adjacent countries. Authentic information concerning these interesting races cannot but be anxiously awaited by all who realize the nature of the questions involved. Globe, April 17.

THE LITERATURE OF PRINTING.-Messrs. Bigmore and Wyman are publishing the most perfect Bibliography of Printing that has yet been done. Mr. W. Blades had collected considerable material, which he has placed at the disposal of the compilers. The Bibliography is enriched by appropriate notes and engravings.

THE BOOKS OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE. - Mr. J. H. Nodal read a paper before the Library Association of the United Kingdom, at the Manchester Meeting in September, 1879, and to the Literary Club in November, 1879. "On Special Collections of Books in Lancashire and Cheshire." This paper was printed in the papers of the latter club, vol. vi., and a few have been struck off in a separate form.

ENGLISH-HERERO DICTIONARY.-The Rev. F. W. Kolbe, of the London Missionary Society, has, with the assistance of the Rev. H. Brincker, of the Rhenish Hereró Mission, been engaged, since October, 1878, in writing an English-Hereró (Damara) Dictionary-a task formerly suggested to him by the late Dr. Bleek. The work has been compiled from

material furnished by the Rev. Dr. C. H. Hahn, the Rev. J. Rath, and the writer's own experience in Damaraland during the years 1848-53. Several publications in Otyi-hereró, by missionaries of the Rhenish Missionary Society, have also been consulted.

A LITERARY DEGREE FOR MR. SATOW.-Mr. Ernest Mason Satow, the celebrated Japanese scholar, Japanese Secretary to H.M. Legation at Yedo, has been honoured by the University of Marburg with the degree of Doctor Philosophia Honoris Causa.

THE MIKADO's DOMINIONS.-Professor Rein, of Marburg, who was delegated by the Prussian Government to visit Japan, will in the course of this year publish the first volume of his researches in that interesting country, under the title of "Natur und Volk des Mikado-Reiches," This will be followed by two other volumes on the Industry and Commerce of Japan.

LA CHRONIQUE DE JEAN EVÊQUE DE NIKIOU. - Mons. H. Zotenberg has issued an 8vo. volume of Extracts from the above Chronicle, which is reprinted from the Journal Asiatique of Paris. This gentleman has the intention of translating and issuing in French the complete chronicle of John of Nikiou, with the original text.

RODD'S BIRDS OF CORNWALL. The late Mr. Edward Hearle Rodd, whose lamented decease we had recently to announce, had in the press at the time of his death, an interesting work on the Birds of Cornwall, and we are glad to learn that this will shortly be published by Messrs. Trübner & Co., of 57, Ludgate Hill, E.C. The volume will be edited by Mr. J. E. Harting, and will contain a memoir and portrait of the author from a recent photograph. Apart from its value as a reliable guide to the ornithology of Cornwall, the addition of the memoir and portrait will make it an appropriate and acceptable souvenir to the author's numerous friends and acquaintances throughout the country.

In Memoriam.

REMSEN. On March 22nd last, Mr. George Remsen formerly of the firm of Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, died at his residence in Philadelphia, Mr. Remsen, who was born in 1815 in Bristol, Pennsylvania, was an old member of the Philadelphia book trade, having in 1828 entered as a boy the business of Mr. John Grigg, in that city. In 1846, when the firm became Grigg, Elliot, & Co., Mr. Remsen was made a partner, as he continued also on its reconstruction in 1855, under the name of J. B. Lippincott & Co. In 1868, with Mr. Claxton and Mr. Haffelfinger, he left the firm of J. B. Lippincott & Co., and started a publishing and jobbing

business as Messrs. Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, in which firm he was an active member till, in 1876, he withdrew from the concern, in hopes that perfect rest might restore his failing health.

THE RAJAH OF BESWAN.-We have received news of the death of His Highness Takur Gere Prasad Sinh Rajah and Takur of Beswan. It took place on the 20th of March last while he was travelling, at Miara, in Mewar, sixty miles from Ajmeer. The late Rajah was an accomplished Sanskrit scholar, and a member of the German Oriental Society. He will be succeeded by his son Kormar Gurorrad Shoj Sing.

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RECENT IMPORTATIONS. Atkinson (W. B., M.D.)-Therapeutics of Gynecology and Obstetrics, comprising Medical, Dietetic, and Hygienic Treatment of Diseases of Women, as set forth by Distinguished Contemporary Specialists. 8vo. cloth, pp. 365. Philadelphia. 25s. 16mo.

The real experience of a Federal officer, who went South after the war, and lived there for about 15 years.

American Export Trade Guide for Buyers in Foreign Countries; Containing an Accurate List of American Manufacturers. Exporters and Commission Merchants, in all Parts of the U.S.; Articles of Merchandise Exported, Alphabetically Arranged and Classified under their Respective Headings; Foreign Steamship and Shipping Lines. 16mo. leather, pp. 295. New York. 15s. For the special use of buyers of American products and manufactures in foreign countries.

Andrew (J. A.)-Errors of Prohibition: Argument delivered in Representatives' Hall, Boston, April 3, 1867, before a Joint Special Committee of the General Court of Mass., on the Matter of License and Prohibition. 10th ed. 8vo. paper, pp. 142. Boston. 2s. 6d. Annals of the War- Written by Leading Participants North and South; Originally Published in Philadelphia Weekly Times. 8vo. cloth, pp. viii. and 800. Philadelphia. £1.

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Atwell (B. W.) — Principles of Elocution and Vocal Culture, in which the Rules for Correct Reading and Speaking, and Directions for Improving and Strengthening the Voice, are given; also a Variety of Exercises and Selections for Practice. 4th edition. 12mo. paper, pp. 108. Providence, (R.1.). 1s. 6d.

Baird (S. F.)-United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part V. Report of the Commissioner for 1877. A. Inquiry into the Decrease of Food-Fishes. B. The Propagation of Food-Fishes in the Waters of the U.S. 8vo. cloth, pp. xii. 48, xii. and 981. Washington. £1 1s.

Baker (W. S.)-The Engraved Portraits of Washington; with Notices of the Originals, and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters. 8vo. cloth, pp. 212. Philadelphia. £1.

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Bartol (C. A.)-Principles and Portraits. 16mo.

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Eleven papers on: Definition; Education; Deity; Science; Art; Love; Life; Business; Beasts; Politics; Play; and Six Biographical Sketches: The Personality of Shakespeare; Channing, the Preacher; Bushnell, the Theologian; The Genius of Weiss; Garrison, the Reformer; Hunt, the Artist.

Beach (Allen C.)-Centennial Celebration of the State of New York; Prepared Pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution of the Legislature of 1878. and Chapter 391 of the Law of 1879. 8vo. cloth. Illustrated. Albany (N. York). 12s.

Beard (G. M., A.M., M.D.)-Practical Treatise on Nervous Exhaustion (Neurasthenia): its Symptoms, Nature, Sequences, Treatment. 8vo. cloth. N. Yk. 9s. Beardslee (L. A.)-Experiments on the Strength of Wrought-Iron and of Chain Cables. Report of the Committees of the U. S. Board, appointed to test Iron, Steel, and Other Metals, on Chain Cables, Malleable Iron, and Re-heating and Re-rolling Wrought-Iron. Abridged by W. Kent. 8vo. cloth, pp. vi. and 119, with 1 plate. New York. 10s.

Abridgment of the original report, of which a limited number of copies were issued by the U. S. Government in 1879.

Bird (H. E.) The Chess Openings; with Diagrams of Notable Positions and Problems, Considered Critically and Practically. 8vo. cloth, pp. x. and 187. New York. 5s.

Books of 1879: as recorded in the Publishers' Weekly. With Descriptive Notes and Library Headings for those Chiefly Important. 8vo. paper, pp. 127. New York. 4s.

A complete record of all books published in the United States during 1879. Giving full titles, descriptive notes to the more important books, classification headings, and classified summaries,

Boyesen (H. H.)-Gunnar: a Tale of Norse Life. Fourth edition. 16mo. cl. pp. 292. N. York. 6s. 6d. Love story of peasant life in Norway.

Brock (R. A.)-Richmond as a Manufacturing and trading Centre; including Historical Sketch of City Richmond, Va. 8vo. paper, pp. 92. Illustrations and Map. 2s. 6d.

Brooks (Rev. C. T.)-W. Ellery Channing; a Centennial Memory. 16mo. cloth, pp. 259. With Portrait and Illustrations. Boston. 7s. 6d.

Extracts from sermons and letters, with personal reminiscences, by Rev. C. T. B.; presenting an account of the life and writings of the celebrated Unitarian minister and anti-slavery man, of Boston, born 1780, died 1842. Index.

Brown (H. A.)-See Hoppin.

Bryan (Mary E.) Manch.-12mo. cloth, pp. 309,

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A novel; scenes laid in the West in the days of Lynch law.

Cain (W.)-Theory of Solid and Braced Elastic Arches; Applied to Arch Bridges and Roofs in Iron, Wood. Concrete, or other Material; Graphical Analysis. 32mo. bds. pp. 172. New York. 2s. 6d.

Certain Dangerous Tendencies in American Life, and other Papers. Crown 8vo. cl., pp. 260. Boston. 6s. 6d. Chaucer (Geoffrey)- The Poetical Works of Chaucer. To which are appended Poems attributed to Chaucer. Edited by Arthur Gilman, M.A. In three volumes. Crown 8vo. cloth, pp. cxxvi. and 591, iv. and 691, and iv. and 708. With Heliotype Portrait. Boston. £1 6s.

Champlin (J. D., jun.)-Child's Catechism of Common Things. 16mo. cloth, pp. iv. and 289. New York. 3s. 6d.

Cincinnati Album of Cincinnati: 20 Views. 8vo. cloth. Cincinnati. 3s.

Codman (J.)-Free Ships. Second Edition. [Also] Review of the Plans of Senator Blaine and Secretary Sherman for the Restoration of the American Carrying Trade. 12mo. paper, pp. 54. (Economic Monographs, No. 6.) New York. 1s. 6d.

An argument in favour of the free importation of ships. Convict Labour.-Report of the Joint Special Committee on Convict Labour. 8vo. cloth, pp. 314. Boston (Mass.). 7s. 6d.

Cook (Jos.)-Labour, with Preludes on Current Events. 12mo. cloth, pp. vii. and 295. Boston. 7s. 6d. Lectures on infidel attack on property; secret socialistic societies; rich and poor in factory towns; Mrs. Browning's cry of the children; sex in industry; wages and children's rights; natural and starvation wages; is justice a peril to capitalists? are trades unions a nursery of socialism? Preludes relate to socialistic politics in Massachusetts; regeneration of Asia; infidelity and the mails; future of Canada; fraud in national elections; drunkenness as a vice and as a disease; polygamy in Utah, etc., etc.

Cook-book for Lent.-Receipts for Preparation of Dishes without Flesh Meat, suited to all Seasons of the Year. 16mo. cloth, pp. 64. New York, 1s. 6d.

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Cushing (Caleb).—Memorial of Caleb Cushing from the City of Newburyport. Svo. cloth, pp. 178, with Portrait. Boston. 15s.

Dana (Ja. D.)-Manual of Geology; Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special Reference to American Geological History. Third edition. 8vo. cloth, pp. xiv. and 911. Illustrated. New York. £1 ls. Dana (J. D., LL.D.)-Corals and Coral Islands. New Edition. 8vo. cloth, pp. 406. With Coloured Plate, Maps, and numerous Illustrations. New York. Dana (E. S.)—A Text-Book of Mineralogy, with an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and Physical Mineralogy. Third Edition Revised. 8vo. cloth, pp. viii. and 485. With Coloured Plate and Illustrations. New York. (Reduced to) 18s.

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Denison (C., A.M., M.D.) — Rocky Mountain Health Resorts. An Analytical Study of High Altitudes in Relation to the Arrest of Chronic Pulmonary Disease. 8vo. cloth, pp. xii. and 192. With a Map and Chest Chart. Boston. 7s. 6d.

Denslow (V. B.)- Modern Thinkers, Principally upon Social Science, What they Think and Why. Essays, with Introduction by Robert Ingersoll. Crown 8vo. cloth, pp. 390, with Portraits. Chicago. 7s. 6d.

Dodge (M. A.) [" Gail Hamilton "]-Our Common
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Felker (P. H.)-What the Grocers Sell Us.— A Manual for Buyers, containing the Natural History and Process of Manufacture of all Grocers' Goods; also, their Adulterations, and How to Detect Them; Rates of Tare as Allowed by Custom and Law; Tables of Weights. Measures, Moneys, etc.; Designed as a Guide to Aid in the Purchasing of Goods. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 12mo. cloth, pp. 312. New York. 5s.

Fenno (Frank H.)-Science and Art of Elocution; or, How to Read and Speak. 12mo. cloth, pp. xvi. and 344. Philadelphia. 6s. 6d.

Systematic series of exercises for gesture, calisthenics and the cultivation of the voice. In three parts. 1. Theoretical. 2. Vocal culture. 3. Readings and recitals.

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Finance.-Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the Year 1879. 8vo. cloth, pp. xliv. and 584. Washington. 15s. Ford (D. B.)-Studies on the Baptismal Question; Including a Review of Dr. Dale's Inquiry into the Usage of Baptizo." 8vo. cl. pp. xix. and 416. Boston. 10s. 6d. Forney (M. N.), Garey (L.), and Smith (C. A.)Carbuilder's Dictionary. An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which Designate American Railroad Cars, their Parts and Attachments, Compiled for the Master Carbuilders' Association. 12mo. cloth, pp. 505. 811 Wood

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Fowler (W. Worthington)-Twenty Years of Inside Life in Wall Street; or, Revelations of the Personal Experience of a Speculator. 8vo. cloth, pp. 576. Illustr. New York. 7s. 6d.

Frey (H.)-Microscope and Microscopical Technology; Text-Book for Physicians and Students. Translated and edited by G. R. Cutter, M.D. Second Edition. 8vo. cloth, pp. xii. and 660. New York. £1 10s. Frobisher (J. E.)-Acting and Oratory; Designed for Public Speakers, Teachers, Actors, etc. 8vo. cloth, pp. 415. Illustrated. New York. 10s.

Garbit (F. J., M.D.)-The Woman's Medical
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George (H.) Progress and Poverty.

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Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions, and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth; the Remedy. 8vo. cloth, pp. viii. and 512. New York. 10s. Giauque (Florien)—Election and Naturalization Laws of U.S.: Composed of all Constitutional Provisions and Laws of U.S. Relating to Elections, Elective Franchise, to Citizenship, and Naturalization of Aliens; with Notes of Decisions. 8vo. cloth, with Index, pp. vi. and 96. Cincinnati. 5s.

Graham (Andrew J., M.D.)-Synopsis of Standard Phonography; Accompanied by Extended Reading Exercises and the Correspondent's List of Word Signs, Contractions, Phrase Signs, Prefixes and Affixes, adapted to the use of Classes and Private Students. New Edition. 12mo. cloth, pp. xxii. and 50. New York. 2s. 6d.

Health, Lunacy, and Charity.-First Annual

Report of the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity of Massachusetts, to which is added a Compilation of the Statutes under which the Board performs its Duties, January, 1880. 8vo. cl. pp. civ. and 175. Boston. 7s. 6d. Hickok (Laurens P., D.D.)-System of Moral Science; Revised with Co-operation of Julius H. Seelye, D.D. 12mo. cloth, pp. 288. Boston. 10s.

Hill (Lucy A.)-Rhine Roamings. 8vo. cloth, pp. v. and 267. Illustrated. Boston. 7s. 6d.

The record of a year's experience of six young ladies of different nationalities, who were inmates of the Schiller Institute on the Rhine.

Hodgson (Jos.)-Cradle of the Confederacy; or, The Times of Troup, Quitman, and Yancey; Sketch of South-western Political History from Formation of Federal Government to 1861. 12mo. cloth, pp. 528. Montgomery (Ala.). 9s.

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Homans (B.) — The Banker's Almanac and Register for 1880, and Legal Directory. 8vo. cloth, pp. 368. New York. 15s.

Hood (J. B.)-Advance and Retreat; Personal Experiences in the U. S. and Confederate States Armies. 8vo. cloth, pp. 360, with Portraits, Maps, &c. Orleans. 188.

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Gray (Asa) — Natural Science and Religion; Hooper (Lucy Hamilton).—Under the Tricolor;

Two Lectures delivered to the Theological School of Yale College. 8vo. cloth, pp. 111. New York. 5s.

By the well-known scientist and author of numerous works on botany; discusses "those claims of natural science which have been thought to be antagonistic to supernatural religion, and those assumptions connected with the Christian faith which scientific men in our day are disposed to question or to reject." Author does not find scientific investigations irreconcilable with the creed of the Christian church.

Greene (C. E.)-Trusses and Arches Analyzed and Discussed by Graphical Methods. Part 3; Arches in Wood, Iron, and Stone, for Roofs, Bridges, and Wallopenings. 8vo. cl. pp. 190, with 8 plates. N. York. 12s. 6d. Grimshaw (Rob.)-History, Development, and Action, Classification and Comparison, Manufacture, Care and Use of Saws of all Kinds. 8vo. cloth, pp. 150. Illustrated. Philadelphia. 12s. 6d.

Hailmann (W. N.)-Four Lectures on Early Child-Culture. 12mo. pp. iii. and 74. Milwaukee (Wis.). Cloth, 2s. 6d. ; paper, 2s.

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Hall (Ja.) Descriptions of New Species of Fossils from the Niagara Formation at Waldron, Indiana; read before the Albany Institute, March 18, 1879. 8vo. paper, pp. 20. Albany (New York). 1s. 6d.

Hamlet Revamped, Modernized and Set to Music. By the Author of "Romeo and Juliet." (A Travesty Without a Pun.) 8vo. paper, pp. 48. St. Louis. 2s. 6d. A travesty in verse of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," set to popular airs. 12mo.

Hartshorne (H., M.D.) — Our Homes.

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Hayden (F. V.), Geologist in Charge.-U. S. Geological Survey of the Territories, Miscellaneous Publications, No. 11: Birds of the Colorado Valley; Repository of Scientific and Popular Information concerning North American Ornithology. By Elliott Coues. Part 1. Passeres to Laniidae; Bibliographical Appendix. 8vo., pp. xvi. and 807, and 70 Illustrations. Washington (D.C.). Health. Third Annual Report of the Board of Health of the State of New Jersey, 1879. 8vo. paper, pp. 230. Camden (N.J.).

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